Spiritual Life

Events

4:00pm: Meditation Sessions for Students
Join us on Thursdays at 4:00 pm, starting on September 10th, as we meditate together. Contact Jeanne Lilly at jlilly@lclark.edu for the Zoom link. Open to all LC students.

3:30pm - 4:30pm: Spiritual Que(e)ry
All LC students are invited for this student-led weekly gathering for people interested in exploring the intersection of spiritual/religious/secular identities and queer and trans/non-binary identities. Each week will be a slightly different focus, ranging from reflecting on readings, watching short videos, listening to guest speakers, and engaging in various spiritual practices. We also like to have fun!
Please email spiritualqueery@lclark.edu to sign up for the listserv and get the Zoom link. Also let the leaders know via email if you need accommodations for Zoom. Thanks!
3:30pm - 5:00pm: Spiritual Que(e)ry Retreat: Rest, Rejuvenation, and Rebellion

Join us for our free, virtual retreat on Friday, October 2nd (3:30-5pm PT) and Saturday, October 3rd (10:30am-noon PT) with the theme of Rest, Rejuvenation, and Rebellion. Taking inspiration from The Nap Ministry and Audre Lorde, we will study the radical Black, queer, feminist, anticapitalist roots of self care. We will return to our bodies and physical spaces as sites of devotion worthy of protection, preservation, and life.

Sponsored by the student organization Spiritual Que(e)ry. This retreat is for students who identify as LGBTQ+ and spiritual, religious, or secular. Students from all three schools are welcome.

4:30pm: Rediscovering the True Self Book Group
- Join us on Mondays at 4:30 pm, starting on September 28th (date revised), as we read Rediscovering the True Self by Dr. Ron Farmer. Ron, an Australian psychologist, university academic, commune dweller, and spiritual seeker, asks the perennial question “Who am I?” in this autobiography of his total nervous breakdown and subsequent exploration of some of life’s great mysteries. Planned for 4:30 pm on Mondays, if you would like to join but are unable to make the time, please let Jeanne Lilly know at jlilly@lclark.edu, as the time may be adjusted to meet student interest. Open to all LC students.

5:00pm - 6:00pm: On Being Discussions on Race & Healing
For LC students, staff, and faculty. An intersectional space for BIPOC, white, multiracial, spiritual, religious, and secular people to engage in honest, authentic, vulnerable conversation. Listen to an On Being podcast hosted by Krista Tippett beforehand, and then gather to discuss what rises up over a virtual dinner.

Oct. 7: Rev. angel Kyodo williams “The World is our Field of Practice”
“angel Kyodo williams is one of our wisest voices on social evolution and the spiritual aspect of social healing. And for those of us who are not monastics, she says, the world is our field of practice. She’s an esteemed Zen priest and the second Black woman recognized as a teacher in the Japanese Zen lineage. To sink into conversation with her is to imagine and experience a transformative potential of this moment towards human wholeness.” - Tippett

4:00pm: Meditation Sessions for Students
Join us on Thursdays at 4:00 pm, starting on September 10th, as we meditate together. Contact Jeanne Lilly at jlilly@lclark.edu for the Zoom link. Open to all LC students.

3:30pm - 4:30pm: Spiritual Que(e)ry
All LC students are invited for this student-led weekly gathering for people interested in exploring the intersection of spiritual/religious/secular identities and queer and trans/non-binary identities. Each week will be a slightly different focus, ranging from reflecting on readings, watching short videos, listening to guest speakers, and engaging in various spiritual practices. We also like to have fun!
Please email spiritualqueery@lclark.edu to sign up for the listserv and get the Zoom link. Also let the leaders know via email if you need accommodations for Zoom. Thanks!

4:30pm: Rediscovering the True Self Book Group
- Join us on Mondays at 4:30 pm, starting on September 28th (date revised), as we read Rediscovering the True Self by Dr. Ron Farmer. Ron, an Australian psychologist, university academic, commune dweller, and spiritual seeker, asks the perennial question “Who am I?” in this autobiography of his total nervous breakdown and subsequent exploration of some of life’s great mysteries. Planned for 4:30 pm on Mondays, if you would like to join but are unable to make the time, please let Jeanne Lilly know at jlilly@lclark.edu, as the time may be adjusted to meet student interest. Open to all LC students.

5:00pm - 6:00pm: On Being Discussions on Race & Healing
For LC students, staff, and faculty. An intersectional space for BIPOC, white, multiracial, spiritual, religious, and secular people to engage in honest, authentic, vulnerable conversation. Listen to an On Being podcast hosted by Krista Tippett beforehand, and then gather to discuss what rises up over a virtual dinner.

Oct. 14, Claudia Rankine “How Can I Say This So We Can Stay in This Car Together?”
“The poet, essayist, and playwright Claudia Rankine says every conversation about race doesn’t need to be about racism. But she says all of us — and especially white people — need to find a way to talk about it, even when it gets uncomfortable. Her bestselling book, Citizen: An American Lyric, catalogued the painful daily experiences of lived racism for people of color. Claudia models how it’s possible to bring that reality into the open — not to fight, but to draw closer. And she shows how we can do this with everyone, from our intimate friends to strangers on airplanes.” - Tippett

4:00pm: Meditation Sessions for Students
Join us on Thursdays at 4:00 pm, starting on September 10th, as we meditate together. Contact Jeanne Lilly at jlilly@lclark.edu for the Zoom link. Open to all LC students.

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