Sunday July 9, we will meet at my office in Binghamton at 2 pm for 15 minutes of silent meditation followed by
a discussion of the topic: Must You Lose Everything to be Reborn in the
Spirit? The Story of the Prodigal Son. We will use the Biblical story of
The Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11-32) as a touchstone as we consider what must
be lost to find who and what we are. Here is a link to one version of the
story: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke+15%3A11-32&version=NI. The
most powerful and moving lines of the story to me are the last ones:
"But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was
dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found." What does it mean to
be lost, and then found? What does it feel like? Reading the story, do you
identify with the Father, the son or the brother? Don't we all possess
qualities of each? The story says the Prodigal "came to his
senses". What does this mean, and how do we do come to our senses?
If you are interested in attending the talk this Sunday, please
RSVP as space is limited. Suggested donation is $20.
Matt LaBarre of Evolving Binghamton has graciously agreed
to manage videotaping this talk and streaming it live on Facebook from Evolving
Binghamton's home page: https://www.facebook.com/evolvebing/. If you
would like to attend but cannot come in person, please join us on Facebook. We
offered the last talk at the end of February in this manner, and had a good
response despite a few technical difficulties. The primary problem was the
audio, which hopefully has been largely fixed by upgrading the audio card in my
computer and upgrading the webcam. It will be possible for those watching on
the internet to write in questions. I would appreciate hearing from you if you
intend to watch online so we have some idea of how many people to expect. I
would also welcome any feedback afterwards about ways we can improve this
medium.
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