Hello –
My six part seminar, Transcending Contempt, begins this Saturday at 9am. Here’s how things will work:
You can participate in one of three ways.
1. The best is to come in person to Duncan Hall on our campus on 1123 Court St. in downtown San Rafael on Saturday mornings beginning January 6th. Hospitality is at 8:30am and the one-hour session begins at 9am. There will be hard copy handouts with the agenda, the outlines of the talks and a few supporting pages of texts by or about the writers that inspired the teaching.
2. The second best is to join us live on Zoom for sessions two through six. The first session, on January 6th, will only be on YouTube and you can access the live presentation either from the web site or on our YouTube Channel, St. Paul’s, San Rafael. The remaining sessions are on Zoom where St. Paul’s parishioner Walter Tanner will be facilitating discussion for the first half and then transition to Christopher’s live teaching for the second half. A PDF of the handout will be uploaded to this web page two hours before each session.
3. Finally, the teaching each week will be available live on YouTube just after 9:30am Pacific time. You can then access the YouTube recording of the teaching and the PDF of the handout at any time on this Transcending Contempt web page. https://stpaulssanrafael.org/transcending-contempt/
• My goal for each of these sessions is to have you leave each session eager to try out a new practice.
• The teaching of each session is aimed toward getting you to understand the practice and to trust that the practice is rooted in great thinking.
• Each packet also has quotes, brief essays or brief descriptions by or about our great thinkers. These materials are there to support you if you choose to use them. This is not a reading course.
I am looking forward to learning with many of you. I encourage you to share this information, particularly the web page, with your friends, family and neighbors. A lot of us are yearning to be beacons of light and love in what will likely be a very difficult election year.
Blessings, Christopher
p: (415) 456-4842