This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering on 04/01/26, entitled Giving Up, For Good. In this episode, we bring this series Giving Up and Waking Up to a close by reflecting on how this practice of letting go can extend far beyond Lent, and how when we have eyes to see things in our life that are no longer serving us and can detach from them, a deeper connection with our fellow humanity blossoms. Thanks for tuning in!

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering on 03/25/26, entitled Unveilings of Our Unravelling Egos. In this episode, we reflect on the insights that came from our honest sharing about the ways our egos show up in the world, and how beneath our performance and protection, there is a profound, common longing for belonging in our shared human situation. Thanks for tuning in!

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering on 03/18/26, entitled Come As Your Ego. In this episode, our community came dressed as our egos, and we offered as a reflection exercise for conversation about how our egos offer us a way to move through the world, and also invite us into deeper honesty and presence. Thanks for tuning in!

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering on 03/11/26, entitled A Presence Beyond the Ego. In this episode, we talk about how the big picture of giving things up during Lent has to do with starting to separate from the ego's control over our identity, and how, when we start to loosen our grasp, we open into a much larger, truer Self. Thanks for tuning in!

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering on 03/04/26, entitled Pilgrimage as a Practice. In this episode, Pat and Sheryl Kelly share about their journey through the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, how they experienced their post-retirement pilgrimage in Spain, and invited our community to reflect on the pilgrimages we are each being invited into in the liminal spaces in our own lives. Thanks for tuning in!

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering on 02/25/26, entitled On Giving Up and Waking Up. In this episode, we talk about the Lenten theme of connecting practices of letting go with building loving presence, and how, when we are able to learn the prayerful practice of "dispassion," we become untethered from the unconscious stories, desires, and fears that run our lives. Thanks for tuning in!

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering on 02/18/26, entitled Ash Wednesday Thoughts. In this episode, we talk about the ashes of our world, and how taking time to contemplate mortality actually invites us to integrate death into our perspective and come into a more present and loving posture in the world. Thanks for tuning in!

This is the recording from our Dinner & Dialogue gathering on 02/11/26, entitled Reading the Bible Like Jesus. In this episode, we talk about how everyone picks and chooses certain parts of their sacred texts to emphasize, and how Jesus read and used his own sacred text, as a call for us each to engage more lovingly with our sacred traditions. Thanks for tuning in!