Rev. John Buehrens
Saturday, January 28, 2023, streaming 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
Are you yearning for greater depth in your spiritual life? Delve deeper with Rev. John Buehrens.
This year’s spiritual theme is Transcendentalism. The first Unitarian Transcendentalist on the Pacific Coast, as of early 1860, was the Rev. Thomas Starr King. He gave the first Unitarian lectures in Portland in 1862. He also exemplified key spiritual practices of the Transcendentalists that need renewal among us today: personal reflection (often in the form of keeping a journal), and deep interpersonal connections crossing conventional boundaries.
Rev. John Buehrens served as UUA President from 1993 to 2001. A prolific author, his most recent book about UU heritage is CONFLAGRATION: How the Transcendentalists Sparked the American Struggle for Racial, Gender, and Social Justice (Beacon, 2020).
In addition, Rev. Buehrens will offer a workshop entitled, “God Optional: Theologies Among Us Today.” John Buehrens and Rebecca Ann Parker surveyed the hope-filled thought patterns in progressive religion today in their book, A House for Hope: The Promise of Progressive Religion in the 21st Century (Beacon, 2010). While their framework borrows from a heritage of Judeo-Christian systematic theology, it also makes room for humanist, indigenous, and non-Western a/theologies. All such thinking, however, needs to meet some overriding and important tests to be effective, tests which will be revealed in the workshop.
The cost for a virtual livestream ticket is $35. There is also an option to attend in person at First Unitarian Church of Portland, Oregon. Scholarships are available.
Click here for a full program guide with schedule (Note, times are listed in Pacific Standard Time, PST).
Registration is open until 4:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on Sunday, January 22nd. You will receive a link to join via email on January 23rd. Register at:
https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/events/sfad23/
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