Evensong: An Eight-week Series of Gatherings, Band 1

adapted Alice Walker attentive listening begin Black Goddess Blessed Buddha celebrate our desire Christ circle closing words common bowl death desire for community direct speaking Divine Made Manifest endings feel Gathering Five Gathering Seven hands in loving he/she hear hearts unfold invite J.D. Salinger Jack Canfield Jack Kornfield James Dickey Jesus Kahlil Gibran learned lend to human Let us worship living mutual relation look love relation loving worth Mary Oliver Matthew Fox mentary Messiah order of service ourselves participants Phone Number Preparation for Gathering Ralph Waldo Emerson Ray Bradbury Religious and Spiritual religious community response Scott Peck sharing Show and Tell silence sing Sitting in Stillness someone sometimes song speaker speaking and attentive Spiritual Experiences Stillness Communing stories an ear Thank things thoughts Tom Robbins trees true truth try drawing ultimate concern unfold like flowers Unitarian Universalist Walt Whitman Yes gives birth