​​"The project of language is a project of shaping tongues--or hands, or ink, or fingers, or bodies--around meaning."                                                            (Padraig O'Tuama)
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-How do you describe your spiritual identity?
-What is your longing? 
-Where is your belonging? How do you belong to this world? How does the world belong to you? 
-What was the language of spirit you learned as a child? How did that language shape you?
-Has that language changed over time?
-What is your experience of trust, trustworthiness and love?
-What do you love?
-To what are you tethered? What tethers you?
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SPIRITUALI-TEA
Questionable Conversations on the Shaping of
​Community and Spirituality
Tuesdays, 10:00am-12:00pm
​in person and on ZOOM
 January 4 - February 22, 2022



If you are seeking a nurturing, spacious place in which to question, explore, discover or further mine your spiritual identity, Spirituali-tea is just that space. There is no agenda, and all expressions of spirit are welcome. 

Our first exploration in this on-going series will be through reading and sharing sections from Padriag O'Tuama's 2015 exquisite spiritual autobiography
In the Shelter. Padraig, a former Catholic priest from Ireland, now a partnered gay man, extraordinary poet and theologian, is one of the best contemporary voices
re-storying words, language and imagination of what it means to be human and spiritual. 

January 4- February 22, 2022:
Selections from In the Shelter by Padraig O'Tuama

January 4, 2022: Week One: Hello to the World + Hello to Here + Hello to the Beginning 
January 11, 2022: Week Two:  Hello to the Imagination 
January 18, 2022: Week Three:  Hello to Trouble 
January 25, 2022: Week Four: Hello to What We Cannot Know  
February 1: Week Five: Hello the Body 
February 8: Week Six: Hello to the Shadow
February 15: Week Seven: Hello to Change
February 22: Week Eight: Hello to Power + Hello to Story, Hello to Language 
  
This series is hybrid: it will be ZOOMED and, for those who live locally, you are welcome join me for tea and treats around my kitchen table as we share our own questions, thoughts and experiences. 

It is suggested you purchase the book In the Shelter as a companion for this series, but it is not necessary for engaging in shared conversations.

While we hope you will engage with us for all 8 sessions, you are welcome to join as your schedule allows.  However, please register for the sessions you plan to attend: artandsoul.wm@gmail.com or call/text 413-348-2385.

Cost:
A suggested offering for the full series of 8 sessions is
$160+ ($20+ per week). If this amount is prohibitive, please offer what you comfortably and generously can weekly or in full. No one will be turned away. 
Payment by Venmo or Paypal are available, as well as checks and cash. 

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