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SUMMARY:January UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n					\n	 \n\n	January UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion\n\n			January 14\n	 @\n2:00 pm\n	 –\n3:30 pm\nCST\n	\n																												 \nEmbracing Hope: On Freedom\, Responsibility & the Meaning of Life \nby Viktor E. Frankl (2024) \nAt the turn of the calendar year\, we engage profound questions of meaning\, freedom\, responsibility\, and hope. Frankl’s reflections emerge from both suffering and deep spiritual insight. Rather than offering easy optimism\, this book asks what it means to live purposefully and humanely in difficult times. \n								\n									Zoom link\n					\n														\n									Book discussion main page\n					 \n\n	Categories:\n		LIGHT Courses\n\n	\n	Add to calendar	\n		\n	\n \n\n\n	Google Calendar\n\n\n	iCalendar\n\n\n	Outlook 365\n\n\n	Outlook Live\n\n\n\n\n\n\n				December UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion	\n\n\n	\n		February UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
URL:https://meadville.edu/event/january-uusd-book-discussion/
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SUMMARY:Session 2: The true cost of spiritual connection
DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n					\n	 \n\n	Session 2: The true cost of spiritual connection\n\n			January 18\n	 @\n6:00 pm\n	 –\n7:30 pm\n	\nOnline \nMany spiritual directors have never calculated what it actually costs to offer this work sustainably. In this session\, we move from story to numbers—without losing the soul. You’ll learn to distinguish fixed costs (platform fees and professional memberships)\, variable costs (marketing\, continuing ed)\, and hidden costs (emotional labor\, preparation time\, unpaid admin). Together\, you’ll discern your financial needs from your practice\, not from greed but from faithfulness to your own calling and your real needs.  \n								\n									Register for Session 2\n					 \nRegister for all three workshops\nEveryone needs help sometimes! \n25% off code: HSAKB5BJ9XTE \nLIGHT is part of Meadville Lombard Theological School\, a graduate education institution and a registered 501c3. Program fees help us provide instructor honoraria and pay for our registration and learning management system.  \n								\n									register for the series\n					 \n\n	Categories:\n		Academic Calendar\, LIGHT Courses\n\n	\n	Add to calendar	\n		\n	\n \n\n\n	Google Calendar\n\n\n	iCalendar\n\n\n	Outlook 365\n\n\n	Outlook Live\n\n\n\n\n\n\n				January UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion	\n\n\n	\n		Session 3: Accessibility without apology
URL:https://meadville.edu/event/session-2-the-true-cost-of-spiritual-connection/
CATEGORIES:Academic Calendar,LIGHT Courses
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SUMMARY:Session 3: Accessibility without apology
DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n					\n	 \n\n	Session 3: Accessibility without apology\n\n			January 25\n	 @\n6:00 pm\n	 –\n7:30 pm\n	\nOnline \nMany spiritual directors have never calculated what it actually costs to offer this work sustainably. In this session\, we move from story to numbers—without losing the soul. You’ll learn to distinguish fixed costs (platform fees and professional memberships)\, variable costs (marketing\, continuing ed)\, and hidden costs (emotional labor\, preparation time\, unpaid admin). Together\, you’ll discern your financial needs from your practice\, not from greed but from faithfulness to your own calling and your real needs.  \n								\n									Register for Session 3\n					 \nRegister for all three workshops\nEveryone needs help sometimes! \n25% off code: HSAKB5BJ9XTE \nLIGHT is part of Meadville Lombard Theological School\, a graduate education institution and a registered 501c3. Program fees help us provide instructor honoraria and pay for our registration and learning management system.  \n								\n									register for the series\n					 \n\n	Categories:\n		Academic Calendar\, LIGHT Courses\n\n	\n	Add to calendar	\n		\n	\n \n\n\n	Google Calendar\n\n\n	iCalendar\n\n\n	Outlook 365\n\n\n	Outlook Live\n\n\n\n\n\n\n				Session 2: The true cost of spiritual connection	\n\n\n	\n		February UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
URL:https://meadville.edu/event/session-3-accessibility-without-apology/
CATEGORIES:Academic Calendar,LIGHT Courses
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SUMMARY:February UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n					\n	 \n\n	February UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion\n\n			February 11\n	 @\n2:00 pm\n	 –\n3:30 pm\nCST\n	\n																												 \nQueering Contemplation: Finding Queerness in the Roots and Future of Contemplative Spirituality \nby Cassidy Hall (2024) \nThis month we explore contemplation through the lenses of queerness\, embodiment\, liberation\, and expansive spirituality. Cassidy Hall invites readers to question binaries and reimagine contemplative traditions with greater honesty\, hospitality\, and freedom. This conversation may stretch many of us in fruitful ways. \n								\n									Zoom link\n					\n														\n									Book discussion main page\n					 \n\n	Categories:\n		LIGHT Courses\n\n	\n	Add to calendar	\n		\n	\n \n\n\n	Google Calendar\n\n\n	iCalendar\n\n\n	Outlook 365\n\n\n	Outlook Live\n\n\n\n\n\n\n				January UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion	\n\n\n	\n		March UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
URL:https://meadville.edu/event/february-uusd-book-discussion/
CATEGORIES:LIGHT Courses
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SUMMARY:March UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n					\n	 \n\n	March UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion\n\n			March 11\n	 @\n2:00 pm\n	 –\n3:30 pm\nCST\n	\n																												 \nRestoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earth \nby Four Arrows and Darla Narvaez with multiple voices (2022) \nAs spring begins\, we widen our lens beyond individual spirituality toward relationship\, community\, ecology\, and interdependence. This collection invites readers to examine the assumptions of dominant Western culture and consider Indigenous wisdom traditions that emphasize reciprocity\, kinship\, and balance. \n								\n									Zoom link\n					\n														\n									Book discussion main page\n					 \n\n	Categories:\n		LIGHT Courses\n\n	\n	Add to calendar	\n		\n	\n \n\n\n	Google Calendar\n\n\n	iCalendar\n\n\n	Outlook 365\n\n\n	Outlook Live\n\n\n\n\n\n\n				February UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion	\n\n\n	\n		April UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
URL:https://meadville.edu/event/march-uusd-book-discussion/
CATEGORIES:LIGHT Courses
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SUMMARY:Supervision Connection: Research and Practice
DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n					\n	 \n\n	Supervision Connection: Research and Practice\n\n			March 16\n	 @\n12:00 pm\n	 –\n1:00 pm\n	\nDo you supervise others as part of your ministry? What makes for a “good” supervisee/supervisor relationship? How does this component affect formation for ministry? Rev. Jules Taylor shares their research on the landscape of supervision practices\, focusing especially on supervision with ministerial interns. Across multiple traditions\, ministerial formation includes a supervised ministry (i.e. internship) component\, and the relationship between supervisee and supervisor cannot be overlooked as a component to learning. This workshop shows what all supervisors can learn by thinking about formation and education as part of the work of supervision. The session will include both discussion and an opportunity for internship supervisors to participate in a research study. \n								\n									register on populi\n					\n																																 \n\nRev. Jules Taylor\nCost: $30\nRev. Jules Taylor is pursuing a Doctor of Ministry\, with research focused on supervision of intern ministers across difference. Taylor has been the Senior Director of Contextual Ministry at Meadville Lombard Theological School since 2018\, where they have overseen close to 100 ministerial internships. Taylor has been working with seminarians since 2009 as the initial coordinator of the In Care\, In Covenant program of the (then) Metro NY District of the Unitarian Universalist Association\, and an adjunct professor at the Starr King  Ministry and Eden Theological Seminary. \n\nEveryone needs help sometimes! \n25% off: VHJVHSDYPZ4T\nEveryone deserves access to theological education! \n50% off: LN9XRBYLQNEY\n								\n									register on populi\n					 \n\n	Categories:\n		LIGHT Courses\n\n	\n	Add to calendar	\n		\n	\n \n\n\n	Google Calendar\n\n\n	iCalendar\n\n\n	Outlook 365\n\n\n	Outlook Live\n\n\n\n\n\n\n				March UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion	\n\n\n	\n		April UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
URL:https://meadville.edu/event/supervision-connection-research-and-practice/
CATEGORIES:LIGHT Courses
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270408T140000
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SUMMARY:April UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n					\n	 \n\n	April UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion\n\n			April 8\n	 @\n2:00 pm\n	 –\n3:30 pm\nCDT\n	\n																												 \nSage Warrior: Wake to Oneness\, Practice Pleasure\, Choose Courage\, Become Victory \nby Valarie Kaur (2026) \nValarie Kaur weaves activism\, spirituality\, embodiment\, grief\, joy\, and collective liberation into a compelling call toward courageous living. This book asks how we remain awake and loving in difficult times without abandoning ourselves or one another. \n								\n									Zoom link\n					\n														\n									Book discussion main page\n					 \n\n	Categories:\n		LIGHT Courses\n\n	\n	Add to calendar	\n		\n	\n \n\n\n	Google Calendar\n\n\n	iCalendar\n\n\n	Outlook 365\n\n\n	Outlook Live\n\n\n\n\n\n\n				March UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion	\n\n\n	\n		May UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
URL:https://meadville.edu/event/april-uusd-book-discussion/
CATEGORIES:LIGHT Courses
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SUMMARY:May UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n					\n	 \n\n	May UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion\n\n			May 13\n	 @\n2:00 pm\n	 –\n3:30 pm\nCDT\n	\n																												 \nThe Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage \nby Richard Rohr (2025) \nWe close the year with a book wrestling honestly with prophecy\, lament\, anger\, contemplation\, and public life. Rohr explores what spiritual wisdom asks of us in an era marked by polarization and exhaustion. This feels like an appropriate concluding conversation for spiritual directors living and serving in complex times. \n								\n									Zoom link\n					\n														\n									Book Discussion Main Page\n					 \n\n	Categories:\n		LIGHT Courses\n\n	\n	Add to calendar	\n		\n	\n \n\n\n	Google Calendar\n\n\n	iCalendar\n\n\n	Outlook 365\n\n\n	Outlook Live\n\n\n\n\n\n\n				April UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion
URL:https://meadville.edu/event/may-uusd-book-discussion/
CATEGORIES:LIGHT Courses
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