BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Meadville Lombard Theological School - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://meadville.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Meadville Lombard Theological School REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20270314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20271107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20280312T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20281105T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260910T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260910T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T034537Z CREATED:20260527T193310Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T034537Z UID:10000085-1789048800-1789054200@meadville.edu SUMMARY:September UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n \n \n\n September UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion\n\n September 10\n @\n2:00 pm\n –\n3:30 pm\nCDT\n \n \nGive Me a Word: The Promise of an Ancient Practice to Guide Your Year \nby Christine Valters Paintner (2025) \nWe begin the year with the ancient practice of receiving a “word” for the year ahead. Paintner invites readers into contemplative listening\, discernment\, and spiritual attentiveness. This book offers a spacious beginning to our year together and encourages us to notice what wants to guide us in this season of life and ministry. \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 Summer grades due \n\n\n \n Responsible Leadership Summer Series Workshop 3 URL:https://meadville.edu/event/uusd-book-discussion-september/ CATEGORIES:LIGHT Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/swallowtail-on-flowers-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260926T130000 DTSTAMP:20260429T154114Z CREATED:20260422T055033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260429T154114Z UID:10000084-1790424000-1790427600@meadville.edu SUMMARY:Responsible Leadership Summer Series Workshop 3 DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n \n \n\n Responsible Leadership Summer Series Workshop 3\nEthical Financial Decision Making\n\n September 26\n @\n12:00 pm\n –\n1:00 pm\nCDT\n \nFinancial decisions in faith communities are never only about numbers—how can leaders ensure their financial practices reflect love at the center? “Ethical Financial Decision Making” invites religious and lay leaders to explore how transparency\, accountability\, and moral discernment shape faithful stewardship of resources. In this one-hour session\, participants will consider practical approaches that support trust and integrity within their communities.  \n \n Registration\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 Summer grades due URL:https://meadville.edu/event/responsible-leadership-summer-series-workshop-3/ CATEGORIES:LIGHT Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/budgeting.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261008T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T034704Z CREATED:20260527T200036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T034704Z UID:10000088-1791468000-1791473400@meadville.edu SUMMARY:October UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n \n \n\n October UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion\n\n October 8\n @\n2:00 pm\n –\n3:30 pm\nCDT\n \n \nWalking in Wonder \nby John O’Donohue (2018) \nAs autumn deepens\, we turn toward beauty\, imagination\, and the sacredness woven through ordinary life. O’Donohue’s reflections and blessings invite us into a spirituality of presence and wonder. This is a book to savor slowly and perhaps read aloud. \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 Responsible Leadership Summer Series Workshop 3 \n\n\n \n November UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion URL:https://meadville.edu/event/october-uusd-book-discussion/ CATEGORIES:LIGHT Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/swallowtail-on-flowers-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261112T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261112T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T034757Z CREATED:20260527T200521Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T034757Z UID:10000089-1794492000-1794497400@meadville.edu SUMMARY:November UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n \n \n\n November UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion\n\n November 12\n @\n2:00 pm\n –\n3:30 pm\nCST\n \n \nWriting Creativity and Soul \nby Sue Monk Kidd (2025) \nIn a season when many caregivers and spiritual leaders are carrying exhaustion\, this book offers creativity as soul care rather than performance. Sue Monk Kidd explores writing\, imagination\, memory\, and the inner life as spiritual practice. No one needs to be a “writer” to enter this conversation. This is a book about voice and tending the self beneath the roles we carry. \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 October UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion \n\n\n \n December UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion URL:https://meadville.edu/event/november-uusd-book-discussion/ CATEGORIES:LIGHT Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/swallowtail-on-flowers-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261210T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261210T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T034852Z CREATED:20260527T202132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T034852Z UID:10000090-1796911200-1796916600@meadville.edu SUMMARY:December UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n \n \n\n December UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion\n\n December 10\n @\n2:00 pm\n –\n3:30 pm\nCST\n \n \nHow the Stars Get in Your Bones \nby Jan Richardson (2025) \nDecember invites tenderness\, blessing\, grief\, and light. Jan Richardson’s work holds all of these with extraordinary care. Through poetry\, image\, and reflection\, she companions readers through threshold seasons and reminds us how beauty and sorrow often travel together. \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 November UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion \n\n\n \n January UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion URL:https://meadville.edu/event/december-uusd-book-discussion/ CATEGORIES:LIGHT Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/swallowtail-on-flowers-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270111T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270111T193000 DTSTAMP:20260731T005556Z CREATED:20260731T004308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T005556Z UID:10000100-1799690400-1799695800@meadville.edu SUMMARY:Session 1: Uncovering your money story DESCRIPTION:<< Back to LIGHT Events\n \n \n\n Session 1: Uncovering your money story\n\n January 11\n @\n6:00 pm\n –\n7:30 pm\n \nOnline \nWe begin with reflective\, spiritually grounded work. Participants will explore the formative experiences—familial\, cultural\, and religious—that shaped their current beliefs and behavior around money\, worth\, and ministry. Through guided journaling and small-group sharing\, we’ll explore the formative experiences and unspoken assumptions that often lead to undercharging or over-giving. You’ll leave with clarity around the core values that will guide your pricing\, not as a number\, but as an expression of your personal integrity.  \n \n Register for Session 1\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 December UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion \n\n\n \n January UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion URL:https://meadville.edu/event/session-1-uncovering-your-money-story/ CATEGORIES:Academic Calendar,LIGHT Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/financial-clarity.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270114T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270114T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T034932Z CREATED:20260527T221456Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T034932Z UID:10000091-1799935200-1799940600@meadville.edu 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/ CATEGORIES:LIGHT Courses ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/swallowtail-on-flowers-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270118T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270118T193000 DTSTAMP:20260731T011308Z CREATED:20260731T005815Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T011308Z UID:10000101-1800295200-1800300600@meadville.edu 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/financial-clarity.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270125T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270125T193000 DTSTAMP:20260731T011238Z CREATED:20260731T010705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T011238Z UID:10000102-1800900000-1800905400@meadville.edu 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/financial-clarity.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270211T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T035117Z CREATED:20260527T221851Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T035117Z UID:10000092-1802354400-1802359800@meadville.edu 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/swallowtail-on-flowers-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270311T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270311T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T035143Z CREATED:20260527T222405Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T035143Z UID:10000093-1804773600-1804779000@meadville.edu 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/swallowtail-on-flowers-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270316T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270316T130000 DTSTAMP:20260730T191152Z CREATED:20260730T184140Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T191152Z UID:10000099-1805198400-1805202000@meadville.edu 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Conversations.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270408T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270408T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T035257Z CREATED:20260527T222810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T035257Z UID:10000094-1807192800-1807198200@meadville.edu 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/swallowtail-on-flowers-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270513T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270513T153000 DTSTAMP:20260528T035349Z CREATED:20260527T223203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260528T035349Z UID:10000095-1810216800-1810222200@meadville.edu 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://meadville.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/swallowtail-on-flowers-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR