Shelf 31
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Contains 194 Results:
Dreams of the Beloved Community, 2013-08-28
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 38
Identifier: 31.94.38
Abstract
A Community Conversation on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Great March on Washington and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream Speech
Suggested donation $10Fifty years ago, on August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of people marched for civil and economic rights under the theme "jobs and freedom." Do you remember the March? Were you there?One of the largest demonstrations for human rights in United States' history, it was the occasion on which...
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Event: 2013-08-28
Preserving Mayan Legacies in Ritual and Ceremony, 2013-08-31
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 39
Identifier: 31.94.39
Abstract
Tata Apolinario Chile Pixtún
Presented in partnership with Think Peace International and PK McCary, artist-in-residence at Project Row Houses
Suggested donation $10Renowned Mayan elder and healer Tata Apolinario Chile Pixtún conducts a public ceremony on the Rothko Chapel plaza for healing and blessing during the current Mayan transition period. The ceremony ends with a telling of the Mayan calendar prophecy, and following the ceremony is a talk at noon at Project Row Houses....
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Event: 2013-08-31
Free Day of Yoga Houston, 2013-09-02
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 40
Identifier: 31.94.40
Abstract
Presented in partnership with Texas Yoga Association
Suggested donation $10The Houston yoga community celebrates the Eighth Annual Houston Free Day of Yoga this Labor Day with special music performances by Girish and Ricardo Hambra, world percussionist and singer. This year’s gathering focuses on the heart and devotion. Yoginos: Yoga for Youth will lead the children's classes. The day's schedule is: 9am: Opening Music with Emancipated Soul Movement
9:30am:...
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Event: 2013-09-02
Twelve Moments: Wiccan Tradition , 2013-09-04
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 41
Identifier: 31.94.41
Abstract
Rev. Melissa Murry, Wiccan Tradition
Suggested donation $10Using a “ladder,” or cord with knots, to keep track of each recitation of the meditations, participants use an old Wiccan tool to focus group energy toward healing our Mother Earth, as well as any other needed healing. The web of energy connecting all beings is utilized in this meditation and makes use of these connections to effect change around the world. Rev. Melissa Murry, High Priestess of the Temple of the Sacred...
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Event: 2013-09-04
Season Programs, 2013 - 2014
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 42
Identifier: 31.94.42
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains materials related to public programs during the time period, except for Awards and Colloquia which have separate series.
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Event: 2013 - 2014
Learning to Walk in the Dark, 2013-09-15
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 43
Identifier: 31.94.43
Abstract
Barbara Brown Taylor
Suggested donation $10 Popular religious and spiritual teachers have a lot of positive things to say about “light” and “enlightenment,” but almost nothing to say about the value of “endarkenment.” Yet darkness plays an essential role in the spiritual life, especially when the well-lit structures of old-time religion are falling down. What might it mean to learn to walk in the dark? Could this be a skill that none of us can do without? Ordained Episcopal...
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Event: 2013-09-15
Twilight Meditation, Christian Contemplative Taize Service, 2013-09-17
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 44
Identifier: 31.94.44
Abstract
Kinley Lange, Christian Contemplative Taize Service
Suggested donation $10Taizé worship, originating from France, incorporates music and prayers with songs in many languages, including chants and icons from the Eastern Orthodox tradition. The music emphasizes simple phrases, usually lines from Psalms or other pieces of Scripture, repeated and sometimes also sung in canon. Kinley Lange has been working as a choral musician for almost 40 years, conducting children, youth, church,...
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Event: 2013-09-17
Peace Pilot, 2013-09-21
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 45
Identifier: 31.94.45
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Film Projection on the Rothko Chapel
Suggested donation $10
To mark International Day of Peace, the Rothko Chapel screens filmmaker Trayc Claybrook’s highly acclaimed Peace Pilot on the outside of the Chapel. The film features characters in metaphoric environments, representing the hero’s journey towards personal, communal, and global transformation and peace.
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Event: 2013-09-21
Modern-Day Slavery, 2013-09-29
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 46
Identifier: 31.94.46
Abstract
Lori Cohen, Sanctuary for Families, and Constance Rossiter, YMCA
Suggested donation $10Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery and a gross violation of human rights, affecting all genders, ages, and nationalities. Houston is a major labor and sex trafficking hub in the United States; roughly one in four women trafficked in the United States travels through Houston according to the Department of Justice. Lori Cohen, Senior Staff Attorney of New York City’s Sanctuary for...
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Event: 2013-09-29
Twelve Moments: Spiritual Naturalist Tradition, 2013-10-02
File — Container: Shelf 31, Box: 94, Folder: 47
Identifier: 31.94.47
Abstract
Rev. Daniel Strain, Spiritual Naturalist Tradition
Suggested donation $10This guided mindfulness meditation introduces participants to the contemplation practices of Spiritual Naturalists. Spiritual Naturalism sees the universe as one natural and sacred whole and advocates practices that have compassion as their foundation, finding inspiration in traditions from around the world. Rev. Daniel Strain is a Humanist Minister and Executive Director of the Spiritual Naturalist Society....
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Event: 2013-10-02