01/08/2019
Upcoming Spiritual Retreat
Agents of Compassion:
The Compass of Compassion Based Activism
Featuring Frank Rogers on
Saturday, January 26, 9am-3pm at
First Christian Church, Pomona
How do we love our enemies when people hold ideologies and abuse power in ways that offend our deepest values? The Way of Jesus offers us direction. He was a spiritual teacher and a prophet of peace within an oppressive society. He taught a radical path of personal transformation and social engagement rooted in dignity, justice, and compassion. This retreat—through stories, contemplative practices, reflection exercises, and group processes—will explore what Jesus’ radical invitation might look like in today’s challenging world and offers an orienting compass to guide a social activism rooted in empowered compassion.
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We live in challenging times. Political and religious divides are increasingly polarizing us around competing ideologies; the abuse of power, the legitimation of social othering, and the denigrations of injustice are rampant; and social and relational tensions are rising to frighteningly violent pro...