What exactly does collective wisdom mean? Are two heads really better than one? And how about two hearts? Amanda will explore how “group think” can be both challenging and beautifully productive. Music from singer/songwriter Lilo Gonzalez.
Determination. Perseverance. Resilience. Whatever that indefinable quality is, we all need it to make it through the day. At the same time, we have to recharge–and cut ourselves some slack–now and again. Amanda will explore the balance between grit and rest (heard of the nap ministry?) in this multimedia platform. Music from the U Street … Continue reading Grit!
Author Sonya Renee Taylor asserts that radical self-love is a powerful antidote to both personal and societal pain. She believes that powerful self-love can change us personally, change our relationships, and change the world. Mr. Rogers says he likes us, just the way we are. For our annual celebration of love, join Amanda and Laura to consider what … Continue reading Pay Attention to Love Day: Loving Your Very Own Self
Addiction can be surrounded by shame and secrecy–but there is power in knowing that we are not alone in our experiences. Amanda will share member stories about recovery, sobriety, and resilience, and consider what lessons there might be for all of us in these stories. Whether or not addiction has ever touched your life (and … Continue reading The Ongoing Journey of Recovery…and Resilience
Join Amanda at 9:30 and special guest Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton at 11:30 to reflect on the historic and future call to a life of integrity. What does it mean to choose to do the right, hard things? We are delighted to share that Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton will be speaking at WES on January 26th … Continue reading A Life of Integrity
Amanda Poppei, Senior Leader. We often think of prophets as living their values, sure of their own convictions, alone on a mountaintop. But even the most amazing leader must be sure there is a community with them to lead. Amanda will explore this idea through the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., … Continue reading The Lonely Life of a Hero: MLK Sunday
How do we respond when our heroes–activists, artists, authors–show us their deepest flaws, especially when those flaws are harmful in the world? Can we continue to love the art they create? Is there a limit to our reverence of them? And why do people have to be so messy, anyway? Join Amanda to explore this … Continue reading Feet of Clay
Amanda Poppei and Laura Solomon. Join Laura and Amanda as they invite you to reflect on how you want to be different in the coming year–and how you might forgive yourself for the ways you have fallen short. Together, we will notice how both our successes and our failures make up the whole of who … Continue reading New Year, Same Old You
“Silence” Vincent Tyler and Amanda Poppei, Senior Leader. Join Vincent and Amanda to explore how silence functions in our often over-busy lives. How can we access silence–even for a moment–and how does it change us? Music from Nicole Rumeau, vocalist.
We all know we want to experience moments of awe–but you can’t exactly plan them out! Religious and meditative traditions, however, have historically offered ways to ready ourselves for those experiences. Join Amanda to learn about practices around the world, and how they relate to our own humanist tradition. Music from Josh Blinder.
