Nephesh/Soul as reflected in the Jewish prayer known as the Shema: animating force of life, breath of life.
View this email in your browser What is a soul? It’s like electricity …we don’t really know what it is, but it’s a force that can light a room.— Ray Charles For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart.It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.— Judy Garland[…]
This Sunday, Oct 3rd: Pumpkin people, world communion, interfaith gathering, outdoor pet blessing @ gazebo, choir, worship, and more!
SUN, OCT 3 SUN, Oct 3 PUMPKIN PEOPLE INSTALLATION-ongoingEnjoy the pumpkin people created by our youth: the Pumpkin Patch Jazz Band created to illustrate the theme of ‘Make a Joyful Music.’ More pumpkin people remain to be added! INTERFAITH GATHERING8am • Pavilion behind Whitney Community Center & Zoom link requiredPoetry and conversation outside. Join us.[…]
Lev/Heart as reflected in the Jewish prayer known as the Shema: home of your intellect, emotions, and discernment and decision-making, integrating body-mind-spirit
There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled.There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled.You feel it, don’t you? ― Rumi We can reject everything else: religion, ideology, all received wisdom. But we cannot escape the necessity of love and compassion. This, then, is my true religion, my simple[…]
At JCC & around town: Sept 27-Oct 3
This week: Yoga, fitness, music around Jackson, C3 Cockails & Christian Conversation, Mountaintop Music concerts, pumpkin people creating & installing, outdoor pet blessing, choir, worship, and more! MON, SEPT 27 – SUN, OCT 3 ONGOING Community Event: GEOCACHING (Upper Saco Valley Land Trust program)Sept 20-Oct 1 • Dundee ForestExplore the Bartlett Tract of the Dundee[…]