Dates: Thursday, March 2, 2023, 7 pm ET
Available by: Join by Videoconference Only (learn more about videoconference)
Suggested Love Offering: $ 10.00
Soulful Conversations: “Wisdom of Fire”
Facilitated by Rev. Julie Brooks and Rev. Claudia Kohn
Welcome to our Soulful Conversation, “Wisdom of Fire.” As one of Earth’s four elements, fire has long fascinated humans. Whether mesmerized by a flickering flame, grateful for heat that warms and nourishes, moved by its power to both create and destroy, or awed by its spiritually illuminating capacities, humans have sought to comprehend and connect with fire in a myriad of ways. Join us for an evening of contemplation and consideration of how fire shows up for you! Please bring a journal, writing or drawing device, and an open heart as we seek to stoke the sparks of our curiosities about this incredible, illumining force.
FACILITATORS:
Rev. Julie Brooks
Rev. Dr. Julie Brooks is an ordained Interfaith/Interspiritual Minister, graduating with the One Spirit Class of 2019. She is also an intergenre writer and reverent rambler amongst the sacred and the sublime in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Julie shares her home with her wife of 27 years, Joellen, their garrulous golden, Griffin, and two fabulous felines, Quaker and Dylan Striped Tiger. Julie has worked as a clinical social worker, outdoor education instructor, college professor teaching Sociology and Education, and has a rich and textured history facilitating groups and leading worship experiences under the trees, on two wheels and “paddling with poets and prophets” around the Finger Lakes and San Juan Islands. Julie loved being a Dean’s Assistant with the One Spirit Second-Year 2020 and 2021 Seminary Classes. And, is thrilled to now be a Dean! As the Chief Executive Pedaler of sacredcycling.com, Julie is passionately and purposefully pedaling her ministry from the saddle of her bike. She has a keen interest in Contemplative Practices across the wisdom traditions, and is currently working on setting some of those practices onto the saddle in her forthcoming book, Back to the Hub: InterSpiritual Practices for Sacred Cycling. Blessed be the wonder of wandering the world on a wheel!
Rev. Claudia Kohn
Rev. Claudia Ruth Kohn grew up in the suburbs north of Boston, Massachusetts, and moved to New York City upon graduating from university. After marrying and having four children, she moved to Europe and Asia, where she raised her children while acquiring a Master’s degree in the UK, became a Buddhist in Hong Kong, and interacted with many people and cultures along the way. After nearly 20 years travelling, she returned to New York. She has worked as a docent at the Statue of Liberty, managed a soup kitchen in Manhattan, ministered to patients and their loved ones at the Haven Hospice, studied Contemplative Care at the Zen Center, and completed seminary at One Spirit; she was ordained and graduated in 2019. As well as working for the seminary as a dean’s assistant for two years, she competed her chaplaincy training and is currently a chaplain at New York Presbyterian/Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. Claudia is certified in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Grief and Bereavement work, and is a Reiki Master Teacher as well as a poet. In her “free” time, she is working on a memoir exploring her work as a chaplain during the COVID pandemic. She is deeply honored and excited to be a Dean at One Spirit, and looks forward to exploring ministry and sacred gifts with each new class.
If you have questions about registering for this course, please contact One Spirit Learning Alliance by email to info@1spirit.org or call 212-931-6840.