SOPHIA READING GROUP SIGN-UP
Hey friends, here you can sign-up for our forthcoming Sophia Reading Group on Brit Barron’s Do You Still Talk to Grandma? When the Problematic People in our Lives Are the Ones We Love.
How do we hold on to our deepest convictions without losing relationships with the people we love?
In this new book, Barron illuminates the challenges and hope for these relationships, showing that the best research points toward humility, self-awareness, an openness to learning, and remembering that others can learn too.
She understands that those people who hurt us with their bigotry and ignorance . . . they’re often the people we love: They’re our friends, our parents, our grandparents, and even our religious leaders. Barron shows that the way forward is to create a gracious and risky space for people to learn and evolve. We need to form the sorts of relationships where we can tell difficult truths, set boundaries, forgive, and share stories of our own failings. And this starts with examining ourselves.
Provocative, charming, and vulnerable, Do You Still Talk to Grandma? is an essential read for anyone struggling to live compassionately without giving up on conviction.
The reading group discussions will run in live backyard discussion groups of 5 or more at a coordinated time of your choosing with pre-recorded video introductions for conversation.
Suggested Dates:
10/13 - Chapters 1 & 2
10/20 - Chapters 3 & 4
10/25 - An Evening with Brit Barron @ Third Window Brewing Co. Click HERE for info on tickets!
10/27 - Chapters 5 & 6
11/3 - Chapters 7 & 8
Dates for backyard hosts will be forthcoming! Please indicate if you’d like to be in a backyard group in the sign-up form, and we will contact you. Thanks!
If there are a contingency of folks who would like to get together on Zoom, please email me to let me know at tim@waycollective.org.
For this group, we have secured multiple copies of the book. If you sign up, we can provide you a copy. This Sophia Group will be a pay-what-you can sliding scale learning environment. A learning group like this is typically offered for $30 or more. If you are able, please click the “GIVE” button below and contribute whatever you can to help make this possible for everyone. Select the “Sophia Group - Do You Still Talk to Grandma?” selection in the "Pay for Course” button. If you can afford more than $30, you’re welcome to give more, and if you cannot afford that, feel free to give what you can or sign up for free. No human will be turned down for lack of funds.
And remember, if you are in the “Poppy Circle” or above in our community giving circles, then you do not need to pay for this Sophia Course. Your fees will be covered! Please sign up anyways to let us know if you can make it, even if you are a part of the “Poppy Circle.”
***Notice that to sign-up for this group, you will need to both fill out the form and click subscribe, AND click the “Pay for Course” button separately to pay. Thanks!***
Any questions, please email tim@waycollective.org.