SOPHIA READING GROUP SIGN-UP
Hey friends, here you can sign-up for our forthcoming Sophia Reading Group on Brian McLaren’s Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart.
How do we hold on to our deepest convictions without losing relationships with the people we love?
In Life After Doom, Brian engages with the catastrophic failure of both our religious and political leaders to address the dominant realities of our time: ecological overshoot, economic injustice, and the increasing likelihood of civilizational collapse. McLaren defines doom as the “un-peaceful, uneasy, unwanted feeling” that “we humans have made a mess of our civilization and our planet, and not enough of us seem to care enough to change deeply enough or quickly enough to save ourselves.”
Blending insights from philosophers, poets, scientists, and theologians, Life After Doom explores the complexity of hope, the necessity of grief, and the need for new ways of thinking, becoming, and belonging in turbulent times. If you want to help yourself, your family, and the communities to which you belong to find courage and resilience for the deeply challenging times that are upon us ― this is the book you need right now.
The reading group discussions will run in live backyard discussion groups of 5 or more at a coordinated time of your choosing.
Suggested Dates:
02/21 - An Evening with Brian McLaren at the Community Environmental Council HUB. Click HERE for info on tickets!
03/02 - Part I
03/16 - Part II
03/30 - Part III
04/13 - Part IV
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, you will need to secure your own copy of the book. 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 - Life After Doom” 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.