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SUMMARY:Lenten Parish Read & Book Forum 2
DESCRIPTION:During Lent\, please join us in reading Black Liturgies: Prayers\, Poems\, and Meditations for Staying Human. In this evocative collection\, New York Times bestselling author Cole Arthur Riley offers creative prayers\, poems\, and liturgies which center Black lives\, and invite us to reflect on love\, lament\, healing\, hope\, and wonder in our world of both beauty and brokenness. Black Liturgies is available for purchase wherever books are sold. If you need help acquiring a copy\, please contact our clergy.  Throughout Lent\, we will share our thoughts and responses to the book during our Sunday forums. \nFor our second forum discussion on March 1\, please read “Body\,” “Belonging\,” “Doubt\,” & “Lament” (56-95). \nFuture readings: \nFor March 8th (Lent 3):\n“Fear\,” “Rage\,” “Secrets\,” & “Power” (96-134) \nFor March 15th (Lent 4):\n“Justice\,” “Repair\,” “Rest\,” & “Joy” (135-170) \nFor March 22nd (Lent 5):\n“Love\,” “Memory\,” & “Mortality” (171-202)\n“Palm Sunday\,” “Maundy Thursday\,” “Good Friday\,” “Silent Saturday\,” & Easter (256-263) \nReading Tips from Rev. Debie \nBlack Liturgies invites a slow\, meditative approach.  We are reading not to glean information\, but rather to reflect on our journeys with God and with each other through images\, metaphors\, questions\, and prayers designed to both console and provoke.  Here are some suggestions to guide your engagement with this multi-layered text: \n\nRead slowly: Don’t feel pressured to rush through each week’s readings.  Allow Cole Arthur Riley’s letters\, prayers\, and poems to wash over you.  If a particular line or section captures your attention\, linger over it for as many days as you need.\nRead aloud or with others: Liturgies are meant to be voiced in community.  Choose a prayer or poem each week\, and read it aloud to enhance its communal quality. You might find a reading partner\, and share a call-and-response experience with sections of the book you find compelling.\nUse the breath prayers: Choose one breath prayer for each day or week.  Memorize it\, and then incorporate it into your daily routine.  Allow the rhythms of inhaling and exhaling in prayer to guide you into a state of rest whenever you feel harried\, anxious\, or overwhelmed.\nNotice the author’s names for God: Cole Arthur Riley begins each prayer with a specific name or invocation of God: “God of forgotten things\,” “God of the night\,” “Fluid God\,” “Defiant God\,” etc.  Which names particularly resonate for you? Why? What would it be like to pray using some of these names?  Are there names missing that you’d like to add?\nAllow yourself to be de-centered: Consider what it means to read a text that is not white-centric.  Notice and embrace what you feel as the author centers Black emotion\, ancestry\, memory\, and embodiment.  How might you hold a posture of curiosity\, humility\, and grace as you encounter experiences that don’t necessarily relate to you?\nAttend to your resistance: There might be sections of the book that are hard for you to get through.  Go gently\, pausing as needed. When you can\, approach your resistance with compassion and curiosity. Is there an invitation at the heart of what you find most challenging?\nKeep a reading journal: Jot down your reactions and questions as you read.  If a particular section inspires you to compose your own poem\, prayer\, or letter\, allow your creativity to flow. Write out an answer to at least one of the author’s “Contemplation” questions each week.  At some point during Lent\, use Cole Arthur Riley’s “Liturgical Template for Alternative Occasions” (282-285) to compose your own liturgy.
URL:https://saint-marks.com/event/lenten-parish-read-book-forum-2/
CATEGORIES:Featured,Forum & Speakers
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SUMMARY:Lenten Parish Read & Book Forum 3
DESCRIPTION:During Lent\, please join us in reading Black Liturgies: Prayers\, Poems\, and Meditations for Staying Human. In this evocative collection\, New York Times bestselling author Cole Arthur Riley offers creative prayers\, poems\, and liturgies which center Black lives\, and invite us to reflect on love\, lament\, healing\, hope\, and wonder in our world of both beauty and brokenness. Black Liturgies is available for purchase wherever books are sold. If you need help acquiring a copy\, please contact our clergy.  Throughout Lent\, we will share our thoughts and responses to the book during our Sunday forums. \nFor our forum discussion on March 8\, please read “Fear\,” “Rage\,” “Secrets\,” & “Power” (96-134) \nFuture readings: \nFor March 15th (Lent 4):\n“Justice\,” “Repair\,” “Rest\,” & “Joy” (135-170) \nFor March 22nd (Lent 5):\n“Love\,” “Memory\,” & “Mortality” (171-202)\n“Palm Sunday\,” “Maundy Thursday\,” “Good Friday\,” “Silent Saturday\,” & Easter (256-263) \nReading Tips from Rev. Debie \nBlack Liturgies invites a slow\, meditative approach.  We are reading not to glean information\, but rather to reflect on our journeys with God and with each other through images\, metaphors\, questions\, and prayers designed to both console and provoke.  Here are some suggestions to guide your engagement with this multi-layered text: \n\nRead slowly: Don’t feel pressured to rush through each week’s readings.  Allow Cole Arthur Riley’s letters\, prayers\, and poems to wash over you.  If a particular line or section captures your attention\, linger over it for as many days as you need.\nRead aloud or with others: Liturgies are meant to be voiced in community.  Choose a prayer or poem each week\, and read it aloud to enhance its communal quality. You might find a reading partner\, and share a call-and-response experience with sections of the book you find compelling.\nUse the breath prayers: Choose one breath prayer for each day or week.  Memorize it\, and then incorporate it into your daily routine.  Allow the rhythms of inhaling and exhaling in prayer to guide you into a state of rest whenever you feel harried\, anxious\, or overwhelmed.\nNotice the author’s names for God: Cole Arthur Riley begins each prayer with a specific name or invocation of God: “God of forgotten things\,” “God of the night\,” “Fluid God\,” “Defiant God\,” etc.  Which names particularly resonate for you? Why? What would it be like to pray using some of these names?  Are there names missing that you’d like to add?\nAllow yourself to be de-centered: Consider what it means to read a text that is not white-centric.  Notice and embrace what you feel as the author centers Black emotion\, ancestry\, memory\, and embodiment.  How might you hold a posture of curiosity\, humility\, and grace as you encounter experiences that don’t necessarily relate to you?\nAttend to your resistance: There might be sections of the book that are hard for you to get through.  Go gently\, pausing as needed. When you can\, approach your resistance with compassion and curiosity. Is there an invitation at the heart of what you find most challenging?\nKeep a reading journal: Jot down your reactions and questions as you read.  If a particular section inspires you to compose your own poem\, prayer\, or letter\, allow your creativity to flow. Write out an answer to at least one of the author’s “Contemplation” questions each week.  At some point during Lent\, use Cole Arthur Riley’s “Liturgical Template for Alternative Occasions” (282-285) to compose your own liturgy.
URL:https://saint-marks.com/event/lenten-parish-read-book-forum-3/
CATEGORIES:Featured,Forum & Speakers
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SUMMARY:Lenten Parish Read & Book Forum 4
DESCRIPTION:During Lent\, please join us in reading Black Liturgies: Prayers\, Poems\, and Meditations for Staying Human. In this evocative collection\, New York Times bestselling author Cole Arthur Riley offers creative prayers\, poems\, and liturgies which center Black lives\, and invite us to reflect on love\, lament\, healing\, hope\, and wonder in our world of both beauty and brokenness. Black Liturgies is available for purchase wherever books are sold. If you need help acquiring a copy\, please contact our clergy.  Throughout Lent\, we will share our thoughts and responses to the book during our Sunday forums. \nFor our forum discussion on March 15\, please read “Justice\,” “Repair\,” “Rest\,” & “Joy” (135-170) \nFuture readings: \nFor March 22nd (Lent 5):\n“Love\,” “Memory\,” & “Mortality” (171-202)\n“Palm Sunday\,” “Maundy Thursday\,” “Good Friday\,” “Silent Saturday\,” & Easter (256-263) \nReading Tips from Rev. Debie \nBlack Liturgies invites a slow\, meditative approach.  We are reading not to glean information\, but rather to reflect on our journeys with God and with each other through images\, metaphors\, questions\, and prayers designed to both console and provoke.  Here are some suggestions to guide your engagement with this multi-layered text: \n\nRead slowly: Don’t feel pressured to rush through each week’s readings.  Allow Cole Arthur Riley’s letters\, prayers\, and poems to wash over you.  If a particular line or section captures your attention\, linger over it for as many days as you need.\nRead aloud or with others: Liturgies are meant to be voiced in community.  Choose a prayer or poem each week\, and read it aloud to enhance its communal quality. You might find a reading partner\, and share a call-and-response experience with sections of the book you find compelling.\nUse the breath prayers: Choose one breath prayer for each day or week.  Memorize it\, and then incorporate it into your daily routine.  Allow the rhythms of inhaling and exhaling in prayer to guide you into a state of rest whenever you feel harried\, anxious\, or overwhelmed.\nNotice the author’s names for God: Cole Arthur Riley begins each prayer with a specific name or invocation of God: “God of forgotten things\,” “God of the night\,” “Fluid God\,” “Defiant God\,” etc.  Which names particularly resonate for you? Why? What would it be like to pray using some of these names?  Are there names missing that you’d like to add?\nAllow yourself to be de-centered: Consider what it means to read a text that is not white-centric.  Notice and embrace what you feel as the author centers Black emotion\, ancestry\, memory\, and embodiment.  How might you hold a posture of curiosity\, humility\, and grace as you encounter experiences that don’t necessarily relate to you?\nAttend to your resistance: There might be sections of the book that are hard for you to get through.  Go gently\, pausing as needed. When you can\, approach your resistance with compassion and curiosity. Is there an invitation at the heart of what you find most challenging?\nKeep a reading journal: Jot down your reactions and questions as you read.  If a particular section inspires you to compose your own poem\, prayer\, or letter\, allow your creativity to flow. Write out an answer to at least one of the author’s “Contemplation” questions each week.  At some point during Lent\, use Cole Arthur Riley’s “Liturgical Template for Alternative Occasions” (282-285) to compose your own liturgy.
URL:https://saint-marks.com/event/lenten-parish-read-book-forum-4/
CATEGORIES:Featured,Forum & Speakers
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SUMMARY:Lenten Parish Read & Book Forum 5
DESCRIPTION:During Lent\, please join us in reading Black Liturgies: Prayers\, Poems\, and Meditations for Staying Human. In this evocative collection\, New York Times bestselling author Cole Arthur Riley offers creative prayers\, poems\, and liturgies which center Black lives\, and invite us to reflect on love\, lament\, healing\, hope\, and wonder in our world of both beauty and brokenness. Black Liturgies is available for purchase wherever books are sold. If you need help acquiring a copy\, please contact our clergy.  Throughout Lent\, we will share our thoughts and responses to the book during our Sunday forums. \nFor our forum discussion on March 22\, please read “Love\,” “Memory\,” & “Mortality” (171-202) and “Palm Sunday\,” “Maundy Thursday\,” “Good Friday\,” “Silent Saturday\,” & Easter (256-263) \nReading Tips from Rev. Debie \nBlack Liturgies invites a slow\, meditative approach.  We are reading not to glean information\, but rather to reflect on our journeys with God and with each other through images\, metaphors\, questions\, and prayers designed to both console and provoke.  Here are some suggestions to guide your engagement with this multi-layered text: \n\nRead slowly: Don’t feel pressured to rush through each week’s readings.  Allow Cole Arthur Riley’s letters\, prayers\, and poems to wash over you.  If a particular line or section captures your attention\, linger over it for as many days as you need.\nRead aloud or with others: Liturgies are meant to be voiced in community.  Choose a prayer or poem each week\, and read it aloud to enhance its communal quality. You might find a reading partner\, and share a call-and-response experience with sections of the book you find compelling.\nUse the breath prayers: Choose one breath prayer for each day or week.  Memorize it\, and then incorporate it into your daily routine.  Allow the rhythms of inhaling and exhaling in prayer to guide you into a state of rest whenever you feel harried\, anxious\, or overwhelmed.\nNotice the author’s names for God: Cole Arthur Riley begins each prayer with a specific name or invocation of God: “God of forgotten things\,” “God of the night\,” “Fluid God\,” “Defiant God\,” etc.  Which names particularly resonate for you? Why? What would it be like to pray using some of these names?  Are there names missing that you’d like to add?\nAllow yourself to be de-centered: Consider what it means to read a text that is not white-centric.  Notice and embrace what you feel as the author centers Black emotion\, ancestry\, memory\, and embodiment.  How might you hold a posture of curiosity\, humility\, and grace as you encounter experiences that don’t necessarily relate to you?\nAttend to your resistance: There might be sections of the book that are hard for you to get through.  Go gently\, pausing as needed. When you can\, approach your resistance with compassion and curiosity. Is there an invitation at the heart of what you find most challenging?\nKeep a reading journal: Jot down your reactions and questions as you read.  If a particular section inspires you to compose your own poem\, prayer\, or letter\, allow your creativity to flow. Write out an answer to at least one of the author’s “Contemplation” questions each week.  At some point during Lent\, use Cole Arthur Riley’s “Liturgical Template for Alternative Occasions” (282-285) to compose your own liturgy.
URL:https://saint-marks.com/event/lenten-parish-read-book-forum-5/
CATEGORIES:Featured,Forum & Speakers
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Judge LaDoris Cordell
DESCRIPTION:The Becoming Beloved Community Task Force invites everyone to the next talk in its series COMMUNITY\, FAITH\, AND JUSTICE. The series explores various issues of social injustice in America and seeks to define a path toward justice\, healing\, and reconciliation.  The date is March 22\, 2026 at 2:00 pm in the Parish Hall. Register for free tickets here.\n\n\n\nOur speaker will be Judge (Ret.) LaDoris Cordell. Judge Cordell is a Former Superior Court Justice\, Legal Commentator and Police Reform Advocate. Her theme is:  “The Eleventh Commandment: How Activism Has Been and Continues to be Critical to the Preservation of Our Democracy.”\n\n\n\nJudge Cordell is a legal commentator and police reform advocate whose public service record spans decades. The first African American female to serve on the Superior Court in Northern California\, she has overseen commissions that investigated violence and mental health care in the Santa Clara County jail system\, accounts of racism in the San Francisco police department\, and allegations of misconduct in the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. The recipient of numerous awards for her work\, Judge Cordell founded the African American Donor Task Force and co-founded the African American Composer Initiative and California Parks for All. Her memoir\, Her Honor: My Life on the Bench . . . What Works\, What’s Broken\, How to Change It\, was published in 2021.
URL:https://saint-marks.com/event/speaker-series-judge-ladoris-cordell/
CATEGORIES:Featured,Forum & Speakers
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