May 14, 2024, 7-8:00 pm
with Karen Hering

“This is the stillness of the chrysalis. This is the pause on the threshold. A lifted foot in the march of time that might come down in an entirely new direction. It is stillness preparing to spring into action, a pause that is not powerless but a gift of temporary suspension in which any number of futures are possible.” (From Trusting Change, by Karen Hering).

Spiritual Deepening

for Global Transformation

A heartful community intending to deepen together: Creating a spiritual infrastructure for the sake of the beautiful world our souls know is possible.

New group beginning May 16-19, 2024!

Compassion in Action Film Viewing and Discussion

Film Viewing: May 17/18/19
Discussion: May 19, 10am-11am CDT

Offered at no cost

Using the diaries of Etty Hillesum, a young women who was murdered in the holocaust, this documentary tells the story of Dina Awwad-Srour (Palestine) and Emma Sham-Ba Ayalon (Israel). Dina and Emma are peace activists working for global healing.

GEMINI sun-sign: FULL MOON is in constellation SAGITARIUS.

Seed-thought: Who I am is not how I think of myself or who I have made myself to be. I recognize who I think I am, and in the waning of that self, I serve, I shine, I am One.

Ancient spiritual knowledge applied to today’s life. 

Wednesday’s at 10:15am (CDT)
with Ron Moor

The Tao Te Ching is a philosophy of being calling us to live in harmony with all of creation. 

Ongoing weekly sessions.
Register and drop in any time.

“If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.” ~Buddha

May 31-June 2, 2024
with Teachers Kathleen Graham, Kara Vangen, and Jim Lockridge

Please join us for this retreat where we will explore the qualities of the Green Latifa; Essential Compassion, and start to look at what both blocks compassion and what helps to develop it.

Thursday June 6, 2024 6:30-8:30 pm
Midwest Diamond Approach® Group 4

We warmly invite you to join us for an enriching online orientation to Diamond Approach retreats, guided by our local Diamond Approach teachers: Kathleen Graham, Jim Lockridge, Timothy Bernhard, and Kara Vangen. This is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about our retreats, ask questions, and connect with a community dedicated to personal growth and self-discovery.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Garden and Trails days: June 7-9

If you’re drawn to nature and community service, we warmly invite you to join us for one or both events.

Volunteering with us is not just an act of service; it’s a precious contribution to our community. Thank you!!

Compassion in Action Film Viewing and Discussion

Film Viewing: June 14/15/16
Discussion: June 16, 3pm-4pm CDT

Offered at no cost

This documentary illuminates both the staggering scale of the global refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact.

Welcoming a new era of Heartful Mutuality!
An online collaboration with The School of Spiritual Psychology

June 14 –June 15, 2024
with Robert Sardello, Ph.D. and Mary Jane Hooper, MS. and Hosted by S. Gabe Uhlein, Ph.D.

Awaken to heart-awareness relating! Recognize the ‘hum’ of the heart! Welcome to inspired conversation and practices to explore human “relating” as inherently awakening presence amid the ever-present presences in which we are nested. Let’s explore together the change in sensing/perceiving/knowing when consciously awake with presence to “presences”.

A Nature Encounter with Ron Moor and Don Quintenz

June 21-23, 2024 (Thursday through Sunday)

8 person minimum

Might we open to the song of the whispering leaves and hear their call to “stay awhile” as in Mary Oliver’s luminous poem? Might we learn to “see” and commune more deeply with all of our senses?

CANCER sun-sign: first FULL MOON is in constellation CAPRICORN.

Seed-thought: I create a Lighted House and in it, take my place. In such creating, I am as God is. Therein be Love. “Welcome”, I say, without exception.

June 28-30, 2024 
with Theresa Falvey-Hunt

If your body is craving some nourishment; think of it like a desire for a “reset” a delightful inhale and exhale of the mind and body. You know, those breaths that bring you back to the present moment. Bringing you back home to yourself.

Ancient spiritual knowledge applied to today’s life. 

Wednesday’s at 10:15am (CDT)
with Ron Moor

The Tao Te Ching is a philosophy of being calling us to live in harmony with all of creation. 

Ongoing weekly sessions.
Register and drop in any time.

July 9, 2024, 7-8:00 pm
with Karen Hering

“In the pause between what is no longer and what is not yet, we might discover our greatest need… is for time and space where we can dissolve our old ways of being, … [where] we are able to let go of old structures and wait a while for the new ones to emerge…. [a place] made of the relationships, elements, and interactions that will support and protect our becoming.” (From Trusting Change, by Karen Hering).

Compassion in Action Film Viewing and Discussion

Viewing: July 19, 20, 21
Discussion: July 21 at 3pm

Offered at no cost

The Music of Strangers, follows members of the Ensemble as they gather in locations across the world, exploring the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution. Through these moving individual stories, the filmmakers paint a vivid portrait of a bold musical experiment and a global search for the ties that bind.

July  21, 2024 at 6:30pm
Offered at no cost; come meditate with us!

CANCER sun-sign: first FULL MOON is in constellation CAPRICORN.

Seed-thought: I create a Lighted House and in it, take my place. In such creating, I am as God is. Therein be Love. “Welcome”, I say, without exception.

July 28-August 2, 2024
with the Mindfulness Community of Milwaukee

The four brahmaviharas are the ancient abodes of loving connection in the Buddhist tradition. They are loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. The Buddha has stated that practicing these four abodes is a true path to liberation.

August 10-12, 2024
Friday 10:00am to Sunday 4:00pm
with Sr. Gabriele Uhlein

Sessions limited to 12 participants. All materials provided.

Dare yourself to stretch into fresh creative possibility! Spend a weekend with creative friends, let your inner child play. Enjoy the Christine Center trails, sauna, and bright starry skies. Bring curiosity and a willingness to deepen insight!

August 12 – 15, 2024, Monday-Thursday
With Ron Moor

Early registration price is available through July 31!

With the Tao as our guide, we will explore our relationship with all things, including our inner selves, each other, nature, language, art, indeed with all of existence. This will be a time of deep yet gentle exploration, highly experiential. Tao is calling us to evolve our ways of perceiving and relating.

August 19, 2024 at 6:30pm
Offered at no cost; come meditate with us!

LEO sun-sign: FULL MOON is in constellation AQUARIUS.

Seed-thought: I am what I most deeply desire. That which I most deeply desire I am. I give myself to Life, in, with, and through ONE.

Ancient spiritual knowledge applied to today’s life. 

Wednesday’s at 10:15am (CDT)
with Ron Moor

The Tao Te Ching is a philosophy of being calling us to live in harmony with all of creation. 

Ongoing weekly sessions.
Register and drop in any time.

September 6-8, 2024
with Andrea Russell

This retreat will allow you to unplug and remember what is really important to you. You will get the time you need for yoga, meditation, and introspection so that you can reset and come home to yourself.

September 10, 2024, 7-8:00 pm
with Karen Hering

When naming our threshold “journeying companions, often the first ones that come to mind are contemporaries, those physically or virtually present in the here and now. When we widen our invitation to include those who came before us and those who will follow after, we gain a steadier balance supported across a greater span of history.” (From Trusting Change, by Karen Hering).

Compassion in Action Film Viewing and Discussion

Viewing: September 13,14,15
Discussion: September 15 at 3pm

Offered at no cost

From the sacred sugi and cedar forests of Japan, the ancient Raheen Wood of Ireland, the walnut and redwood trees of America, to the great boreal forest of Canada, this film tells us the amazing stories behind the history and legacy of these ancient forests.

September 17, 2024 at 6:30pm
Offered at no cost; come meditate with us!

VIRGO sun-sign: FULL MOON is in constellation PISCES.

Seed-thought: We are Spiritual Being and Human Matter. Earth-nurtured and nurturing Earth, we are both child and Mother. This is how the Divine matters, both serving and served.

October 17, 2024 at 6:30pm
Offered at no cost; come meditate with us!

LIBRA sun-sign: FULL MOON is in constellation ARIES.

Seed-thought: In the great rhythm of creation, all things expand and then contract, and then expand again. Finding my way, in service to Love and Life , I choose the path that embraces both.

Compassion in Action Film Viewing and Discussion

Viewing: October 18,19, 20
Discussion: October 20 at 3pm

Offered at no cost

UNDIVIDE US challenges the idea that citizens who disagree are not capable of civil conversation and demonstrates the truth that, even in our differences, the American experiment is still alive and well.

October 8, 2024, 7-8:00 pm
with Karen Hering

“When we step into the present moment without attachments to what we’ve known before and what we’ve expected or desired for the future, we are opening the way for many emotions, including joy.” (From Trusting Change, by Karen Hering).

November 12, 2024, 7-8:00 pm
with Karen Hering

“The facts of my situation, and the logic and reason I use to arrange them, will only take me to edge of what I know. Even using my five senses will only extend as far as the range of my sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. But imagination has the ability to reach farther by accessing the deeper well of the unconscious and creatively rearranging what I’ve known before. The uniquely human capacity to imagine is a valuable threshold skill that can open a way into and through the unknowns of the not yet.” (From Trusting Change, by Karen Hering)

Compassion in Action Film Viewing and Discussion

Viewing: November 15,16, 17
Discussion: November 17 at 3pm

Offered at no cost

“What is your definition of gratitude?” While each answer is deeply personal and unique, there is a universal thread that connects us all – humans, animals, plants, flowers and let us not forget fungi and the mycelium network beneath our feet.

November 15, 2024 at 6:30pm
Offered at no cost; come meditate with us!

SCORPIO sun-sign: FULL MOON is in constellation TAURUS.

Seed-thought: Difficulties and challenges are like guardians, testing and honing capacities for diving deep into Holy Experience. Persevering, I am ready to cross the threshold into the next Soul opening.

December 6-8, 2024
with Andrea Russell

This retreat will allow you to unplug and remember what is really important to you. You will get the time you need for yoga, meditation, and introspection so that you can reset and come home to yourself.

December 10, 2024, 7-8:00 pm
with Karen Hering

“In our thresholding, not only does our current identity include the years we have already lived through; it also includes the future we are living toward. Just as the acorn carries within it all the potential—crown and roots and trunk—of a large oak tree to come, so too, our own future growth is folded within us. Being fully in the present moment, we can find strength in expanding our wholeness to include past and future, roots and crown and seed together, in an ever-growing identity reaching toward the light.” (From Trusting Change, by Karen Hering).

December 15, 2024 at 6:30pm
Offered at no cost; come meditate with us!

SAGITTARIUS sun-sign: FULL MOON is in constellation GEMINI.

Seed-thought: The spiritual path is without beginning or end. I extend a hand to those behind me and take the hand of those in front of me.. Together, we step forward. There is always more.