Sundays @ 4:30pm

Join Grace Minnesota on select Sundays from 4:30-6:30pm. In a casual setting, we discuss spirituality, art, and other big ideas after listening to recorded lectures and interviews. Programs are grouped by theme and are drawn from Krista Tippett's On Being, TED Talks, Aspen Ideas Festival, and other sources. Upcoming themes for 2012: happiness, play, Islam, China, the brain, technology, parenting, and nature. For a list of past topics, click here.

Unless otherwise noted, all discussions will be held at Clouds in Water Zen Center (308 Prince St., #120, St. Paul - map). Street parking in the neighborhood is free on Sundays, but due to construction in the area, please allow extra time to find parking. It's also free to attend the discussions, but please consider a small donation to support the use of the space.

MEDITATION
January 22: "Pure Meditation" with Pema Chodron pt 1 http://www.soundstrue.com/shop/Pure-Meditation/923.productdetails?gclid=CO_aib-F2asCFSwEQAodlRjySg
January 29: "Pure Meditation" with Pema Chodron pt 2 http://www.soundstrue.com/shop/Pure-Meditation/923.productdetails?gclid=CO_aib-F2asCFSwEQAodlRjySg

PARENTING
February 5: Sylvia Boorstein discusses nourishing our children's inner lives and our own. http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2011/what-we-nurture/
February 12: Rabbi Sandy Sasso on the spiritual moorings of children and adults. http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2010/spirituality-of-parenting/
February 19: Child psychiatrist Robert Coles on the spirituality of children. http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2009/robert-coles/
February 26: No discussion this week.

CHINA
March 4: Anchee Min on the human spirit in Communist China.
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/ancheemin/
March 11: Historian Joseph Nye and economist Martin Jacques discuss the shift of power from the West to China and what it means for the world. http://www.ted.com/talks/martin_jacques_understanding_the_rise_of_china.html http://www.ted.com/talks/joseph_nye_on_global_power_shifts.html
March 18: Mayfair Yang on Chinese religious and political thought and practice.
http://being.publicradio.org/programs/chinese_religiosities/

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
March 25: Ellen Davis and Wendell Berry on paying an exquisite attention to the land. http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2010/land-life-poetry/
April 1: Author Barbara Kingsolver describes an adventure her family undertook to spend one year eating primarily what they could grow or raise themselves. http://being.publicradio.org/programs/2010/ethics-of-eating/
April 8: Majora Carter and Calvin DeWitt on the sustainability in their communities. http://being.publicradio.org/programs/discoveringwherewelive/
April 15: No discussion this week.
April 22: No discussion this week.

[in rare instances, program topics change.]

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