Thursday February 12th, from 7 - 9 PM, I will be speaking at the Urban Hive in Sacramento, the launch event for ReIMAGINE | Sacramento.  I will be speaking about some of my experiences, including Yemen, showing some images, and doing a little Q & A.

ReIMAGINE is a Sacramento network of ReIMAGINE San Francisco. They fuel initiatives integrating spiritual formation, community building, the arts and social action. As a collective of artists, activists, educators, tech professionals and social entrepreneurs they invite people into conversations, projects and community experiences that explore the question: “How can we cultivate a way of life together that leads to greater wholeness for ourselves and our world?”

The world is changing. Globalization, massive shifts in technology, trade and communications are giving birth to a new consciousness about what it means to be human. Some refer to this as a transition from a modern to a post-modern paradigm for life. Others suggest that what is emerging is a more ecological view of the world– in the sense that we are learning to pay more attention to how all aspects of our lives are related, connected and interdependent.

This shift in how we organized ourselves and how we perceive our lives has brought up new questions about the role of religion in the emerging culture. Many have concluded that traditional notions of God have little relevance to our lives in contemporary society. And yet at the same time, there is a tremendous hunger for a spiritually integrated way of life that acknowledges the sacred and empowers us to love.

ReIMAGINE began as a series of conversations and experiments among friends about how to connect our spiritual heritage with the realities of life in a progressive world city. The founders of ReIMAGINE were leaders in the evangelical “seeker church” movement of the 1990’s and came to live in San Francisco and Sacramento with a desire to help create new communities of faith in the emerging culture. Quickly they discovered that among neighbors and friends there was a great deal of misunderstanding and pain about organized religion and Christianity in particular.

If you are interested in attending or want more info, click here. If you live in the area, I’d love to see you there!

You can also find out more and register on Facebook.

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