Join Rev. Dr. John Wilde for this wonderful retreat day! According to many pioneers on the InterSpiritual path, the planet requires a new consciousness where we can overcome centuries of suspicion toward others within our cultures and religions. Let us explore this essential path of the mystic heart, particularly focusing on Thomas Merton (prolific writer who saw how much Christian monks and contemplatives and Buddhist monks and contemplatives had in common), Thomas Keating (popular teacher of Centering Prayer and Lectio Divina), Wayne Teasdale (student of Keating who wrote 3 books introducing the tenets of the InterSpiritual Path), and Edward Bastian (founder of the Spiritual Paths Institute and creator of a seven-step InterSpiritual Meditation). Teasdale coined the term “InterSpiritual” in The Mystic Heart published in 1999. Here is a quote from that book: “Humanity stands at a crossroads between horror and hope. In choosing hope, we must seed a new consciousness, a radically fresh approach to life drawing its inspiration from perennial spiritual and moral insights, intuition and experience. We call this new awareness interspiritual, implying not the homogenization of religion, but the recovering of the shared mystic heart beating in the center of the world’s deepest spiritual traditions.” Practices during the day will include Centering Prayer, Lectio Divina, InterSpiritual Meditation and QiGong. Cost is $15 and includes lunch. Please register by January 27th.