We often think of aging gracefully as “looking old, but still holding on” or “showing signs of aging, but still moving forward with life.” Aging gracefully is not all about age or appearance, but also about the attitude we have as we go through the various stages of life. Explore how our feelings about aging …
View course details “Aging Gracefully Workshop”
Recent census data reveals that over half of the population in BC identify as ‘no religion.’ People who have spent some or all of their life in Christianity feel less and less at home there. For 60 years, many have imagined that Christianity isn’t so much dying as going through a once in an epoch …
View course details “A Christianity to Call Home”
Too often, “biblical womanhood” has been a term defined by submission and meekness, used to keep women in their place. Jordan Haynie Ware, of podcast Two Feminists Annotate the Bible has found through her studies that this just doesn’t match the Scriptures as written. Rather, the women of Scripture, and God’s interactions with them, have …
View course details “Defiance: Feminist Lessons from Scripture Today”
“Don’t explain your philosophy. Embody it.” Epictetus Quotes are inspiring and have been an integral part of our journal classes. They originate from a variety of philosophers, past and present. Join us as we delve beyond the words that move us to understand what may have inspired these people and the phrases that resonate with …
View course details “Creative Journaling: Philosophers found”
As people created in God’s image, we are made to be creators too. How can what we make with our hands connect us spiritually to ourselves, to God, and to each other? Longtime Sorrento leader David Taylor and weaving teacher Ali Hurlburt are teaming up to offer a course combining spiritual reflection and hands-on crafting. …
View course details “Head, Heart, and Hands: Creative Spirituality”
Following up the popular Sorrento summer 2019 course The Gospel According to Musical Theatre, Sorrento presents a new—and different– opportunity to explore the structure and history of musical theatre, reflecting theologically on how gospel themes are conveyed, with particular attention to issues of race, representation, and redemption. Join with others in hearing presentations and having …
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“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in minds. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.” Patrick Rothfuss Our words are important. They are how we communicate with others and with ourselves. They form our narratives which become our lives. Let’s connect to …
View course details “Creative Journaling: What’s in a word?”
The medicine wheel is a symbol of the universe and teaches us about reality and how all things are connected. It guides us through a wholistic understanding of our connectedness; for the gifts humanity has been given which are rooted in our ancient world cultures. Collectively we can no longer ignore environmental dis-ease, our mental, …
View course details “The Sacred Circle: Studies in the Medicine Wheel”
5 Inspirational Day Hikes in BC’s Shuswap region with Phil McIntyre-Paul “Walk as if your life depended on it . . . .” ~ Barbara Brown Taylor Now a 23-year tradition at Sorrento Centre! Five day hikes—five little pilgrimages—draw wisdom from naturalists, poets, rascals, and saints as we consider our relationship within the natural world …
View course details “21st Century Pilgrims: Walking on Holy Ground”
The Most Rev. Dr. Lynne McNaughton will lead this course. “There is no need to look for God here or there. God is no farther away than the door of your own heart.” Meister Eckhart Mystics are people with vivid, direct experience of God. Often dismissed by the patriarchy as ethereal, they are instead grounded in community, …
View course details “Clothed in God: Christian Mystics”