Contemplative Activism Retreat Preview
Channel: East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Date: 2021-05-18

The Spiritual Life Committee invites you to a virtual Contemplative Activism Retreat led by Cole Arthur Riley, Friday–Saturday, June 11–12. Join us we learn how to adopt spiritual practices that suspend between the contemplative and pursuit of justice. In our activism, spiritual contemplation can feel more like a precursor to the work of justice, instead of a core part of it. Together, we will explore the gift of a contemplative spirituality that is marked by liberating habits of storytelling, emotion, and embodiment.

Learn more and register at http://tiny.cc/contemplative-activism

Cole Arthur Riley is a writer, liturgist, and speaker who is seeking a deeply contemplative life marked by embodiment and emotion. She is the founder and writer of Black Liturgies—a project seeking to integrate concepts of dignity, lament, rage, justice, rest, and liberation with the practice of written prayer. She also serves as the content and spiritual formation manager for Chesterton House, a Christian studies center at Cornell University.