Come when you can,
join anytime
6 Monday evenings
March 10 – April 14
6:30-7:30pm
Sanctuary building
room 206
(parlor, main level)
Come and explore the “pathless path” of Meister Eckhart, a path which he says can help us to experience the presence of God.
Over the six Mondays of Lent, come learn about Meister Eckhart, a 13th and 14th century scholar, teacher, preacher, and mystic (1260-1329). Join Sam Harnish and Ginny Fisher to dig into some of Meister Eckhart’s teachings, using them as a guide for renewing our minds and discerning God’s good, pleasing, and perfect will (paraphrase of Romans 12:2).
Each week will focus on a separate topic, so join as often as you are able. Sessions include Seeking Light, Facing Darkness, Risking Love, Knowing Nothing, and Embracing Everything.
Sample Reading
Here is a sample of the type of poems that we are using in our Meister Eckhart meditations.
What Is Freedom?
What is freedom?
To love God without asking why.
What is joy?
To live in the freedom of God’s unity.
What is life?
To taste the love that lives in the heart.
What is hope?
To know that God gives birth to me in the Spirit.
What is love?
To realize that God is one and I am one in this One.
What is freedom?
Not merely to know all this, but to live it out day by day.
From Meister Eckhart’s Book of Secrets: Meditations on Letting Go and Finding True Freedom, by Mark Burrows and Jon Sweeney (Hampton Roads, Charlottesville Va., 2019).