Soul Nourishment: Our Presence and Purpose

SOUL NOURISHMENT: Our Presence and Purpose with Diane Berke and David Wallace

Saturday, February 27, 2021 9:30 am - 5:00 pm ET Videoconference | Recording General Public: $100 | One Spirit Graduates: $90 | One Spirit Elective Credit: 1

With so much heartbreak in the world and with the increasing demands of our busy lives, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and alone – and to lose the inspiration that has invited us to be in joyful service and creativity. How can we best nourish our souls, remember our calling and purpose, and live the meaningful lives we imagine and deserve? Join Diane and David in a mini retreat of reconnection that will incorporate practice, poetry, and prayer to encourage the soulful Presence that is at the core of our being. In this mini retreat we will • Talk together, listen together, move together, and practice together in community • Find retreat from our busy and stressed lives as we move into the safety and steadfast interplay of sacred listening and speech • Explore the work of the heart and the imagination with poems, journaling, and dialogue • Share the gifts of silence, practice, and the invitation to listen to the still, small voice within, and the celebrations of our common voice • Enjoy the rich experience of the One Spirit extended family, coming together in resonant inquiry and loving mindfulness

Rev. Diane Berke is the founder and spiritual director of One Spirit Learning Alliance and One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. She is a licensed mental health counselor in New York State and has been a psychotherapist and spiritual counselor in private practice for more than 30 years. A longtime student and teacher of A Course in Miracles, Diane

has written four books based on the Course: Love Always Answers, The Gentle Smile, Forgiveness as a Path of Awakening, and All Things are Lessons: Essential Teachings of a Course in Miracles. She also serves on the core faculty of Andrew Harvey’s Institute for

Sacred Activism.

Rev. David Wallace was ordained as an interfaith minister in 2001. He is a graduate of St. John’s College in Santa Fe, NM, and has continued these studies as a lifelong student of the “great books” of philosophy and archetypal psychology. David served on the worship committee and board of Judson Memorial Church in New York City, where he also preached and taught centering prayer. He has served as a Spiritual Disaster Care Chaplain New York City and has been active with Alzheimer’s Association. A popular teacher, David has been a regular guest lecturer at the Kripalu Institute in Lenox, MA, and other educational venues. In addition to teaching classes in the core curriculum of the seminary, David teaches electives on the sacred texts of Eastern and Western spiritual traditions for One Spirit.