Radiance in the Ordinary

Radiance in the Ordinary:
Discovering Abundance When We Need it Most

Thursday, Jan 18
6:30 – 8 PM (CT)
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“We eat bread, but we live from radiance.” -Hilde Domin. Beauty is an abundance in the midst of our lives; it gestures toward wholeness among the brokenness we experience. It is the gift present, if often hidden, in the most ordinary of moments. Drawing on poets and artists, we will explore how our experience of beauty holds the power to awaken us to the radiance we live from as found in our everyday lives. This evening talk points to how our awakening to beauty can lead us to see things “whole” in ways that inspire and encourage us to flourish in our lives.

This program is a hybrid: Participants have the option to meet In-Person at The Well or to join  on Zoom. Facilitator is In-Person.

Zoom registrants will receive Zoom sign-in information via email
upon registration + a reminder the day before the program.

Facilitator: Mark Burrows

Mark Burrows is well-known at The Well for programs he has offered over the last decade. Teacher and scholar, poet and translator of German poetry, his work explores the field of Christian spirituality and connects the ancient wisdom of the mystics with modern life. Ordained in the United Church of Christ (USA), he taught in several divinity schools in the US and Germany before turning his focus entirely to writing and retreat leadership in 2020. Recent books include The Wandering Radiance: Selected Poems of Hilde Domin (2023), and, with Jon M. Sweeney, Meister Eckhart’s Book of Darkness and Light: Meditations on the Path of the Wayless Way (2023).