2012
February
| Jan 17 - Mar 20 |
Swedenborg Discussion Group with Rev. Dr. George Dole
Location: Swedenborg Library, Room 1700, 77 W. Washington St. Chicago
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
On Tuesdays this winter through March 6, 2012 at 6 pm central time, we will continue our discussion on Swedenborg's compelling essay on the growth and development of the soul. Join us as we reach out via Skype to Rev. Dr. George Dole for this discussion. We will be using the 100 page book "The Heavenly City" as a guide; the book is available on loan from the Swedenborg Library. If you would like to receive a PDF of the few pages under discussion each evening, email info@swedenborglib.org. On Tuesday, January 17 we will discuss "Conscience" and "Freedom."
FUTURE DATES & TOPICS:(All 6-7 pm central time)
Contact us at info@swedenborglib.org for a copy of the reading material.
Tuesday, January 24: "Taking Credit for Our Actions"
Tuesday, January 31: "Regretting Our Faults & Giving Them Up.
Tuesday, February 7:"Rebirth" (Regeneration)
Tuesday, February 14: No class
Tuesday, February 21: "Inner Struggles"
Tuesday, February 28: "Baptism" and "The Holy Supper."
Tuesday, March 6: "Rising From Death" and "Heaven & Hell"
Tuesday, March 13: "Christian Religion" and "The Bible: A Holy Book."
Tuesday, March 20: "The Lord's Provision for Us" and "The Lord."
If you would like to participate via Skype yourself, you will need Skype 5.0 or higher on your computer (free download), a microphone and a webcam. contact us at info@SwedenborgLib.org to test connectivity with us prior to the class.
LOCATION: Swedenborg Library, 77 W. Washington St. Room 1700, Chicago, IL.
TIME: 6-7 pm Doors open at 5:30 pm; the one-hour class/discussion begins at 6 pm.
Fee: Free will offering. Sponsored by the Swedenborg Library.
Rev. Dr. George Dole is professor emeritus of the Swedenborg House of Studies at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. and part of the translation team working on translating Swedenborg's original neo-latin texts. He is the author of "Freedom & Evil," "A Thoughtful Soul," "A Scientist Explores Spirit,", and "A View From Within" in addition to several monographs on Swedenborgian topics. He is a scholar of the Bible and biblical languages, and the pastor of the Bath, Maine Swedenborgian church.
Discounted parking coupons for the lot at 172 W. Madison St. (north side of Madison between LaSalle and Wells St.) are available for $10, for parking between 4 pm and midnight.
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| Feb 10 |
Common Ground: Nikola Tesla: Inventor, Visionary, and Mystic
Location: 77 W. Washington St., 2nd floor, Chicago
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
With John Wasik.
When Nikola Tesla came to Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, his dazzling electrical show not only amused hundreds of thousands, it changed the world. Most of the industrialized world is still using his electrical system and motors. He was also a great visionary who designed a world power system and perhaps "death ray" for world peace as well as hundreds of inventions we use daily. John Wasik, who is researching a book on Tesla, will tell this remarkable man's story and show that his ideas are more relevant than ever.
LOCATION: 2nd Floor, 77 W. Washington St. (at Clark St.), Chicago.
TIME: 7-9pm. Join us for refreshments anytime from 6-7pm.
FEE: $10 fee payable to Common Ground will be collected at the door.
John Wasik is the author of "The Audacity of Help: Obama's Economic Plan and the Remaking of America." He has lectured across the U.S. and has appeared on NBC, NPR, PBS, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, FOX and on radio stations across the world; his column for Bloomberg News reaches readers on five continents. He is currently working on a book on Tesla.
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March
| Jan 17 - Mar 20 |
Swedenborg Discussion Group with Rev. Dr. George Dole
Location: Swedenborg Library, Room 1700, 77 W. Washington St. Chicago
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
On Tuesdays this winter through March 6, 2012 at 6 pm central time, we will continue our discussion on Swedenborg's compelling essay on the growth and development of the soul. Join us as we reach out via Skype to Rev. Dr. George Dole for this discussion. We will be using the 100 page book "The Heavenly City" as a guide; the book is available on loan from the Swedenborg Library. If you would like to receive a PDF of the few pages under discussion each evening, email info@swedenborglib.org. On Tuesday, January 17 we will discuss "Conscience" and "Freedom."
FUTURE DATES & TOPICS:(All 6-7 pm central time)
Contact us at info@swedenborglib.org for a copy of the reading material.
Tuesday, January 24: "Taking Credit for Our Actions"
Tuesday, January 31: "Regretting Our Faults & Giving Them Up.
Tuesday, February 7:"Rebirth" (Regeneration)
Tuesday, February 14: No class
Tuesday, February 21: "Inner Struggles"
Tuesday, February 28: "Baptism" and "The Holy Supper."
Tuesday, March 6: "Rising From Death" and "Heaven & Hell"
Tuesday, March 13: "Christian Religion" and "The Bible: A Holy Book."
Tuesday, March 20: "The Lord's Provision for Us" and "The Lord."
If you would like to participate via Skype yourself, you will need Skype 5.0 or higher on your computer (free download), a microphone and a webcam. contact us at info@SwedenborgLib.org to test connectivity with us prior to the class.
LOCATION: Swedenborg Library, 77 W. Washington St. Room 1700, Chicago, IL.
TIME: 6-7 pm Doors open at 5:30 pm; the one-hour class/discussion begins at 6 pm.
Fee: Free will offering. Sponsored by the Swedenborg Library.
Rev. Dr. George Dole is professor emeritus of the Swedenborg House of Studies at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. and part of the translation team working on translating Swedenborg's original neo-latin texts. He is the author of "Freedom & Evil," "A Thoughtful Soul," "A Scientist Explores Spirit,", and "A View From Within" in addition to several monographs on Swedenborgian topics. He is a scholar of the Bible and biblical languages, and the pastor of the Bath, Maine Swedenborgian church.
Discounted parking coupons for the lot at 172 W. Madison St. (north side of Madison between LaSalle and Wells St.) are available for $10, for parking between 4 pm and midnight.
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| Mar 9 |
Common Ground:"I Ate the World": Emerson's Spirituality
Location: 77 W. Washington St., 2nd floor, Chicago
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
With Jerry Leitner.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once dreamed that he saw the world, diminished to the size of an apple, floating above him. “Then an angel took it in his hand and brought it to me and said, ‘This thou must eat.’ And I ate the world.” Emerson devoured life. He read voraciously, wrote relentlessly, and averaged 80 lectures a year. He returned always to the same topics:trusting oneself rather than authorities and scriptures, finding the divine within, and realizing that "every natural fact reveals a spiritual fact." This presentation examines the roots of Emerson's spirituality and the call to the spiritual life found in his major writings.
LOCATION: 2nd Floor, 77 W. Washington St. (at Clark St.), Chicago.
TIME: 7-9pm. Join us for refreshments anytime from 6-7pm.
FEE: $10 fee payable to Common Ground will be collected at the door.
Jerrol Leitner holds an M.A. in Theology, from St. John University, Collegeville, MN; and an M.A. in English from Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL. He is retired from 40 years of teaching English and Theology at St. Viator High School, Arlington Heights, where he was the English Dept. chair.
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April
| Apr 13 |
Common Ground: The World's Religions: Two Revolutionary Turnings
Location: 2nd floor, 77 W. Washington St. (at Clark), Chicago
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
With Jim Kenney. The Axial Age in Religions – in the millennium before the birth of Jesus Christ – saw the laying of the foundations of most of the great world religions we know today. It wrought a profound transformation in the lives of human beings. Jim will explore that period, which Karen Armstrong has called “the Great Transformation.” He’ll then move on to offer the remarkable hypothesis that our own time is a “Second Axial Age,” bringing an evolutionary change in religion and spirituality that may well equal the first. LOCATION: 2nd Floor, 77 W. Washington St. (at Clark St.), Chicago.
TIME: 7-9pm. Join us for refreshments anytime from 6-7pm.
FEE: $10 fee payable to Common Ground will be collected at the door.
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May
| May 11 |
Common Ground: Three Great Moments in Buddhism
Location: 77 W. Washington St., 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
With Jim Kenney.
The Mahayana Buddhist tradition (the schools that flourished in Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan) has an extraordinarily rich and complex history, distinguished by over twenty major schools of interpretation and practice. In this presentation, we’ll explore three of the greatest teachings to emerge from that tradition. We’ll meet Nagarjuna, the 2nd- and 3rd-century philosopher who shaped the Buddhist teachings of emptiness and interdependence. We’ll sketch the emergence of the Ch’an (Zen)school, the path of meditation, and its connection to Chinese Taoism. Finally, we’ll examine the Pure Land school that gave rise to the most widespread form of Buddhism practiced today – faith in Amida Buddha as the savior.
LOCATION: 2nd Floor, 77 W. Washington St. (at Clark St.), Chicago.
TIME: 7-9pm. Join us for refreshments anytime from 6-7pm.
FEE: $10 fee payable to Common Ground will be collected at the door.
Jim Kenney is the director and co-founder of Common Ground. He is the editor of the journal "Interreligious Insight" and author of "Thriving in the Crosscurrent."
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Swedenborg Library
77 W. Washington
Room 1700
Chicago, IL, 60602
Phone: 312.346.7003
Fax: 312.346.7004
For any questions or comments contact
info@swedenborglib.org.
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