The life of Father Thomas Berry, cultural historian, passionate priest, and renowned scholar, will be celebrated during a Thomas Berry Centennial in Greensboro in October and November.
A public performance citing his words will be presented Friday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Greensboro Historical Museum. Andrew Levitt will deliver the recitation, titled “The Meadow across the Creek,” with music by Scott Walker. The title refers to an experience Thomas had when he was 11 years old that became a touchstone for his life and work.
The Center for Education, Imagination and the Natural World will sponsor a Circle of Conversation October 19 and November 2 and 16 at 625 Fulton Street, Suite 8, in Greensboro. To learn more and register, go to beholdnature.org/thomasberrycentennial.php.
The Center will offer the first of two modules of “Contemplative Living with Earth” at the Fulton Street office Sunday afternoons beginning September 28. Taught by Dr. Mary Hartsell, a Master Teacher of the course, six bi-weekly sessions will follow through December 21.
It’s all a question of story.
We are in trouble just now because we are in between stories. The Old Story—the account of how the world came to be and how we fit into it—sustained us for a long time. It shaped our emotional attitudes, provided us with life purpose, energized action, consecrated suffering, integrated knowledge, guided education. We awoke in the morning and knew where we were. We could answer the questions of our children. But now it is no longer functioning properly, and we have not yet learned the New Story.