Contemplative Circles
Small groups journeying, learning, and practicing together.
A Contemplative Conversation Circle is not a course. It is a community — a group of people studying contemplative practice and living, and learning how to apply it to their lives.
In our groups, we create a safe, sacred container for conversation and practice as we journey together through books on contemplation, Christianity, and spiritual growth. Through shared ground rules and curiosity, we learn from each other, ourselves, and the text. Many participants stick with their groups for future studies and become ongoing groups.
We read a book together over eight weeks, meeting for one hour on Zoom. We open with contemplative practice, then talk about what we found in the reading. No expertise is required and there is no homework beyond the book — and if the reading doesn’t happen some weeks, come anyway. There is always more to engage than the text alone.
Circles are where most people find their footing here. The gatherings are open to anyone; a circle is where you come to know a handful of people well.
Not a course — a community. People studying contemplative practice and living, and learning how to apply it to their lives.
Running Now
September 16 – November 7
Jesus and the Disinherited
Howard Thurman’s 1949 book, written for those who stand with their backs against the wall. Eight weeks, reading and talking together. We also draw on Thurman’s Meditations of the Heart along the way.
Two times to choose from
Wednesdays at 11:00 am Central
Saturdays at 9:00 am Central
Registration is closed. The next groups begin in late November or December.
How a Circle Works
You join the Cathedral, and we enroll you in the circle. Everything you need lives in one place: each week’s reading, optional recordings and films, and the Zoom link.