This Sunday, guest speaker Riley Corrigan will explore what practitioners of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) call “NVC consciousness.” The talk will focus on how awareness of our needs can foster greater willingness in our work, relationships, and advocacy. Join us for this insightful discussion! Meet in person at CVUU or online through Zoom on Sunday at 10:00 AM.

What are gifts and how do we give and receive them with willingness? What is the nature of gifts? It’s easy to think about gifts as things we receive for free, and that’s a small part of it. But what If the whole world were made up of gifts? What if our relationships consisted of “mutual giving from the heart” as Marshall Rosenberg put it. What if we saw natural resources as “earthly gifts” in the words of Robin Wall Kimmerer. And what’s more, how do we learn to give and receive genuine gifts without resentment? Our work is to ask and explore these questions together. Meet in person at … Continue reading Reflections on Gifts