September 2019
September 2019 Book Discussion
Book - "Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do" by Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt. Description from amazon.com: You don't have to be racist to be biased. Unconscious bias can be at work without our realizing it, and even when we genuinely wish to treat all people equally, ingrained stereotypes can infect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behavior. This has an impact on education, employment, housing, and criminal justice. In Biased, with a perspective that…
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October 2019 Book Discussion
Book - "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life " by David Brooks. Description from amazon.com: Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy—who seem to know why they were put on this earth, who glow with a kind of inner light. Life, for these people, has often followed what we might think of as a two-mountain shape. They get out of school, they start a career, and they begin climbing the mountain they thought they were…
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November 2019 Book Discussion
Book - "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life " by David Brooks. Description from amazon.com: Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy—who seem to know why they were put on this earth, who glow with a kind of inner light. Life, for these people, has often followed what we might think of as a two-mountain shape. They get out of school, they start a career, and they begin climbing the mountain they thought they were…
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December 2019 Book Discussion
Book - "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life " by David Brooks. Description from amazon.com: Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy—who seem to know why they were put on this earth, who glow with a kind of inner light. Life, for these people, has often followed what we might think of as a two-mountain shape. They get out of school, they start a career, and they begin climbing the mountain they thought they were…
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January 2020 Book Discussion
Book - "The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life " by David Brooks. Description from amazon.com: Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy—who seem to know why they were put on this earth, who glow with a kind of inner light. Life, for these people, has often followed what we might think of as a two-mountain shape. They get out of school, they start a career, and they begin climbing the mountain they thought they were…
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March 2020 Book Discussion
The Universal Christ: How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For, and Believe" by Richard Rohr. Description from amazon.com: In his decades as a globally recognized teacher, Richard Rohr has helped millions realize what is at stake in matters of faith and spirituality. Yet Rohr has never written on the most perennially talked about topic in Christianity: Jesus. Most know who Jesus was, but who was Christ? Is the word simply Jesus’s last name? Too often, Rohr…
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Seekers Book Discussion – See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love
From Amazon: An urgent manifesto and a dramatic memoir of awakening, this is the story of revolutionary love. “In a world stricken with fear and turmoil, Valarie Kaur shows us how to summon our deepest wisdom.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray Love How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valarie Kaur—renowned Sikh activist, filmmaker, and civil rights lawyer—describes revolutionary love as the call of our time, a…
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Seekers Book Discussion – “High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out”
From Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/High-Conflict-Why-Get-Trapped/dp/1982128569/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38EEN2PEAAG45&dchild=1&keywords=High+Conflict&qid=1635108614&s=books&sprefix=high+conflict%2Cstripbooks%2C108&sr=1-1 When we are baffled by the insanity of the “other side”—in our politics, at work, or at home—it’s because we aren’t seeing how the conflict itself has taken over. That’s what “high conflict” does. It’s the invisible hand of our time. And it’s different from the useful friction of healthy conflict. That’s good conflict, and it’s a necessary force that pushes us to be better people. High conflict, by contrast, is what happens when discord distills into…
Find out more »December 2021
Seekers Book Discussion – “High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out”
From Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/High-Conflict-Why-Get-Trapped/dp/1982128569/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38EEN2PEAAG45&dchild=1&keywords=High+Conflict&qid=1635108614&s=books&sprefix=high+conflict%2Cstripbooks%2C108&sr=1-1 When we are baffled by the insanity of the “other side”—in our politics, at work, or at home—it’s because we aren’t seeing how the conflict itself has taken over. That’s what “high conflict” does. It’s the invisible hand of our time. And it’s different from the useful friction of healthy conflict. That’s good conflict, and it’s a necessary force that pushes us to be better people. High conflict, by contrast, is what happens when discord distills into…
Find out more »January 2022
Seekers Book Discussion – “High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out”
From Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/High-Conflict-Why-Get-Trapped/dp/1982128569/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38EEN2PEAAG45&dchild=1&keywords=High+Conflict&qid=1635108614&s=books&sprefix=high+conflict%2Cstripbooks%2C108&sr=1-1 When we are baffled by the insanity of the “other side”—in our politics, at work, or at home—it’s because we aren’t seeing how the conflict itself has taken over. That’s what “high conflict” does. It’s the invisible hand of our time. And it’s different from the useful friction of healthy conflict. That’s good conflict, and it’s a necessary force that pushes us to be better people. High conflict, by contrast, is what happens when discord distills into…
Find out more »Seekers Book Discussion – “The Truth at the Heart of the Lie”
From Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Heart-Lie-Catholic-Church/dp/0593134702/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PVAJ6AGZCXBJ&keywords=the+truth+at+the+heart+of+the+lie&qid=1642702021&sprefix=the+truth+at+the%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-1 “Courageous and inspiring.”—Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God “James Carroll takes us to the heart of one of the great crises of our times.”—Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve An eloquent memoir by a former priest and National Book Award–winning writer who traces the roots of the Catholic sexual abuse scandal back to the power structure of the Church itself, as he explores his own crisis of faith and journey to renewal NAMED ONE OF THE BEST…
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Seekers Book Discussion – “The Truth at the Heart of the Lie”
From Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Truth-Heart-Lie-Catholic-Church/dp/0593134702/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PVAJ6AGZCXBJ&keywords=the+truth+at+the+heart+of+the+lie&qid=1642702021&sprefix=the+truth+at+the%2Caps%2C116&sr=8-1 “Courageous and inspiring.”—Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God “James Carroll takes us to the heart of one of the great crises of our times.”—Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve An eloquent memoir by a former priest and National Book Award–winning writer who traces the roots of the Catholic sexual abuse scandal back to the power structure of the Church itself, as he explores his own crisis of faith and journey to renewal NAMED ONE OF THE BEST…
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Seekers Book Discussion – How to be Perfect
From Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Perfect-Correct-Question/dp/1982159316/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1649512461&sr=1-1 From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world. Most people think of themselves as “good,” but it’s not always easy to determine what’s “good” or “bad”—especially in a world filled with complicated choices and pitfalls and booby traps and bad advice. Fortunately, many smart philosophers have been pondering this conundrum for…
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Seekers Book Discussion – How to be Perfect
From Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/How-Be-Perfect-Correct-Question/dp/1982159316/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1649512461&sr=1-1 From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,400 years of deep thinking from around the world. Most people think of themselves as “good,” but it’s not always easy to determine what’s “good” or “bad”—especially in a world filled with complicated choices and pitfalls and booby traps and bad advice. Fortunately, many smart philosophers have been pondering this conundrum for…
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