Anne Lamott: Almost Everything & conversation with John Dear on peace
Organization:
Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service
Category:
Political/Special Interest
Geographical Area:
San Francisco
Start
Date:
5/20/2019
End Date:
5/20/2019
Start Time:
7:00 PM
End Time:
9:00 PM
Event
Info:
Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service presents
Anne Lamott Reading from "Almost Everything" & Conversing with Rev. John Dear "On Peace and Nonviolence"
General admission: 7:00pm-9:00pm - $25. See www.paceebene.org Pre-event reception with Anne Lamott, John Dear, Louie Vitale and Ken Butigan 5:00pm-6:30pm - $75 Space is limited All proceeds to Pace e Bene Nonviolence Service and their project Campaign Nonviolence. Co-sponsored by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM and Grace Cathedral
"I am stockpiling antibiotics for the Apocalypse, even as I await the blossoming of paperwhites on the windowsill in the kitchen." -Anne Lamott
Despair and uncertainty surround us: in the news, in our families, and in ourselves. But even when life is at its bleakestwhen we are, as she puts it, "doomed, stunned, exhausted, and over-caffeinated"the seeds of rejuvenation are at hand. "All truth is paradox," Lamott writes, "and this turns out to be a reason for hope. If you arrive at a place in life that is miserable, it will change." That is the time when we must pledge not to give up but "to do what Wendell Berry wrote: 'Be joyful, though you have considered all the facts.'"
In this profound and funny book, Lamott calls for each of us to rediscover the nuggets of hope and wisdom that are buried within us that can make life sweeter than we ever imagined. Divided into short chapters that explore life's essential truths, Almost Everything pinpoints these moments of insight as it shines an encouraging light forward.
Anne Lamott is the New York Times best-selling author of Almost Everything Traveling Mercies Bird by Bird Some Assembly Required Plan B Stitches Help, Thanks, Wow and other books.
Rev. John Dear is a long time peace activist, priest, teacher of nonviolence, coordinator of Campaign Nonviolence, and author of many books. Archbishop Desmond Tutu has nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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