Corey Passons

Corey Passons leads a celebration exploring how his theology influenced his relationship with his own body.

Dr. Erica Martin leads a celebration about the hidden expressions of embodiment in the Hebrew Bible and how sacred texts reveal wisdom on many levels.

Corey Passons leads a guided meditation on an ancient Buddhist teaching tale as a means of expanding (and focusing!) the capacity of Advent.

Sadie Gillom led a celebration to celebrate the animals in our lives and the impact they can have on our bodies.

Corey Passons explores an interfaith perspective on Advent through an old, Buddhist folk tale and Mary's "Here I am!" response to life.

Corey Passons leads a celebration that explores the need for the body and mind for rest.

Corey Passons leads a celebration which invites a home-coming to the body itself and the alivenesss which animates us.

Corey Passons shares about lessons that he learned about resilience and gratitude from men serving life sentences. Kathy Pruitt leads a meditation to conclude the recording.

Corey Passons and Jodi Bernstein co-lead a celebration that explores the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur and the rich connections possible from the central ideas of the holiday with the theme of embodiment.

Corey Passons reflects on the different modes of gratitude with inspiration from texts of the Abrahamic faiths and a tribal statement from the Iroquois tribal confederation.

Corey Passons leads the annual Reunion Sunday celebration that begins exploration of the theme of embodiment.

Corey Passons leads a celebration that recaps the theme of the year wherein we work to allow the dynamic of Life/God/Soul/Mind/Energy (many names!) to work through us for the sake of the whole world.

Corey Passons leads a Mother's Day celebration by sharing a story about openness and the radical "Yes!" which allows life to come into and through us all.

Corey Passons shares a story from his recent trip to the Holy Land that unpacks aspects of mothering and the example of Mother Mary in her radical "Yes!" to life and spirit.

Corey Passons leads a celebration that encounters the story of the resurrection through the wisdom teachings of Jesus.

Corey Passons shares of his recent studies preparing for his upcoming Interfaith trip to the Holy Land. He shares about insights to the Lord's Prayer from a prominent Jewish, New Testament scholar, Amy Jill-Levine.

Corey Passons leads a celebration that moves toward a shared space of naming our grief and pain in the light of the Christchurch mosque shootings. Through exploring the aspects of goodness through connection with Tao we can point to moments of disconnect.

Corey Passons offers a reflection on the beginning of Lent that invites acceptance of self while entering the realm of surrender in spiritual practice.

Corey Passons leads a celebration in which he looks to the idea of the "seeded soul" as a salve set against the harshness of modern concepts of the human.

In this celebration, Corey Passons leads a reflective space in three movements, Love, Serve, and Remember. This time of reflection leads to a dance by the same name via Ram Das.

Here is some audio of the reflection offered on Christmas Eve about making room.

Corey Passons leads a celebration about loving "enemies" with the help of reflections from naturalist and radical conservationist, Doug Peacock, about grizzly bears and "wilderness".

Corey Passons leads a celebration that explores love as the ground of being through a sharing about one of his mentors and an ancient Jewish folktale.

Corey Passons leads a celebration that seeks to “ground” the metaphors of Soul, Energy, and Mind into Earth through various practices.

Corey Passons leads a celebration about the blessing of animals and the nature of blessing itself.

Corey Passons leads a celebration that opens the idea of Inner Work through a story of an activist and his own path of grief.

Corey Passons leads a celebration about being amazed and letting go (via Dorothee Soelle's schema in "The Silent Cry", Fortress Press 2001, p. 93) including aspects of his current Clinical Pastoral Education at Providence St. Peter's Hospital.

Corey Passons leads a celebration that explores the hidden (in plain view) spirituality of trees.

In this celebration we hear from Black Elk, the Upanishads, the Tao Te Ching, and the Torah about the intangible inner light that brings us life.

In this celebration Corey Passons explores how conditions put on life might filter out the experience of the Mystery.

In this celebration we entered the land of the unitive experience through the telling of our own stories. Later this in Celebration we constructed a group poem of our stories (see our newsletter 3.5.18 for the poem).

In this celebration we explore the bitter reality of in-groups and out-groups and how compassion can break down the veil between the two.

In this celebration we consider a name as a gateway into connection with others and self even as a name can sometimes be a home too small and in need of a change.

In this celebration Corey Passons reflects on the endless drama of transformation and change with a perspective on from an ancient story about who we are in this process.

Corey Passons shares a short Sufi and Hassidic story to reflect on how each our births is miraculous...if only we can remember!

In this celebration we hear first person accounts from Elijah, Mary, and Khadijah and the narrative thread of their lives being impacted by spiritual revelations had in a cave.

In this celebration Corey Passons describes his experience of shared space during his pilgrimage in the Holy Land earlier this month.

In this reflection we explore the call to stay alert and open in how we receive life and interpret it.

In this talk we explore the questions of new members to an interfaith community and the ideas of putting aside "right belief" to be open to the possibility of more than one answer to the sacred.

In this celebration we consider the power of vulnerability for relationships and spiritual depth.

In this celebration we honor our 2000 Mothers and the Great Mother which can open us to a generative spiritual experience of relationality.

In this celebration Corey describes his path to, through, and from the spiritual practices of his past and present.

We broke into four groups tonight for twenty minutes of practice in distinct types of spiritual practice: chanting, meditation, lectio divina, and contemplative prayer. We practiced practice!

In this celebration I discuss two encounters with persons on the precipice of the final shift in life. From we reflect on how to be available to shift and who am "I" in all this movement.

We start a series of celebrations on religious/spiritual identity with our entry being that identity is who we are on our path. From there we listen and respond to the energies of stability and renewal as we participate in the adventure of the spiritual life.

In this podcast we explore the widening of Dr. King's vision to include work against economic injustice and militarism. We look at his thoughts on community as a source of purpose and renewal; in turn we look to the sources of meaning that bring us renewal in the hard work of resisting injustice.

What is the inner compass, being aligned with one's self? In this edition we look into what the Magi of the Christmas story (as well as Buddha and Muhammed!) have to offer as we consider the inner compass.

In this episode we explore some of the trickier texts often tied with Advent as well as a consideration of sacred longing as a method for connection with others and self.

This is a Celtic blessing that we adapted and set to drums in our 11.13.16 celebration at Community for Interfaith Celebration. Enjoy and deep peace to you, to many, to all!

This is the Sunday after the election we dig into what it means to be in state of disbelief...and how we can't stay there forever. The way ahead is what is beloved. Be well!

This talk discusses multiple religious belonging and describes the concepts and stories that were shared at a recent conference about this topic in Seattle. We will hear about those who have bravely cast off into these lesser known waters. How has it been for them? What have they sacrificed or gained? What lies ahead for the institutions that are struggling to understood these emerging ways of responding to the spiritual life? Enjoy!