In times of conflict and strife, be it personal, societal, or both, we need creative ways of tending the seeds of healing, vision, renewal and rebirth. In such times the oldest stories can speak to us, reminding us how to hold fast to what endures, remains and cannot be broken. Storyteller Will Hornyak shares traditional myths, … Continue reading The Art of Waging Peace in a World at War
Drawing from traditional myths, tales and poems storyteller Will Hornyak considers the spiritual dimensions of freedom in honor of Independence Day July 4. Worship Leader: Eric Tschuy
In Honor of April Fool’s Day, storyteller Will Hornyak shares stories and poems that reveal the wisdom and spiritual value in the character of the fool and the art of foolishness. Will weaves together traditional myths, fairy tales and fables to reveal insights for contemporary life hidden within the world’s oldest stories. Worship Leader: Patty … Continue reading Fool’s Gold!
The theologian and mythologist Karen Armstrong once described religion as an act of the highest imagination. The longing to express and describe the ineffable leads us naturally into the wellspring of our deepest creative impulses. Storyteller Will Hornyak shares poems and myths that speak to our natural impulse toward the sacred in art and expression. … Continue reading Myth, Metaphor and Mystery: The Masks of God – How Imagination and Creativity Calls to Us as Spiritual Practices
Worship Leader: Cynthia Hopkins
The times of greatest difficulty can also draw forth from us the stories we carry and the gifts we bear for the renewal of ourselves and our communities. Among our greatest resources at such times are imagination, artistry and creativity. What is the unique nature of the medicine we carry and the genius residing within … Continue reading Emissaries of the Imagination: The Arts in Times of Environmental and Cultural Upheaval
Storyteller Will Hornyak will share myths, tales and poems from a variety of oral traditions in honor of “She Who Mothers Us All.” He considers several aspects of the archetype of the great mother as both womb and tomb of life and as embodiment of maiden, mother and crone. Speaker: Will Hornyak | Worship Leader: … Continue reading Mother Earth Stories
