Awakening to Compassion for Self and Others - Join Poet Naomi Shihab Nye

SEEING THROUGH THE EYES OF THE POET THE COMPASSION THAT CONNECTS US ALL WITH NAOMI SHIHAB NYE DESPITE OUR DIFFERENCES IN FAITH, POLITICS, RACE, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION, THERE IS A DEEP INNER WISDOM THAT INVITES EACH OF US TO GO BENEATH OUR SURFACE DIFFERENCES. IN THAT SACRED SPACE, WE FIND THE COMPASSION THAT CAN CONNECT US ALL. _POETRY INVITES US INTO THIS AWARENESS AND INNER KNOWING._ POETIC WISDOM SHARING OPENS US TO NEW WAYS OF SEEING, CONNECTING, AND BEING WITH THOSE OF DIFFERENT FAITH TRADITIONS, BELIEFS, AND LIFESTYLES. CHOOSE YOUR WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH NAOMI SHIHAB NYE AND THE WISDOM OF POETRY: _“POETRY CALLS US TO PAUSE. THERE IS SO MUCH WE OVERLOOK, WHILE THE ABUNDANCE AROUND US CONTINUES TO SHIMMER, ON ITS OWN.”_ _—NAOMI SHIHAB NYE_ AWAKENING TO COMPASSION FOR SELF AND OTHERS _ WITH POET NAOMI SHIHAB NYE_ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND TIME: 10:00AM TO 1:00PM. FEE: $95 BREAK FOR LUNCH: THERE WILL BE A 60 MINUTE BREAK FOR LUNCH – ON YOUR OWN _OR_ CHOOSE A GOURMET BOXED LUNCH. GOURMET BOX LUNCH: $20 ENGAGING DIFFERENCES WITH AN OPEN HEART _A CONVERSATION WITH NAOMI SHIHAB NYE + Q&A WITH THE AUDIENCE_ TIME: 2:00PM TO 3:30PM. FEE: $35 BOOK SIGNING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING! SAVE $25 - ATTEND BOTH EVENTS + LUNCH FOR ONLY $125 _PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE_ [https://eremos.org/scholarships/] LOCATION: ABIDING LOVE LUTHERAN CHURCH, 7210 BRUSH COUNTRY ROAD, 78749 ABOUT OUR FACILITATOR POET NAOMI SHIHAB NYE Naomi Shihab Nye is the author and/or editor of more than 30 volumes. Her books of poetry for adults and children include 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East (a finalist for the National Book Award). Naomi Shihab Nye describes herself as a “wandering poet.” Nye was born to a Palestinian father and an American mother and grew up in St. Louis, Jerusalem, and San Antonio. Drawing on her Palestinian-American heritage, the cultural diversity of her home in Texas, and her experiences traveling in Asia, Europe, Canada, Mexico, and the Middle East, Nye uses her writing to attest to our shared humanity.