Re: Question: Religious/spiritual practices | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Liz Ryan Cole (lizryancoleme.com) | |
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 19:07:32 -0700 (PDT) |
I am away from email until Friday night Sept 7. On Sep 7, 2018, at 9:53 PM, Liz Ryan Cole via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote: > I am away from email until Friday night Sept 7. > > On Sep 5, 2018, at 2:10 PM, Sharon Villines via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] > cohousing.org> wrote: > > Thank you to Kathy for writing such a nice statement (copied below). I think > it should be preserved somewhere for new communities to adopt. We came to the > same thing after a few years of contention. Holiday celebrations depend on a > person to organize them but all holiday celebrations are welcome. > > I'm particularly interested in how this related to common meals given the > practice in many religions of praying prior to eating. > > Praying before eating comes closer to observing religious practices in > “public” like the experience we had with Quaker and Friday night Shabbat > services. We have an open CH so all these are taking place while other people > get their mail, go to the kids room, cook dinner, etc. I don’t know how many > people felt this way but some felt uncomfortable walking by a religious > service and not participating or acknowledging it. At least whispering or not > talking at all—and this isn’t normal in the CH. Both groups stopped meeting > there — perhaps they were uncomfortable too. > > Praying can be done quietly, even silently. We have had residents who > routinely bowed their heads a moment before eating. One couple who clasped > hands. Both were quick and hardly noticeable. > > Having been raised in the protestant tradition, I stop whatever I’m doing > when people are praying. To not do so would feel disrespectful. But at the > same time, I would not like to be frozen by a long prayer, amens, and obvious > hand clasping in air. > > I think the best way to explore this is what are other people supposed to do > while you pray, and are they comfortable doing that? Is it possible to ignore > you? Does it go on so long that everything else has to stop for an obvious > period of time? Are you imposing on others? How do Jewish members feel about > being subjected to Christian prayers. Two women organized a lovely > celebratory Christmas dinner, except that they passed out hymns that were too > obviously Christian. Everyone is welcome at all of the celebrations but they > usually don’t require doing anything that requires worship. > > I’m reminded of discussions here in the 1990s about polyamory and making it > obvious in the CH. I think it is fortunate that that seems to have passed on. > > Sharon > Takoma Village > > > > On Sep 5, 2018, at 1:01 PM, Kathy Tymoczko <kathy.tymoczko [at] gmail.com> > wrote: > > We don't have any official policy at Daybreak, but we celebrate any > holidays, traditions, etc. that anyone wants to celebrate. One of the > statements in our Vision Statement says "Welcoming, honoring and sharing a > diversity of experience, wisdom, heritage, beliefs and spiritual paths". > We've had Passover seders (with readings), Chinese New Year dinners, a > sukkah on the lawn with dinners held inside it, Thanksgiving, Easter, and > Christmas potlucks. We always have an expedition to cut down a Christmas > tree for the Common House, and then an afternoon of cookie baking, > decorating, eating, tree decoration making, tree decorating, carol > singing. We usually have a menorah or two in the great room in our Common > House during Hanukkah. We've had a Swedish midsummer celebration with > flower wreaths and maypole and Swedish food. We always do a winter > solstice dinner with a light extinguishing/relighting ceremony where people > talk about the endings and beginnings in their lives. It's pretty much up > to individuals who care about a tradition to organize whatever events they > care about. > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 1:41 PM, Muriel Kranowski <murielk [at] vt.edu> wrote: > > It just doesn't come up / isn't addressed here. From a practical > standpoint, since there's a good-sized contingent of people going to church > on Sunday morning, it's very rare for anything to be scheduled on Sunday > morning or midday, but I don't think that's the kind of thing you're asking > about. > Muriel @ Shadowlake Village > > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 10:44 AM, Karen Gimnig <gimnig [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > This is a "help with content for the new website" request. > > Given that most cohousing communities include members from a variety of > religious and spiritual traditions, I'm curious how these are expressed, > honored, addressed. > > I'm particularly interested in how this related to common meals given the > practice in many religions of praying prior to eating. Happy to gather > thoughts on other aspects of religious or spiritual practice as well. > Hoping to get a variety of stories and examples. > > In Community, > Karen Gimnig > Professional Facilitator > 678-705-9007 > www.karengimnig.net > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://l.cohousing.org/info > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://l.cohousing.org/info > > > > > > > -- > Kathy Tymoczko > Daybreak Cohousing <http://www.daybreakcohousing.org> > Portland, Oregon > 765-307-1083 > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://l.cohousing.org/info > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://l.cohousing.org/info > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://l.cohousing.org/info > > >
- Re: Question: Religious/spiritual practices, (continued)
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Re: Question: Religious/spiritual practices Muriel Kranowski, September 4 2018
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Re: Question: Religious/spiritual practices Kathy Tymoczko, September 5 2018
- Re: Question: Religious/spiritual practices Sharon Villines, September 5 2018
- Re: Question: Religious/spiritual practices Liz Ryan Cole, September 7 2018
- Re: Question: Religious/spiritual practices Liz Ryan Cole, September 7 2018
- Re: Question: Religious/spiritual practices Sharon Villines, September 7 2018
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Re: Question: Religious/spiritual practices Kathy Tymoczko, September 5 2018
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Re: Question: Religious/spiritual practices Muriel Kranowski, September 4 2018
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