Christopher Reynolds — Phoenix Fire of Love’s Rebirth

Sunday Service — 10:30 a.m.

Fourth Sunday of Advent

Leader — Cindy Petri

Speaker — Christopher Reynolds

Title — Phoenix Fire of Love’s Rebirth

Topic — “Nowell” means “New Sun” in Gaelic. We are all psychologically rooted in the experience of the four seasons – in sensation, emotion, thought, and in intuition of the future. When we gather for the good of each other and all life in a winter solstice fire ceremony, we can symbolically participate in the death and rebirth of love and life. The outer experience mirrors our inner psychological reality. Joseph Campbell described this outer/inner experience as: In this life-creative adventure, The criterion of achievement will be the courage to let go of the past, with its truths, its goals, its dogmas of “meaning” and its gifts, to die to the world and come to birth within.

Bio — F. Christopher Reynolds, M.Ed., is a singer, teacher and roving shaman. His mission is to sing, to teach, to restore American culture’s sacred relationships into the Anthropocene Epoch. He is a singer-songwriter with 20 releases. He is the lead author on the only publications on depth psychology, soul, creativity, and giftedness. He is also published in organic creativity in the language classroom. Chris is the founder of No Man’s Folk. He is a co-founder of archetypal ecology. He is a ritual facilitator and board member for returning veterans with Warriors Journey Home. Learn more at his website: urrealist.com.

Join us downstairs after service for coffee and conversation.

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