"The Ordinary Sacred" Kent Nerburn, author & spiritual teacher
Kent Nerburn has been called “one of America’s living spiritual teachers” by the prestigious web magazine, Spirituality and Practice, and “one of the few writers who can respectfully bridge the gap between Native and non-Native cultures” by Harper Collins publishers. He is the author of 16 books on spirituality and Native American subjects, including the acclaimed trilogy, Neither Wolf nor Dog, The Wolf at Twilight, and The Girl who Sang to the Buffalo. His books on spirituality include Small Graces, Simple Truths, and Make Me an Instrument of your Peace. Kent holds a Ph.d. with distinction from Graduate Theological Union and the University of California at Berkeley and spent 30 years working among Native American communities. He says his work, at heart, is always "a search for an authentic American spirituality." He will speak to us this morning on what he calls the "Ordinary Sacred" -- finding the spiritual in the everyday and how we too often underestimate the importance of life's difficult moments on our spiritual journey.
There will be a Special Collection during this service benefiting "Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette"