That clown Wavy Gravy made me a transsexual. Well, he didn’t actually make me a transsexual, but he inspired me to be one. More accurately, this icon of the sixties hippie movement provided a model that helped me understand my transsexuality.
As I began living more and more of my life as a woman, and feeling very, very good about it, I wondered, how could this be? Could it possibly be true that I was a real woman, in spite of my male body? I had been getting nowhere contemplating, Am I fundamentally a woman at my core, and what exactly does that mean? Read more »
Please join us this February for our third annual Transgender Speaker Series. This year’s series is “The Yin and Yang of Becoming” and we have an incredible set of speakers who will take us farther than we’ve ever gone before! We’ll also have talk-back sessions after our services on February 8 and February 15, and a community potluck after our service on February 22. All are welcome!
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This week’s reflection is by Jnana Otto.
Jnana writes, “Satyagraha is a Sanskrit word referring to the philosophy and practice of peaceful, nonviolent resistance developed by Gandhi which also heavily influenced Martin Luther King. I wrote the following prayer in honor of King and Gandhi.”
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Please join us at 7:30pm on Tuesday, March 3 for a special presentation by Jon Mundy on “Mysticism and A Course in Miracles.”
Jon Mundy Ph.D., is an author, lecturer and, as Dr. Baba Jon Mundane, a standup philosopher comedian. He’s been teaching university courses in Philosophy and Religion since 1967. He is the publisher of Miracles magazine, the author of eight books, and senior minister emeritus of Interfaith Fellowship with services in Cami Hall across from Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Tickets for this event are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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For more information, you can contact us at miracles@mccsj.org. Please click the following link for a downloadable poster.
The One who has begun a good work in you will bring it to completion.
– Philippians 1:6
It is New Year’s Eve, and 2009 is just a few hours away. It’s a good time to look back, reflect, and dream exciting dreams about the new year.
When I was quite young, I would greet each new year with a flurry of resolutions. I had great plans for how I would improve myself and every aspect of my life in the coming year. Unfortunately, trying to do everything at once wasn’t very effective, and few of my resolutions survived the second week of January.
Several years ago, I decided to do New Year’s resolutions differently. Read more »
We will have a number of changes to our regularly scheduled activities due to the holidays. Here is a brief snapshot of our revised schedule:
Sunday worship will continue according to its normal schedule, 10:30am on Sunday mornings.
Reiki will meet on its normal first, third and fifth Monday schedule.
The “A Course in Miracles” Group will meet according to its normal schedule, 7:30pm on Tuesday nights.
The Choir will meet at 12:00pm on Sunday, December 21 after service for a brief rehearsal to prepare for our December 24 service. The choir will also meet at 9:00pm on Wednesday, December 24 to rehearse before our 10:00pm Candlelight service. There will be no choir rehearsal on December 31.
The HIV/AIDS Support Group will not meet on December 25, 2008 or January 1, 2009.
The Coming Out Support Group will not meet on December 19 or December 26.
We will have a special Christmas Eve service at 10:00pm on December 24. We will not have services on Christmas Day.
For more detailed information about our schedule, please visit our calendar page.
For the past three years, the Community Life Team at MCC San Jose has sponsored a gift drive for local children living with HIV or AIDS.
This year we need your help to provide 60 children with wonderful holiday gifts. Our goal this year is to raise $5,000 to provide each child with a $10 movie ticket and a $25 gift certificate to a department store. With the extra money, we plan to purchase items for each child, such a jackets, gloves and backpacks. Read more »
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