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    • Christ the King's Sunday morning adult education classes feature presentations by parishioners and guest experts in fields such as theology, literature, Scripture, and church history. These sessions take place each Sunday from 9:45am - 10:45am in the West Wing of the Parish Center. Please contact jon.stotts@ctk-nashville.org for details. 

    • Studying the work of Olive Senior


      Jamaican-born literary artist and historian Olive Senior (1941 -    ) is among Caribbean literature’s leading voices. Her writings, though composed in English, remain heavily influenced by the region’s patois and draw heavily upon the oral storytelling traditions. In the genres of prose and poetry, Senior presents a critique of the political and cultural ties that continue to bind Jamaica to a British colonial past. Her protagonists find themselves divided between the resulting two worlds of assimilation and preservation, and as the characters assume this posture of division, Senior reveals the ways colonialism fractures the grammar of the Gospels. From Senior’s canon we shall read and discuss “The Pain Tree,” “Flying,” “Bright Thursdays,” and “Confirmation Day.” The lecturer for the series is Victor Judge, assistant dean for academic affairs and lecturer in literature and religion at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.

      READ "Confirmation Day" FOR JUNE 26 (PDF)

      READ "BRIGHT THURSDAYS" FOR JUNE 19 (PDF)

      Read "Flying" for June 12 (PDF)

      Read "The Pain Tree" for June 5 (PDF)

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    • Revisiting Laudato 'Si
       
      Presented by Matthew Groves
      May 15, 22, & 29
      9:45am in the CKS School Library

       

      Beginning on May 15, scientist and CTK parishioner Matthew Groves will help us to revisit Laudato 'Si in light of the current climate crisis. Described by NPR as a "one man science-religion reconciliation committee," Matthew has extensive experience in making scientific findings comprehensible to Christian audiences. Find out more about his work at https://www.matthewdgroves.com/.

      DOWNLOAD WEEK 1 HANDOUT (PDF)

  • growing your spiritual practice

    • “I know I should pray more, and I’m not sure where to start.”

      “I try to pray every day, and I wonder if there are other things I can do that might deepen my connection to God.”

      “I have a solid spiritual practice, and I’m also interested in hearing what others have experienced.”

      Do any of these statements ring true for you? Are you wondering how to welcome this Lent as a spiritual springtime of reawakening and growth? Featuring voices from our own community, Christ the King's "Growing Your Spiritual Practice" series is meant to help people at any stage of their faith journey deepen their spiritual practice. Join us in the school library from 9:45am-10:45am each Sunday in Lent. Contact Jon Stotts at jon.stotts@ctk-nashville.org for more information.

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    • richard rodgers - extending your prayer practice - april 3, 2022

    • jon stotts - praying with Scripture - March 20, 2022

    • carolyn goddard - praying with silence - march 13, 2022

    • sr. anne catherine - daily ritual prayers - march 6, 2022

    • "What are your favorite / most impactful books on spirituality and prayer?"


      Sr. Anne Catherine, O.P
      He Leadeth Me--Fr. Walter Ciszek
      Interior Freedom--Jacques Philippe
      The Confessions--St. Augustine
      Seven Story Mountain--Thomas Merton
      Story of a Soul--St. Therese of Lisieux

      Carolyn Goddard
      Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl
      Much Ado about Nothing - William Shakespeare
      Understanding the Old Testament - Bernhard W. Anderson
      Markings - Dag Hammarskjold
      A Canticle for Leibowitz - Walter M. Miller, Jr.
      Awareness - Anthony de Mello
      Shaped by the Word - M. Robert Mulholland, Jr. 
      Mark’s Story of Jesus - Werner H. Kelber
      Devotion - Mary Oliver
      The Easter Mysteries - Beatrice Bruteau

      Jon Stotts
      Anthony Bloom, Beginning to Pray
      Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
      Martin Laird, Into the Silent Land
      C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce
      Michael Casey, Strangers to the City
      Joseph Girzone, Joshua
      Nikos Kazantzakis, Saint Francis
      David Bentley Hart, That All Shall Be Saved

       Fr. Dexter Brewer
      Hermann Hesse:  Siddhartha
      Johannes Metz: Poverty of Spirit
      C.S. Lewis: The Screwtape Letters
      Anthony DeMello: The Song of the Bird
      Frederick Buechner: Telling the Truth
      Tomas Halik: Night of the Confessor

      Richard Rodgers
      Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis
      Seven Story Mountain - Thomas Merton
      Reaching out - Henri Nouwen
      Soul Making - Alan Jones
      Awareness - Anthony de Mello
      Open Mind, Open Heart - Thomas Keating
      Everything Belongs - Richard Rohr
      Cloud of the Unknowing
      Revelation of Love - Julian of Norwich
      Dark Night of the Soul - Gerald May

    • What does the good news of Jesus Christ mean to those on the underside of history? 

      Black liberation theology emerged in the mid-20th century as Black clergy and theologians reflected on God's biblical promise to bring liberty to captives in light of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. In honor of Black history month, this series examined Black liberation theology and its relevance to our Catholic context by engaging the work of Dr. James Cone, widely considered to be the founder of Black liberation theology. All are welcome.

       

    • resources from god the liberator series

      • Statement of the Black Clergy Caucus (Session 1)
      • James Cone - Theology's Greatest Sin (Session 1)
      • Session 1 Powerpoint Slides
      • James Cone - Biblical Revelation and Social Existence (Session 2)
      • James Cone - Selected Writings and Theological Principles
      • Session 2 Powerpoint Slides
      • James Cone - God in Black Theology (Session 3)
      • James Cone - The Cross and the Lynching Tree (Session 3)
      • Mcaffee Brown on James Cone (Session 3)
      • James Cone - A Theological Challenge to the American Catholic Church (Session 3)
    • Victor Judge presents W.H. Auden's For the Time Being
    • An Analysis of W.H. Auden's For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio,
      presented by Victor Judge

      Sunday, December 5, 12, & 19


      The modern British poet, dramatist, critic, librettist and teacher, Wystan Hugh Auden (1907 –1973) emigrated in 1939 to the United States where he would compose the most explicitly Biblical poem in his vocation. Employing the conventions of the classical Greek theatre and medieval religious drama, Auden presents his perspective on the Nativity through a succession of dramatic monologues spoken by the characters represented in Scriptures. The Biblical events, however, are narrated in modern diction and are depicted as occurring in the contemporary world against the backdrop of the Second World War. In our reading of For the Time Being, we shall study how Auden collapses chronology and grafts the Scriptural narrative onto the historical-present tense. The lectures will be delivered on Sunday, December 5, 12, and 19, by Victor Judge, assistant dean for academic affairs and lecturer in literature and religion at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Copies of Auden’s poem will be provided for the members of the class.

      Download auden's poem (pdf) 

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      Non-Violent Love in a Violent Society:
      An Introductory Discussion

      sunday, September 12
      9:45-10:45am
      West Wing

      Join other parishioners for a preliminary discussion of the role of non-violence in Catholic life. Small group discussions, personal reflections, and a basic presentation of the principles of non-violent Christian love will prepare us as a group to learn from the sessions that follow in this series.

      The Lamb of God: 
      Jesus’s Call to Non-Violent Discipleship

      sunday, September 19
      9:45-10:45am
      West Wing

      In all four gospels, Jesus offers himself as an example of non-violent love, and he instructs his disciples to renounce violence in all cases. Does Jesus actually expect modern Christians to actually follow his example? In this second session of our fall adult education series, we will examine the case for non-violence in the gospels.

      Blessing Those Who Curse Us:

      Nonviolence as Participation in God’s Creative Love

      Sunday, September 26
      9:45-10:45am
      West Wing

      Is there any more difficult commandment than to love our enemies? In this third introductory exploration of nonviolence, we will examine nonviolent Christian love as the alternative to two extreme reactions to evil. Instead of responding to violence with more violence, or passively accepting the necessity of violence in our lives, families, and communities, Jesus offers an example of creative and intelligent nonviolent resistance for us to follow. Join us on Sunday, November 26 for an active discussion of nonviolent alternatives to evil. All are welcome!

    • Ending Violence Against Women By Educating Men

      Vanessa Johnson, AMEND Together

      sunday, october 3
      9:45-10:45am
      West Wing

      Nearly 1 in 3 women have been subjected to physical violence by an intimate partner. On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. What does it take to slow this cycle of violence? Join us on Sunday, October 3 as we learn from AMEND Together how to challenge a culture that supports violence, how to cultivate healthy masculinity, and how to change the future for women and girls in Nashville.

    • Empowering Survivors of Domestic Violence

      Cathy Gurley, You Have the Power

      sunday, october 10
      9:45-10:45am
      West Wing

      There were 73,568 recorded cases of domestic violence in 2018. 71% of these victims were female. People stay in abusive relationships for many reasons, especially for their own safety and that of their children. How can our community reduce the violence that happens behind doors? How can we help survivors? Join us as we learn from Cathy Gurley, CEO of You Have the Power, a nonprofit that empowers those victimized by crime through education, advocacy, and understanding. 

    • PART 2 OF Ending Violence Against Women By Educating Men

      Vanessa Johnson, AMEND Together

      sunday, october 17
      9:45-10:45am
      West Wing

      Nearly 20 people per minute (mostly women) are physically abused by an intimate partner (mostly men) in the United States. The seeds of this violence are planted in childhood and young adulthood. What can our community do to teach our future men how to meet their needs without violence? Join us on October 17 as we continue to learn from AMEND Together's Vanessa Johnson.

    • The Catholic Church Chooses Gospel Nonviolence

      Marie Dennis, Pax Christi International

      sunday, october 24
      9:45-10:45am
      Celebration Room

      The vision and practice of active nonviolence at the heart of the Catholic Church is necessary for the Church's long-term vocation of healing and reconciling both people and the planet. How does active nonviolence link individual  to local community to global family? Join us as we learn more about nonviolence as a spirituality, a way of life and a program of societal action, from Marie Dennis, senior advisor to the secretary general of Pax Christi International, the global Catholic peace movement. 

      Marie Dennis will be presenting via Zoom. Join other parishioners in the Celebration Room, or join the conversation from home by registering below.
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      Marie Dennis is senior advisor to the secretary general of Pax Christi International, the global Catholic peace movement, and a member of the executive committee of Pax Christi’s Catholic Nonviolence Initiative. She was co-president of Pax Christi International from 2007 to 2019. 

      Marie worked for the Maryknoll Missioners from 1989 to 2012, including 15 years as director of the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns. She holds a master’s degree in moral theology from Washington Theological Union and honorary doctorates from Trinity Washington University and Alvernia University.  She is author or co-author of seven books, editor of Choosing Peace: The Catholic Church Returns to Gospel Nonviolence (Orbis Books, 2017) and co-editor of Advancing Nonviolence in the Church and the World (Pax Christi International 2020).

      Marie was named Person of the Year by the National Catholic Reporter in 2016. She serves on the steering committee of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network and has previously served on the national boards of JustFaith Ministries, the Alliance for Peacebuilding, Sojourners magazine, the Center of Concern, the Jubilee USA Network, the Washington Office on Latin America and several other organizations.  She has lectured at many universities and conferences over the past 40 years on topics ranging from Catholic social teaching to U.S. foreign policy, just peace and nonviolence, the global economy, climate change and ecological integrity, migration and the nuclear arms race. She has presented during events and conferences at the Vatican, the United Nations and the U.S. Congress and served on the Vatican’s COVID 19 Commission.

      Marie was a founder of the ecumenical Center for New Creation, dedicated to education and action for social justice and peace; the Washington (DC) Area Community Investment Fund, which makes loans for affordable housing and small businesses in low-income communities; the Jubilee USA campaign for cancellation of overwhelming and unjust debt of  impoverished countries; and Assisi Community, a  small, intentional Catholic community in Washington DC. Marie is a lay woman, a secular Franciscan, a mother of six and a grandmother of nine. She strives to live simply and lightly on the earth, as well as to work for social transformation. Before moving to Assisi Community in 1987, where she continues to live, Marie and her family lived on and worked a 65 acre organic farm in Virginia.

       

    • The Human Cost is Too High: Ending the Death Penalty

      Stacy Rector, Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

      Sunday, october 31
      9:45-10:45am
      West Wing

      The moral inadmissibility of the death penalty is now a settled issue in official Catholic teaching. The death penalty is costly, unfairly applied, creates more victims, ensnares the innocent, and puts murder victims’ families through a painfully, protracted process with an average of 28 years between sentencing and execution in Tennessee. How do we advocate for a change in these ineffective and immoral policies? Join Stacy Rector, executive director of Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, for a conversation about honoring life by ending the death penalty.

    • Putting It All Together:
      Supporting a Culture of Non-Violent Christian Love

      Sunday, november 7
      9:45-10:45am
      West Wing


      Having spent the last seven weeks reflecting on the role of Christian nonviolent love in our world, what do we do next? How do we continue to face the seeds of violence in our own everyday lives as families, workers, and citizens? How do we resist the many kinds of widespread violence prevalent in our community, our nation, and our world? How do we nurture the understanding and practice of nonviolent love within the culture of Christ the King parish? Join us in this series' final session as we reflect on where we've come from and where we're going. 
    • The Catholic Church Chooses Gospel Nonviolence

      Marie Dennis, Pax Christi International

      saturday, october 24



    • Building on our 2020 fall and 2021 spring anti-racism education series, the education working group developed an upcoming August series entitled "Learning from Our Neighbors." Featuring interviews from local ministers and advocacy groups, the goal of this series was to provide our parishioners with a sense of how other faith communities are addressing racial injustice.


      9:45am-10:45am, Sunday, August 15
       

      The first session featured representatives from Workers' Dignity, a local advocacy group that supports those who are directly impacted by injustice, particularly low-wage workers, BIPOC and working class folks, and immigrants, and Tennessee Justice Center, a non-profit that helps vulnerable TN families access basic necessities of life.

      7:00pm - 8:30pm, Thursday, August 19
       

      The second session featured representatives from Interdenominational Ministers Fellowship, the Islamic Center of Nashville, and the Temple - Congregation Ohabai Sholom.
       

      9:45am - 10:45am, Sunday, August 22
       

      To conclude these presentations, we hosted a community forum on Sunday, August 22. This was be an opportunity to reflect on what we learned from our panelists and to formulate some concrete steps in response.
    • The Pale Caste
      Presented by Victor Judge
      10:30am-11:30am on June 6, 13, 20, & 27

      In her novel Passing, published in 1929, Harlem Renaissance writer Nella Larsen (1891-1964) explores the fluidity of racial identity that resonates today. According to scholar Emily Bernard, Passing is a “meditation on the inextricable relationship between whiteness and blackness and the impossibility of self-invention in a society in which nuance and ambiguity are considered fatal threats to the social order—a social order in which race is a function of law, history, and politics.” The primary question that emerges from the pages of Larsen’s novel is: Where does race reside— in blood, ancestry, or emotion, and why do any efforts to quantify race ultimately prove absurd? During the month of June, we shall examine how Larsen incarnates this question in Passing. The lecturer for the course will be Victor Judge who serves as the assistant dean for academic affairs at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.

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    • Our Church After Covid

      In Fratelli Tutti, his latest encyclical, Pope Francis tells us that we cannot go back to living the way we did before the pandemic. What does this mean for Christ the King parish? In a series of three sessions, parishioners and educators Bob O'Gorman and Paul Dokecki will help us examine what it means to be church after Covid-19. 

    • Baptized into the Three-Person’d God:
      Reflections on Easter Renewal

      Presented by Jon Stotts

      10:30-11:30am on March 7, 14, and 21

      On our Easter feast of the resurrection, we reaffirm our identity as a people baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Though we use this language all the time, we don’t always appreciate how it makes a difference in Christian life. In this three-part Zoom series, CTK director of faith formation Jon Stotts will help us consider our understanding of the Holy Trinity as a way of preparing for Easter renewal.

    • The Holy Spirit

    • The Son

    • The Father

    • Fufilled in Your Hearing:
      How Jesus Read the Bible

      Presented by Ricky Shinall, M.D., Ph.D
      Sunday, January 17, 24, and 31

      Almost a quarter of the gospels consists in quotations from the Old Testament, many of them on the lips of Jesus. What can we learn about biblical interpretation from how Jesus interpreted and used these texts? How did the early Christians read the Old Testament? Do we read it in the same way? In this Sunday morning adult education Zoom series, CTK parishioner and biblical scholar Ricky Shinall will help us answer these questions over the course of three weeks by examining Jesus's own use of the Law, the Writings, and the Prophets.

    • Since the fourth century, Christians have used relics - the bones of saints and other objects connected to their bodies - as devotional objects. Relics served many purposes for ancient and medieval Christians, ranging from healing illnesses and reviving the dead to casting out demons and consecrating altars. In this three-week Zoom series, we will consider various theologies of relics, read fascinating tales of miracles performed by saints’ bones, and engage the rich history of art made to honor the remains of Christian heroes. Finally, we will consider the role of relics in the contemporary Church and discuss Christ the King’s own mysterious relic.

      Kelsi Ray is a fourth-year student in the Medieval Institute and is currently working on her dissertation on the early cult of relics under Dr. Robin Jensen's direction.
    • Loving God in the Dark:
      An Introduction to the Theology of
      Pseudo-Dionysius

      Presented by Jacob Abell, Vanderbilt PhD candidate
      November 8, 15, and 22

      Pseudo-Dionysius, a Christian intellectual of Late Antiquity, is remembered as one of the fathers of apophatic theology, a way of knowing God by emphasizing what cannot be said about the divine.  As a theologian valued in Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant worlds, Pseudo-Dionysius developed a stirring, brilliant, and beautiful account of the soul's movement toward the "super-luminous darkness" of God. By reading Pseudo-Dionysius's (very) short text, The Mystical Theology, the aim of this series is to show participants how an appreciation of Pseudo-Dionysius's theology can extend liberating and enriching tools for Christian devotional life. This Zoom series is designed for anyone and everyone regardless of background or education.
      About Jacob Abell

      Download PD's Mystical Theology

      Download the 11/8 presentation slides

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      Final Breakout Questions
      1. “My advice to you as you look for a sight of the mysterious things, is to leave behind you everything perceived and understood, everything perceptible and understandable, all that is not and all that is, and, with your understanding laid aside, to strive upward as much as you can toward union with him who is beyond all being and knowledge.”
        How does this help you to pray? Does this advice reflect your own prayer practice and experience? Are there other aspects of prayer or spirituality that you find to be important?
      2. “God images” are those words, stories, images, and symbols that express who God is for us. Take a look at the following names for God. How might our discussions of PD change the way you read or appreciate these names?   
        The Bread of Life 
        The Son of God
        The Maker of Heaven and Earth 
      3. How have your God images changed over the course of your life? What God images are most important to you now? What would it mean to follow PD’s advice and leave these behind?
      4. What else strikes you as important, challenging, or relevant about PD’s approach to prayer? What do you want to know more about? 

    • Past Anti-Racism Sessions Dignity and rights of Workers Series 

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