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Second Sundays, 6ish
Next Gathering: December 14
Cooper's
6049 SE Stark St.
Portland, OR
(503) 805-2835
What We Hope For…
The Shepherd and the Knucklehead purposes to create, hold…nurture sacred space for the possibility
and hopefulness of transformation in the context/platform for neighborhood conversation (the
QUESTION) engaging local musicians, artists, film, theatre, literature~poetry. It is also our desire,
intention to empower others to do the same…we can.we will.
A Most Evident Need…
A cultural…hence, spiritual black-hole, in terms of this kind of space, feels endemic in our culture. Our world is a world of hungry men/women who often can not find their
place. We human beings have sincere, honest…deep questions about a lot of stuff…God,
human beings, community and the culture they live in…art, relationships, music, literature,
politics…and in the end all questions carry spiritual substance.dimension. The space between …darkness.light, the natural.spiritual, sacred and secular is the place where we gather to talk/listen/wait. Emerging church leaders are calling the shep.knuck experience the space before
the space, where conversation happens, bridges are built, magic.... Circling space for the wild goose, to use Celtic language.
| "...have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the Questions themselves..., do not now look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them... at present you need to live the question. Perhaps you will gradually, without noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer, some distant day." - Rainer Maria Rilke |
What Happens at the Shepherd & the Knucklehead?
the.what…is always a human being question about stuff that really matters that we are not sure of.
We invite folks to“take a vacation from their opinions…check certainty at the door.” -Jim Henderson
| the.where…Pubs, coffee.cafe spaces historically and by definition are public spaces…third places in
the culture. They feel unpretentious, habitable…places to be…become, place to tell~be the truth of
you. The ethos of the space we hold will be characterized by the intentional nurture of respect, inquiry, playfulness, invitation, safe, hope, wonder and imagination. |
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the.how…We don’t usually let the question out before we show up…too easy to start forming
judgments or opinions and that’s too small for a shepherd or a knucklehead. We ask folks to come
with intentional presence, respect, wonder and playfulness. Coming this way keeps the
conversation.learning going and we leave with a sense of fullness.connection with the
stuff that matters most…each other.
For more information, contact Parker or Carley.
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