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Picket and Pray

Open Dates

Click this link to register Join Christians for a Free Palestine, Mennonite Action, Kirkridge Retreat and Study Center, and our partners for a weekly 30 minute Zoom call for shared action for a Free Palestine and spiritual practice rooted in the Christian tradition. As Israel’s U.S.-funded genocide has escalated, including forcibly starving millions of Palestinians […]

An Unexpected Birth: Advent in the Fascist Apocalypse

With Lynice Pinkard and Nichola Torbett

December 4 - 18, 2025
Zoom

Years ago, following on a decade of terrible violence, the poet W. B. Yeats asked “What rough beast, its hour come round at last/ Slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?” This year, amidst so much state-sponsored violence and organized neglect, we might likewise ask what Advent could possibly mean? What uncanny birth can we possibly […]

A drawing of many hands reaching toward two books at the center.

Kirkridge / Columcille Spirit of the Earth Book Group - December

December 15, 2025
Zoom

December 2025 Spirit of the Earth Book Group Meeting Join us online for our book group! This will be a great opportunity for heartfelt, stimulating conversation and for building community. This month, December 15, @ 6:30 pm ET, the book is TBA. Email us for details kirkridge@kirkridge.org. To attend online by zoom, please register in […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - January

January 4, 2026
Zoom

Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed?   If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us […]

White Antiracist Practice Group Series 11 (Somatic Antifascist Edition)

With Nicole Bauman

January 14 - February 18, 2026
Zoom

Six weekly sessions on Wednesdays, noon-1:30pm ET, with this next session running January 14-February 18 and focusing on a rigorous practice of relational somatics and collective healing, to support us to resist fascism and honor life, following the arc of Eliana Rubin’s recently published book, Taking the State Out of the Body: A Guide To […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - Bonus Session (Damned Whiteness)

January 25, 2026
Zoom

The memory of the long civil rights movement often celebrates white Christians who drew on their religious faith to support Black demands for racial justice. However, the visions and actions of these leaders and their organizations often conflicted with those of Black leadership. While Black activists fought for a broad vision of freedom, white allies […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - February

February 1, 2026
Zoom

Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed?   If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - March

March 1, 2026
Zoom

Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed?   If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - April

April 12, 2026
Zoom

Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed?   If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - May

May 3, 2026
Zoom

Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed?   If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - June

June 7, 2026
Zoom

Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed?   If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us […]

New Suns Cohort 

With Naomi Washington-Leapheart

June 12, 2026 - June 13, 2027

“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns."  -- Octavia Estelle Butler In this in-depth, year-long program based on Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, we will apprentice ourselves to Butler’s main character, the brilliant visionary organizer Lauren Olamina. Together, we will plumb these prophetic novels […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - July

July 5, 2026
Zoom

Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed?   If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - August

August 2, 2026
Zoom

Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed?   If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - September

September 6, 2026
Zoom

Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed?   If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - October

October 4, 2026
Zoom

Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed?   If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us […]

Apocalyptic Reading Group - November

November 1, 2026
Zoom

Apocalypse means “revelation.” Certainly we are living through apocalyptic times, but what exactly is being revealed?   If the systems of US empire are collapsing, and it seems they are, what will we build in the gaps that empire leaves behind? How will we avoid replicating harmful ways, when those are all many of us […]