The details for the Spring 2026 Session:
NABGBG meets online (Zoom).
We’ll meet four times this session:
7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursdays, March 5, March 19, April 2 and April 16.
Writing Down the Bonesby Natalie Goldberg is the book for this session (see below)
Writing Down the Bones is arguably Natalie Goldberg’s most well-known book. Originally published more than thirty years ago as a book on writing, Bones is really a magic manual (as one reviewer calls is) that combines meditation with writing to create a mindfulness practice that is practical, personal, and oh-so-good for the soul.
In this session of NABGBG, we’ll learn about the how, what, and why of practices for paying attention. That’s what this book is all about: the ways we can better pay attention, listen, look, engage with the real meat of life. We’ll read the book together and write through some of the practices on the pages, too. Participants receive weekly e-mails for support: articles, questions and/or videos for contemplation, consideration and connection grounded in the topic-at-hand. This course, after all, isn’t just about learning good-to-know information. It’s about taking all of the things we learn and discover and using those details to grow ever more human, ever more good in our little corners of the world. Support is a good thing. So is connection.
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Over the years, NABGBG participants have read Anne Lamott, Thomas Moore, Brené Brown, Padriag O’Tuama, Richard Rohr, and others with an eye for seeing the sacred in the simple stuff of life. We’ve explored (among other things) grief, good, things-that-are-considered-sacred, community, blessing, gratitude, grace, prayer, and hope…and along the way have conjured up a lot of “A-ha!”s, more than a few “Huh…”s, and a whole lot of “Damn, I hadn’t thought of it that way before…”. People don’t necessarily walk away with a lot of hard-and-fast, once-and-for-all answers to the questions that come up in these sessions, but we all walk away with insights that shape us for the better.
It’s so good. As one participant once put it: “This is the best part of my week…”
Questions? Contact Angie Arendt: angie@bigstonehouse.org.
(yes, that’s Angie’s copy of this book in the photo…it is well read, well loved).
*Note: registration cost is per month, not per session.
A long-time participant once described Sitting on Sundays as:“a mashup between a Quaker meeting, a Buddhist sit, an AA meeting…and a little bit of hootenanny thrown in for good measure….” Another says that: “This practice gives me hope for the world. More than that, it gives me hope for myself and the people around me…and that’s no small thing. I wish everybody had something like this to be a part of, a community like this to belong to. We’d all be better off for it.” We agree. It’s such a simple practice, really. But don’t let the simplicity fool you: these sessions are about as good for the soul as anything we’ve ever experienced.
Details:
Sitting on Sundays happens on Zoom. One hour, once-a-week, online, ongoing from…
*7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Access to the Zoom link is provided upon registration.
Registration is $15 a month. You can jump in at any time. And you can opt out at any time, too.
Please note: there is no pressure or requirement to attend every session. If you are unable to make it to a Sit? No guilt. There is no attendance taken, no recordings made. Just come when you can.
Also: should a major holiday fall on a Sitting Sunday, we’ll take that day off and gather again the following week.
Curious to know more? Contact Angie Arendt: angie@bigstonehouse.org
*Here are the start times for different time zones: 7 p.m. Eastern Time, 6 p.m. Central Time, 5 p.m. Mountain Time and 4 p.m. Pacific Time. Also, 8 p.m. Atlantic Time.
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