Momento Mori:
Remembering our Mortality for a Meaningful Life
We live in an age that sanitizes death.
For many of us death seems like a distant concept, so far on the horizon of life that it feels unreal. We live in the moment by ignoring our mortality. But perhaps there are others of us that have gone through deep heartache, so many dark thoughts, that death feels like a fog hanging over us. What if remembering our mortality could be more than a downer, more than an escape, but a means to a life well-lived?
Join us as Dr. Marlena Graves explores the Christian spiritual practice known as Momento Mori.
Seating is limited! RSVP required by November 13.
Speaker bio:
Dr. Marlena Graves is assistant professor of spiritual formation at Northeastern Seminary in Rochester, NY. She received her PhD in American Culture Studies with a competency in American social history from Bowling Green State University. Dr. Graves received a Master of Divinity from Northeastern Seminary in 2007. Marlena has been on the pastoral staff at several churches, worked at non-profits, been on the residence life staff at a university, and worked for the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) – for and with migrant farmworkers in the Midwest and South and the minority community in Toledo, OH. She continues to labor alongside others for justice, for human rights. She has authored several books and articles, including The Way Up Is Down: Becoming Yourself by Forgetting Yourself.
Event details:
Date: Friday, November 14th
Time: 6:30-8:00pm
Location: COhatch Gateway
Light refreshments will be provided
RSVP required – Seating is limited!