Lowly Listening as Spiritual Practice
With Rev. Beth Banks, Vicki Wolf, and Brian Shaw
Looking for meaning and happiness in life? Rather than hoping to finding it in a moment of peacefulness, be ready to discover it when life’s intense. Then, with as little anxiety as possible, listen carefully. Unitarian Transcendentalist, Ralph Waldo Emerson, wrote that by “lowly listening” we will hear the right answer. Let’s “lowly listen” for some answers together.
This Sunday we’ll honor Father’s Day.
This bio recognizes the spiritual practice of listening, and the courage of choosing to be heard. Communication in all its forms, can present what we believe is sacred.
Rev. Beth Banks studies the hammer dulcimer and has recently shifted from Advanced Beginner to Intermediate. This means she makes many mistakes but makes them with more confidence. With much trepidation, she has signed-up to play on her porch in the August 31 international “Play Music on Your Porch Day.” She’s praying that no one wanders past her porch, but she is drawn to the festival’s message: “What if for one day everything stopped? And we all just listened to the music.” She hopes to learn how to turn mistakes (musical and otherwise) into embellishments.
Rev. Beth Banks currently works as the friendship Host Coordinator with the Humphrey Fellows program. This Fulbright Scholar program brings accomplished mid-career professionals to the United States from countries with developing economies.
Beth served as a UU congregational minister for 34 years, and taught English as a Second Language in Washington State and South Korea.
She lives with her lively mini-Australian Shepherd who knows how to listen, and sometimes chooses to do so.
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