Quiet Arts
The EnLIGHTenment Series
Quiet Arts
A Creative Response to Challenges
Presented by Rabbi James Stone Goodman
October 29 @ 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
What are the responses that sustain during periods of (increased) challenges? I describe and demonstrate a number of responses, including some quiet practices, some brought down from the Traditions, some imagined new based on traditional Sources. How to work the traditional material for guidelines to living.
“I took a vow. And I accomplished much more than I thought I was capable. Surprise.”
– JSG
Prayer, meditation, music, poesying, visualization – we will be talking about spiritual praxis, practice, and its relevance to community organization, politics, a hundred blessings a day, the daily-ness of spiritual practice as creative strategies for daily spiritual renewal. This is the level of changing the world, one person at a time.
About the Presenter
Rabbi James Stone Goodman
Rabbi James Stone Goodman (Hebrew Union College ’81) serves Central Reform Congregation, in St. Louis, Missouri. He performs with several musical groups, all of which specialize in original materials based on traditional themes, integrating story and music in a performance art form.
He is a writer and a musician, playing guitar, oud, percussion and other instruments of the eastern Mediterranean. He has published four books of fiction and poetry. In addition to rabbinical training, he has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
Rabbi Goodman’s special field of expertise is the Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, on which he writes and lectures widely. He is married to Rabbi Susan Talve.
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Flow of the Evening
- 5:30–6:00pm– Gathering & Light Meal
- 6:00–6:10pm– Welcome & Introductions
- 6:10–6:35pm– Centering Prayer & Guidelines
- 6:35–7:15pm– First Presentation: A spiritual program means (for me) it has roots. I was trained in Sources
- 7:15–7:30pm– Break
- 7:30–8:10pm– Second Presentation: A spiritual program means (for me) it has wings.
- 8:10–8:25pm– Q&A
- 8:25–8:30pm– Closing & Introduction of Next Presenter
🥪 Early Gathering & Light Meal 30 minutes before meeting time.
Since we begin earlier than usual, we’re offering a simple shared meal of sandwiches, side dishes, and light desserts 30 minutes before the event.
You’re warmly welcome to bring something to share, but please know that it’s not necessary to bring anything—your presence is truly enough.
We hope this evening offers space for insight, stillness, and transformation.
Please feel free to bring a friend!
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