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X-WR-CALNAME:Charis Books & More |  July 18 2010- July 25 2010
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SUMMARY:Practice Erases Perfect\: A Journey of Faith in Imperfection- Christian and Buddhist Insights
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 Join us for a very special Faiths and Feminisms with Dr. Bobbi Patterson\, professor of Religion at Emory University as she shares her faith journey.
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 <p>
 Daily living can be tough – <br />
 even amid joys and dancing.  I thought by trying to ignore the<br />
 things that set me off\, I’d be kinder and gentler with others and<br />
 myself.  But it turns out that by learning to let go of my perfectionism\,<br />
 I gained more insight into my “imperfections.”  Those trigger<br />
 points of irritation and despair became invitations to healing and wholeness. 
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 <p>Insights from Christian and Buddhist<br />
 contemplative traditions drew me to this journey of practicing imperfection.<br />
 I am learning practices that help me open up to the fullest experiences<br />
 of living alone and with others\, listening completely to conflict\, discerning<br />
 sources of pain\, and realizing the causes of my own suffering. <br />
 How helpful this seeming paradox is\: to become motivated for compassion’s<br />
 sake to embrace stability in imperfection for love.  </p>
 
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UID:http://www.charisbooksandmore.com/event/perfect-peace-daniel-omotosho-black
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SUMMARY:A Perfect Peace with Daniel Omotosho Black
DESCRIPTION:<p>Don't miss this very special evening with Clark University professor Daniel Omotosho Black\, whose new novel\, A Perfect Peace\, explores the complexities of gender and sexuality in one rural southern African American family. </p>
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 Emma Jean Peace had always wanted<br />
 a girl\, but after birthing her sixth boy\, she swore she would never<br />
 be pregnant again as she is going through “the change.”  Unexpectedly\,<br />
 she becomes pregnant yet again and gives birth to her seventh boy in<br />
 May of 1940.  Possessed by her wish to have a daughter and angry<br />
 at God for so denying her\, Emma Jean declares the baby is her daughter<br />
 at last\, naming her Perfect.  She then threatens her midwife to<br />
 keep her secret from her family and the community.   </p>
 <p>When Perfect turns eight\, Emma Jean<br />
 tells her bewildered daughter\, “You was born a boy. I <em>made</em><br />
 you a girl. But that ain't what you was supposed to be. So\, from now<br />
 on\, you gon' be a boy. It'll be a little strange at first\, but you'll<br />
 get used to it\, and this'll be over after while.”  From this<br />
 point forward\, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events. <br />
 Meanwhile\, the Peace family is forced to question everything they thought<br />
 they knew about gender\, sexuality\, unconditional love\, and fulfillment.  </p>
 
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