The Beloved Community for Engaged Spirituality with Kaira Jewel Ling and Father Adam Bucko, is restarting monthly Buddhist Christian gatherings, now on Saturday mornings from 11-12:30pm ET. (This used to be called The Buddhist Christian Community for Meditation and Action)
On January 24 we will begin by coming together for our yearly examen and shared practice on Zoom.
Adam and Kaira Jewel will offer an ancient prayer practice inspired by St. Ignatius of Loyola, called Examen (something we have been practicing regularly at the end of our day to help us receive the full gifts and learnings of each day, but it can be adapted for a month or year, etc).
This will be a time to look back on the past year with honesty and tenderness, acknowledging moments of gratitude and blessing, times when the sacred felt near and alive in our lives, as well as experiences of alienation, loneliness, and the loss of hope. Together, we’ll listen deeply for what wants to be born in us now: the qualities we feel called to cultivate in the coming year, the way we want to show up in the world, and the kind of support and courage we need to do so faithfully.
We will begin with introductions. After a brief initial meditation to help us arrive and settle, and an introduction to the Examen practice, we will invite you to reflect with us on different aspects of the past year and your intentions for the new year, in silence, with journaling, and also with others in breakout rooms, and finally with the larger group. We will end the practice with a closing circle for group reflection.
This practice will be adapted and presented in an interfaith or interspiritual way.
Everyone is welcome to join this event, of whatever faith tradition or none.
Our monthly gatherings are offered on a donation basis.
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We will gather monthly from January through June, on Saturdays from 11-12:30pm ET, for teachings and shared practice. The dates of our gatherings for the first half of 2026 are:
Feb 28,
March 28,
April 25,
No gathering in May,
and June 13
These gatherings will include guest teachers and conversations that draw from the lives and wisdom of the saints of the beloved community—those whose lives remind us that even in difficult and violent times, groundedness, courage, and a spacious vision are possible. Their witness helps us remember that oppression and cruelty never have the final word.