{"id":15459,"date":"2026-03-07T11:15:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/?post_type=ctc_event&#038;p=15459"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:36:41","slug":"pema-chodron-book-discussion","status":"publish","type":"ctc_event","link":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/events\/pema-chodron-book-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddhist Book Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dear Channing Members and Friends,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">During my sabbatical, I delved deeply into the teachings of\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Buddhism<\/span>. One\u00a0<span class=\"il\">book<\/span>\u00a0that stood out as especially meaningful and applicable was\u00a0When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times\u00a0by Pema Ch\u00f6dr\u00f6n. Ch\u00f6dr\u00f6n, an ordained Tibetan\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Buddhist<\/span>\u00a0nun, offers insightful guidance for navigating life\u2019s inevitable challenges.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Drawing from the ancient wisdom of her faith tradition, she teaches that patterns of suffering and negativity can transform into pathways to \u201cease and boundless joy.\u201d By moving toward painful situations\u2014not away from them\u2014we begin to open our hearts and tend to our minds with compassion.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I invite you to join me in a\u00a0<span class=\"il\">book<\/span>\u00a0discussion held April 11 from 1:30- 3pm at the church office. Please RSVP by Friday, April 3.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Warmly,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rev. Jane<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Channing Members and Friends, During my sabbatical, I delved deeply into the teachings of\u00a0Buddhism. One\u00a0book\u00a0that stood out as especially meaningful and applicable was\u00a0When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times\u00a0by Pema Ch\u00f6dr\u00f6n. Ch\u00f6dr\u00f6n, an ordained Tibetan\u00a0Buddhist\u00a0nun, offers insightful guidance for navigating life\u2019s inevitable challenges. Drawing from the ancient wisdom of her faith tradition, she teaches that patterns of suffering and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_event_category":[],"class_list":["post-15459","ctc_event","type-ctc_event","status-publish","hentry","ctfw-no-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/15459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15459"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/15459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15492,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event\/15459\/revisions\/15492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_event_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channingmc.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ctc_event_category?post=15459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}