Join us for a live podcast-style conversation and Q&R with author Diana Butler Bass as we discuss her new book, A Beautiful Year!

Way Collective is beyond excited to welcome award-winning author and internationally known public speaker and thought leader on issues of spirituality, religion, and culture, Diana Butler Bass for a special intimate conversation in the barrel room at Third Window Brewing Co. in Santa Barbara, CA.

Diana is a former professor at both Westmont College and UCSB, and has deep roots in Santa Barbara and calls it her "soul" hometown. We couldn't be more elated to welcome her on February 2nd for a live podcast-style conversation and Q&R, as we discuss how sacred stories reorient us to time and other ideas from her new book, A Beautiful Year!

We are gathering on the feast day of St. Brigid, the patroness saint of beer, so come cheers with us during a fun, poignant, and beautiful evening of dialogue with one of the great spiritual authors of our time! Tickets are $15, and available now at Eventbrite.com!

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In her most recent book, A Beautiful Year, Diana offers an essay for every week in the seasons of the Christian year: From Advent and Christmas to Lent and Easter through the entire calendar.

Other than its major holidays, many people are not familiar with the rhythms of the church year, an ancient spiritual cycle of time. Yet all religions have such calendars ― and they shape our understanding of faith. In the West, we live in tension with the secular calendar (mostly an inheritance from the Roman Empire) and the Christian liturgical calendar, a cycle of sacred stories that compose a larger narrative of love, hospitality, mercy, justice, and gratitude. Bass reclaims and presents fresh perspectives for every biblical text in the church year; from musing on A Wrinkle in Time in Advent, to remembering her father’s old-fashioned blue Christmas decorations, and offering a revolutionary reading of the Last Supper.

With fresh insights on familiar stories, these essays surprise and inspire, challenge and comfort, and will be savored year after year. Beautifully designed, the book is also a perfect gift. Books will be available for purchase at the event.

Join us for an evening with Diana as she explores these themes in a fun and accessible format, and dialogues in a Q&R with the audience.

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This event is hosted by Way Collective, a practice and value-based contemplative community in Santa Barbara that is committed to love and liberation. Check out our site and keep up with us!

Come early for a little pre-event social time, grab some food and drink, and let's get the conversation started!

Doors: 6:00 PM

Event: 6:30 PM w/Q&R with Diana to follow!