This Advent season, join The Collective Table Podcast each weekday of December for a special reflection led by Jenell Coker. Each week, the reflections will focus around a different theme of Advent: Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. We hope these short meditations can be a meaningful part of your Advent practice.

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Welcome to The Collective Table, where we celebrate the intersections of Jesus, Justice, and Joy! This podcast is brought to you by The Oceanside Sanctuary Church. Each week, we bring our listeners a recording of our weekly Sunday teaching at Oceanside Sanctuary, which ties scripture into the larger conversations happening in our community, congregation and podcast. We’re glad you’re here—thanks for listening.

This week, Claire's lesson is entitled "Deep Solidarity" and is based on the scripture found in Luke 12:13-21 (The Parable of the Rich Fool).

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“What prepares men for totalitarian domination in the non-totalitarian world is the fact that loneliness, once a borderline experience usually suffered in certain marginal social conditions like old age, has become an everyday experience …”
– Hannah Arendt

In this week’s episode, Claire and Jason listen back to a conversation with Rabbi Sharon Brous, who draws from Arendt’s ideas that loneliness and social isolation are essentially preconditions for totalitarianism. Together, they explore the crisis of loneliness, as well as rituals and practices which go against a current of individualism and competition.

Reflective Questions for Listeners:

• How do you see loneliness and social isolation contributing to extremist movements in our communities, country, and world?
• Who or what in your life is focused on connection, support, and working together? How does this push back against the culture of individualism, power struggles, and competition?
• What rituals challenge you to look someone in the eye and ask, what happened to you?

To hear the full original interview with Rabbi Brous, visit our archive here: https://the-collective-table.castos.com/episodes/rabbi-sharon-brous-the-amen-effect

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Thank you for being a part of season 9! This season may be over but we have some incredible episodes coming your way soon, starting with Advent and moving into 2025. So don’t be a stranger, we will see you soon!

In the meantime, we want you to join the conversation. Leave us a voicemail at (760) 722-8522 and let us know what is on your mind. You can also send us an email at tct@oceansidesanctuary.org. Thank you for listening and we hope to hear from you soon!