One Day Only :: Support Gravity on May 21st!
Omaha Community Foundation Charitable Challenge
It’s that time of year!
Time for “Omaha Gives,” a once-a-year charitable challenge that people from all over the world can participate in.
Gravity is developing the contemplative consciousness of people like you, to make the world a better place. And we need your support.
Donate any amount during the 24 hours of May 21 to help us qualify for matching funds. (Minimum $10 donation qualifies.) Learn about matching funds here.
Who Can Give: Anyone can give from anywhere in the world!
When: Wednesday, May 21, 2014, between 1:00am and 11:59pm.
How Much: At least $10. The more the better!
Where: Use this link.
The more gifts given in a single hour to Gravity qualify us for an added bonus gift of $1,000. So if you’d like to give more than $10, you can make multiple $10 gifts to help us get the bonus. The hours between 1:00am and 6:00am are prime time for this challenge.
Join us as we dare to build a better world.
Gravitas
An article by Leo Adam Biga in Metro Magazine
After serving the poorest of the poor, an Omaha couple now helps heal fellow healers. Grounded in faith, spirituality and social justice, Chris and Phileena Heuertz are anchoring this healing vision in the heart of Omaha, at Gravity, a Center for Contemplative Activism.
“We want to offer these little glimpses of hope and tools of nourishment for the activist soul to keep going, to keep fighting for a better world and not give up.” Read full article here.
Couple’s New Omaha Center Hopes to Keep Humanitarians Healthy
An article by Casey Logan in the Omaha World Herald
In the age of noise and distraction, it is an invitation to silence and solitude. For the spiritual person, it is an exercise to deepen a relationship with God. To Phileena and Chris Heuertz, it is the core component of the Gravity Center, an organization aimed at fueling a new activism and helping others “do good better.”
It is a way to share the practices that sustained them in the face of unimaginable suffering and a failed humanity. It is the merging of their two worlds. It might be the bravest thing they’ve ever done. Read full article here.
Unity in Silence
An article by Chris Heuertz at Duke Divinity’s Faith and Leadership Blog
It’s always an eclectic group that gathers — an occasional Buddhist, versions of Christians, sometimes a Hindu, even quite a few nonreligious people show up. All of them care deeply about their spirituality. All of them value the mysteries only discovered in silence.