Bible "Detox": Going Deeper Together

April 12, 2025, 10am-12pm Eastern US Time

Reckoning with and resisting the misuse of the Bible to promote and justify violence and oppression.

Our closing Lenten Bible Detox session will be a participatory session in which we will revisit the scriptures and themes discussed by Kate Common and Jeremy Williams in dialogue and contemplation. This session will be facilitated by CLBSJ Contemplative Traditions Advisor Sr. Sharifa Meytung and CLBSJ Executive Director Amy Dalton.

Guests are encouraged to have attended at least one of the previous detox sessions, and/or to have watched the archive. Stay tuned for details on the scriptures we will focus on!

PLEASE NOTE: Registration will be open until 9:00am Eastern US Time on the day of the event.

Image: “At the Core” by Paul Klee

Session Hosts:

Sr. Sharifa Vernice Meytung is an African-American artist, haijin (a writer of haiku poetry), teacher and lay religious practitioner in the Catholic and Buddhist traditions. Her practice is also steeped in and informed by West African, Native and HipHop traditions. She has published and recorded many books and CDs, including Said the Tiger to the Rabbit, Oil For The Lamp: 7 Virtues of Human Character Development, Hiphop H.A.I.K.U. Vol 1 and 2, and Rough Ground. She currently hosts a monthly Medicine Buddha (Sangye Menla) session iin collaboration with the Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia, as well as serving on CLBSJ’s Board and Black Bugust Leadership Committee, and as our Contemplative Traditions Advisor.

Amy L. Dalton is a faith-rooted community organizer who has been deeply involved in peace and justice work since age 13 when she served on the Reconciling Committee at Claremont United Methodist Church. She currently serves as Treasurer of the Board of Proyecto Faro, a Rockland County-based immigrant rights group; as a volunteer with Rockland For Ceasefire, a Palestine solidarity organization; and as Membership Chair of the PTA at her daughter’s school. Amy holds a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary, and has served as the Executive Director of CLBSJ since 2020.