Godmothers Gather: Rabbi Sharon Brous & Jennifer Rudolph Walsh
Monday, August 24, 2026 at 6pm at Godmothers – 2280 Lillie Avenue, Summerland, CA 93067
A welcome reminder of our common humanity.
Rabbi Sharon Brous visits us to discuss “The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World,” an inspiring book about the power of community based on one of her most impactful sermons. She’ll be joined in conversation by Godmothers co-founder Jennifer Rudolph Walsh.
Sharon Brous—a leading American rabbi—makes the case that the spiritual work of our time, as instinctual as it is counter-cultural, is to find our way to one other in celebration, in sorrow, and in solidarity. To show up for each other in moments of joy and pain, vulnerability and possibility, to invest in relationships of shared purpose and build communities of care.
Brous contends that it is through honoring our most basic human instinct– the yearning for real connection– that we reawaken our shared humanity and begin to heal. This kind of sacred presence is captured by the word amen, a powerful ancient idea that we affirm the fullness of one another’s experience by demonstrating, in body and word: “I see you. You are not alone.”
An acclaimed preacher and storyteller, Brous pairs heart-driven anecdotes from her experience building and pastoring to a leading-edge faith community over the past two decades with ancient Jewish wisdom and contemporary science. The result is a clarion call: the sense of belonging engendered by our genuine presence is not only a social and biological need, but a moral and spiritual necessity.
TICKET OPTIONS INCLUDE:
// TICKET + BOOK includes one entry + one copy of the book, which will be handed out at check-in the night of the event.
// TICKET ONLY includes one entry.
Additional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.