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  • August 2011 Continuing Education Workshop

    August 17, 2011 6:00 PM | David Dunn (Administrator)

    Kent GroffSpiritual Direction with the Spiritual not Religious -- with Rev. Kent Groff

    Topic  How can we make connections and walk alongside those who don’t feel at home with religious language or institutions? How can we become guides for one another on a journey without maps? Discover how barriers to believing can become bridges to a deeper level of spirituality. The leader’s interactive presentation will make use of art, poetry, music, film clips, and your own experiences. Explore skills for informal and formal companioning, as the leader draws on his article in Presence 2005, “Companioning Spiritual Orphans.”

    Presenter  Dr. Kent Ira Groff meets with many who identify as spiritual but not religious. A spiritual director, writer, poet, and retreat leader, he is founding mentor of Oasis Ministries and former adjunct professor at Lancaster Theological Seminary (PA). He draws on years as parish pastor and chaplain, two decades of training spiritual directors, and on his book, What Would I Believe if I Didn't Believe Anything?: A Handbook for Spiritual Orphans. www.LinkYourSpirituality.com
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  • Wednesday Afternoon Continuing Education Workshop

    May 18, 2011 4:30 PM | David Dunn (Administrator)

    Spiritual Direction with Young People -- with Rev. Amy Smith

    Topic  ruok? Tou tcoy <3 tmb (texting language = “Are you ok?  I’m thinking of you, take care of yourself, I offer you friendship, text me back”).

    Is this Spiritual Direction? If you work with young people, maybe? yes? no? What does the art of Spiritual Direction look like when youth culture lives via texting, Facebook, iPod, or Skyping? For any spiritual companions seeking to walk with teens, 20s or 30s, we need to be creative, intentional, and contemplative in making space for the Spirit as young people go through their spiritual, emotional, and personal lives.

    Presenter      Amy Smith    , Youth Pastor at Cameron Church UMC, is a certified spiritual director, minister, retreat, and workshop leader who brings a broad range of expertise to her work with groups in the areas of personal and community spiritual formation, development, and renewal. As a youth minister and spiritual director, Amy is passionate about helping individuals make significant connections between their spiritual life, relationships, and daily life.
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  • Wednesday afternoon continuing education workshop

    February 16, 2011 3:00 PM | David Dunn (Administrator)
    Forgiveness: A Core Challenge on the Spiritual Journey with Lynn Huber

    Lynn HuberTopic   Forgiveness is crucial to our growing into spiritual wholeness, yet many misconceptions about it can keep us carrying unforgiveness for years. We unpacked issues of forgiveness vs. reconciliation, and forgiveness as a matter of the will. There was experiential work, as well as lecture and dialog. This workshop is designed to allow us to explore implications for our own journeys and to look at ways to engage those whom we companion in their own forgiveness processes.

    Presenter   Lynn W. Huber, Ph.D., MSW is a spiritual director, educator, author, peace activist and retreat leader. Lynn believes forgiveness is a central issue both on our interior journey, and for our capacity to work in the world for peace and justice.
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  • 2011 Spiritual Conference with John Phillip Newell

    January 15, 2011 8:00 PM | David Dunn (Administrator)

    A New Harmony—the Spirit, the Earth, and the Human Soul

    John Phillip Newell, Denver, 2011John Philip Newell, a poet, scholar, and teacher, is internationally acclaimed for his work in the field of Celtic spirituality, with best-known titles Listening for the Heartbeat of God and Christ of the Celts. Formerly Warden of Iona Abbey in the Western Isles of Scotland, he is currently Companion Theologian for the American Spirituality Centre of Casa del Sol in the high desert of New Mexico. Brad Berglund, well-known contemplative and Celtic musician, is the conference musician and liturgist.

    Like never before in the history of humanity we are aware of the essential unity of life and that what we do to a part we do to the whole.  Wellness is found not in separation but in relationship, whether as nations and wisdom traditions, as individuals, or as a whole earth community. How can our spirituality today, including our spiritual practices, be part of serving this new consciousness?

    The 2011 Spirituality Conference was a weekend of inspiration, silence, discussion, and discovery. John Phillip's talks were entitled "The Ancient Harmony," "The Broken Harmony," and "The New Harmony." Click on broadlandsmedia.com to order CDs of all three talks. 


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  • A Wednesday continuing education workshop

    November 17, 2010 3:00 AM | David Dunn (Administrator)
    Using the Internet in Spiritual Direction undefined with Tara M. Owens

    St. John's Cathedral, Denver

    Topic: Do you want to make better connections with younger "tech generations?" Come and be with Tara Owens and learn new ways of relating with today's new adults (whether or not you plan to offer spiritual guidance using Facebook, Skype, phone or e-mail). You will be blessed, stretched and enriched.

    If you’ve ever wondered how our technologies of connection (Smart Phones, the Internet, Skype, Facebook, Twitter and others) are forming us spiritually, this workshop is for you. Join spiritual director Tara Owens, CSD, as she talks about the impact of technology on the practice of spiritual direction.

    Whether you’ve never been online or spend most of your day connected to the Internet, Tara will explore the ways to make conscious, authentic decisions on our use or non-use of technology in spiritual direction.

    You are welcome to join us whether you are an "online" person or not. Come learn together about the effects of technology on our world.     Feel free to bring laptop computers.

    Do you want to make better connections with younger "tech generations?" Come and be with Tara Owens and learn new ways of relating with today's new adults (whether or not you plan to offer spiritual guidance using Facebook, Skype, phone or e-mail). You will be blessed, stretched and enriched.

    Presenter: Tara Owens is spiritual director of Anamcara Ministries and senior editor of Conversations Journal. Tara has introduced countless people to creative ways to use the Internet in spiritual direction and spiritual formation. Tara lives in Colorado Springs.
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  • 2010 Fall Retreat for Spiritual Directors

    September 23, 2010 12:30 AM | David Dunn (Administrator)

    Welcoming the Stranger — with Rev. Jane Vennard


    The Rev. Jane E. Vennard is Louise Warren Iliff Senior Adjunct Faculty in prayer and spirituality at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. She earned her B.A. from Wellesley College, her M.A. from Stanford University and her M.Div. from San Francisco Theological Seminary. She was called to a special ministry of teaching and spiritual direction and ordained in the United Church of Christ. Jane is a spiritual director in private practice. She has been a member of Spiritual Directors International since its foundation and is a frequent presenter at their international conferences.
    In addition to Iliff, Jane has taught at the Pacific School of Religion, Vancouver School of Theology, and Columbia Seminary. She also teaches classes in a variety of ecumenical settings, leads retreats nationally, and is the author of numerous articles and six books: Praying for Friends and Enemies (1995), Praying with Body and Soul (l998), Be Still: Designing and Leading Contemplative Retreats (2000), Embracing the World: Praying for Justice and Peace (2003), winner of the Colorado Book Award,  A Praying Congregation: The Art of Teaching Spiritual Practice (2005), and The Way of Prayer (2007). Jane lives in Denver with her husband Jim Laurie, a retired Presbyterian minister.

    About the retreat
    Monday  September 20
     1–3 p.m. Arrivals, and check in.
    3:30 p.m. Introductions and Session I: “Orientation to Silence”
    5:30 p.m. Dinner (talking)
    7:00 p.m. Session II: “Welcoming the Other”
    8:15 p.m. Evening Prayer
    8:45 p.m. Social


     



    Tuesday  September 21
     7:30 a.m. Centering Prayer or Outdoor Body Prayer (optional)
    8:00 a.m. Breakfast
    9:30 a.m. Session III: “Welcoming the Stranger Within”
    12:00 p.m. Lunch
    FREE TIME
    4:45 p.m. Eucharist
    5:30 p.m. Dinner
    7:00 p.m. Session IV: “Contemplative Sharing” (optional)
    8:30 p.m. Evening Prayer


     



    Wednesday  September 22
     7:30 a.m. Centering Prayer or Outdoor Body Prayer (optional)
    8:00 a.m. Breakfast
     9:30 a.m. Session V: “All are Welcome, Hospitality in Spiritual Direction”
     12:00 p.m. Lunch (talking)
     1:00 p.m. Departure















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  • An Integrated Tool for Spiritual Direction

    August 18, 2010 3:37 PM | David Dunn (Administrator)
    Todd SmiedendorfThe CrossRoads Journey — with Rev. Todd Smiedendorf

    Topic. The CrossRoads Journey is an embodied experiential tool of listening and movement that engages and integrates the whole self, all four energies of the Great Commandment (heart, mind, soul, and strength). The process begins with any issue of the participant and spirals them into their story to find a transforming insight, experience, and/or plan of action. Participants will get an opportunity to witness or participate in a Journey process.

    Presenter: Rev. Todd Smiedendorf, MS, MDiv, ordained in the UCC, has served in campus ministry and parish ministry. He is a certified 4Gateways Life Coach, is trained in Shadow Work™ and is a retreat guide with The Men’s Leadership Alliance, a Boulder Based non-profit supporting men in finding a more soulful path for a joyful, just, and sustainable world. He is the creator of CrossRoads in the Wilderness, a unique MLA retreat for Christian identified men and the author of CrossRoads Journeys: An Embodied Approach to Spiritual Growth.
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  • Spiritual Direction and the Aging Process — with Macrina Scott

    May 19, 2010 8:00 PM | David Dunn (Administrator)
    MacrinaScott.jpgTopic People who come for spiritual guidance have received from our culture a gloomy picture of aging. The spiritual director has the opportunity to model and communicate a different vision. Aging is a call to adventure, a time for new kinds of spiritual growth and roles as elder in family, church and society. We will reflect on the vision of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and share our own experiences of companioning persons through the journey into elderhood.

    Presenter Macrina Scott, OSF, is a Franciscan sister, former director of a program of adult biblical education for the archdiocese of Denver, author and retreat director. She has been trained by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi's Spiritual Eldering Institute to facilitate programs on spiritual growth in the later years. She directs Wisdom Center, which offers a year-long program as well as shorter events for individuals of all faith traditions who choose to age consciously.

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  • Ignatian Rhythms in Spiritual Direction

    February 10, 2010 6:00 PM | David Dunn (Administrator)
    KentPortraitWeb.jpgLiving Simply, Gratefully, Poetically — with Kent Ira Groff
    “How can you accompany people yearning to be genuine in a cluttered, fear-based culture?”

    Dr. Kent Ira Groff began this workshop by exploring how spiritual guides can create meaningful connections with spiritual seekers who may not know of the ancient practice of spiritual direction.
    “What's the difference between promoting vs. presenting yourself?” Ignatian spirituality weaves simplicity and gratitude, intellect and imagination, scripture and discernment.

    Kent Groff     is a spiritual director, retreat leader, and poet writer. His new book Facing East, Praying West: Poetic Reflections on the Spiritual Exercises (Paulist Press) offers     poetry for retreats and spiritual companioning.
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  • The search for an authentic spirituality

    January 16, 2010 9:00 PM | David Dunn (Administrator)
    Discovering and Following Your Sacred Path — with Lauren Artress
    The 2010 Colorado Spirituality Conference

    Our theme  We live in a time when the traditional religious containers are losing their attraction. Belief is being replaced by a hunger for direct experience, inner wisdom is valued over external authority and an awareness of a global spirituality is opening up closed belief systems. Amidst this paradigm shift the hope of finding our way to spiritual nourishment, let alone guiding others, can be a challenge. The metaphor of the Path is emerging rapidly in our consciousness. It is a universal symbol that may have the power to knit together the seeking mind and the longing heart.

    Our conference speaker  The Reverend Dr. Lauren Artress, pioneer of the contemporary worldwide labyrinth movement, is Canon of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. She is the author of Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth as a Spiritual Practice, The Sand Labyrinth Kit and The Sacred Path Companion: A Guide to Walking the Labyrinth to Heal and Transform (Putnam/Riverhead Books, New York). Dr. Artress is Founder of Veriditas, a nonprofit organization that introduces people to the healing and meditative powers of the labyrinth. She travels worldwide offering workshops and lectures, including a yearly program in Chartres, France. Dr. Artress—Episcopal priest, spiritual director, and licensed marriage and family therapist (California)—is on the Editorial Board of Presence, the quarterly journal of Spiritual Directors International.
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