The Institute for Adult Spiritual Renewal
at Loyola University Chicago, Lakeshore Campus
Week I ◆ June 27- July 1, 2010
WEEK I
MORNING - MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
9 TO 11:30 A.M.
110 - ROBERT LUDWIG
OPEN TO SPIRIT: REFLECTING & MEDITATING ON JOHN'S GOSPEL
Paradox and irony, symbol and metaphor - the fourth gospel is marked by a persistent challenge: openness to Spirit. Unique in its narratives (the wedding at Cana, the encounter with Nicodemus, the Samaritan woman at the well, etc.) and its “I am” reflections, this gospel begs for serious reflection and meditation - a prayerful struggle to unlock its spiritual treasures for the present. How does this gospel speak to us, now, here? In this course we will examine the work of scholars’ research on this gospel, but we will also seek its meaning within the rhythms of our own lives.
111 - AMY FLORIAN
FROM GRIEF TO HEALING
In our death-denying society, we don’t learn necessary lessons about death, loss and grief. What are the best things to say at a wake? When should you expect the tears to stop? Come talk about grief - the sources, what it feels like, what is normal, and the usual patterns. Then move toward healing, learning practical steps you can use to support others or to help yourself move forward and become whole.
112 - JOHN SHEA, OSA
FOCUSING: A BODILY WAY TO PRAY
Discover “focusing,” the unique body process of meaning and change developed by Eugene Gendlin. Explore how focusing can impact your prayer and your relationship with God. Learn “focusing” as a skill you can use on your own. Use “focusing” as a way to experience God.
AFTERNOON - MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
2 TO 4:30 P.M.
120 - JACK SHEA
KNOWING AND DOING THESE THINGS
After Jesus washes and dries the feet of disciples and explains to them the implications of this service, he tells them, “If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” (Jn. 13-17) “these things” refers to a God-Self-Neighbor spiritual process that Jesus lived out of and tried to teach to his followers. Using all four gospels, we will learn how to know and do this spiritual process and what we can expect from the ensuing “blessedness.”
121 - PAULA HIEBERT
STRUGGLING WITH SENSELESSNESS
Innocent suffering has perplexed us from time immemorial, as witnessed by the multitude of authors and artists who have addressed the subject. From the ancient Babylonians who wrote about the distress of a pious man in the poem "I Will Praise the Lord of Wisdom" to Hollywood's Coen brothers who depict the troubles of Larry Gopnik in their recent firm "A Serious Man," we struggle to explain human misery. The Bible's entry into this age-old dialogue is the Book of Job. We will enter the conversation about why people suffer through engaging with the various characters of the book - - the Lord, Satan, Job his (nameless) wife, his friend - - first to understand each character's explanation for why Job is suffering and then to reflect on the validity of that explanation in the light of our own experience.
122 - KATHLEEN DOLPHIN, PBVM
WOMEN MYSTICS
This course in classic spirituality for contemporary Christians focuses on the lives, activity and writings of several outstanding women whose reforming impact on religious institutions continues to inspire and guide those who seek a deeper integration of faith and daily lived experience. Primary source material will be used to focus on Hildegard of Bingen, Mechtilde of Magdeburg, Gertrude the Great, Catherine of Siena, Julian of Norwich, Teresa of Avila, Simone Weil, as well as other figures.
EVENING - MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
6 TO 8:30 P.M.
130 - MICHAEL MORWOOD
MATTER, MIND AND HEART: JESUS IN EVOLUTIONARY THINKING
This course will focus on the humanity, the “earthiness” and the insights of Jesus rather than on “Cosmic Christ” to establish his importance to the human species in the context of evolution. His story is our story. So let us tell his story as we try to tell our story today - stardust become human and the divine actively present everywhere in ways beyond our imagining.
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