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“I appreciated everyone’s insight and honest comments. I thought many of the heartfelt conversations revealed a real need for open dialogue. I wonder how much of that would have occurred in a face-to-face meeting.”

—Rev. Bruce Frogge, pastor

 

Dreams, Journals, and Spirituality --
Presenter: Alan Filippi, M.Div., BCC. / 12.0 contact hours

Dreams reveal so much to us if we give them a chance. They reveal the forgotten depths of the human being and even give us glimpses of a spiritual world that surrounds one as totally as the physical one.

We will playfully interact with the dream and one another through the three weeks and hopefully have stimulated you to work with the dream further after this module has ended. They may raise some initial questions at the outset and that is also welcomed.

WEOI members free / non-member $60
(limited to 12 participants)

Exploring Celtic Spirituality
Presenter: Daniel Meister , D.Min. / 12.0 contact hours

Is there something that Celtic Christian spirituality possesses that a modern approach to life and faith lack? Why are people drawn to the Celtic tradition and how can it play a purposeful part in informing and fulfilling the spiritual lives of those who are seeking greater wholeness and sensitivity to creation and the world around us? This seminar will engage participants in exploring the unique contributions and major distinctions of Celtic Christian spirituality.

    WEOI members free / non-member $60
    (limited to 12 participants)

Finding God in the Multiplex: A Lenten Film Festival --
Presenter: Daniel Kroger, D.Min. / 12.0 contact hours

    All of us have probably had the experience of going to a movie at the local multiplex drawn by the review in the local paper which mentioned something of interest.  We go and are suddenly struck by either the whole movie or perhaps just a scene. This three week seminar is an online film festival where participants will be watching three films, which may either be rented or purchased, and discussing them through an email discussion group along with presentations on the films.

    WEOI members free / non-member $60
    (limited to 12 participants)

Healing Power of Stories -- 6 weeks
Presenter: Canon Marlin Whitmer / 24.0 contact hours / February 9-March 21, 2009

    This online seminar led by the Rev. Canon Marlin Whitmer will take the stories you hear as a basis for reflecting on metaphors and metaphorical patterns. Also through the metaphors and metaphorical patterns we will make connections with Biblical stories as well as our own stories. This on-going learning experience will relate these fundamentals of language and Word to pastoral care and health care. Both are grounded on listening, language, and metaphor as health care moves out into the community with chronic illness overshadowing acute care.

    WEOI members free / non-member $90
    (limited to 12 participants)

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Hope and Wholeness --
12.0 contact hours / Facilitator: TBA

    We have learned that hope can contribute significantly to one's sense of wholeness and well-being. This seminar provides the opportunity to participate in an interdisciplinary collaborative learning experience. Using email, members of the seminar group explore the role of hope through reflective dialogue around presentations by Myron Madden, Howard Clinebell, and Kay Shurden in light of their own experience and context. Through this process the group benefits by learning from one another as well as from the presentations.

WEOI members free / non-member $60
(limited to 12 participants)

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Spirituality and Mental Illness
Facilitator: Rose Ann Briotte, M.Div. / 12.0 contact hours

    One in five people in the United States have or will have mental illness sometime in their life. More than five million people in the United States alone suffer from serious chronic mental illness.

    Through an interdisciplinary approach integrating spirituality and mental health, this seminar will enable professional care givers from the religious, medical, therapeutic, and social work communities to better recognize and work with the diverse needs of those who suffer from mental illness and the needs of those who are close to them. Reflective dialogue will be facilitated by a mental health chaplain.

    WEOI members free / non-member $90
    (limited to 12 participants)

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Writing for Professional Publication
Presenter: Chris Hammon, D.Min. / 12.0 contact hours

There is a craft to sharing what we learn through publication. This seminar provides an introduction to writing for professional publication facilitated by the managing editor for the Oates Journal. This introduction will look at conceiving and researching ideas, proposing them to editors, and executing the writing at a professional level. While the focus will be on writing for professional journals, it will also address whitepaper and book publication as well as new self publication opportunities in blogs and books.

    WEOI members free / non-member $60
    (limited to 12 participants)
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