Presentation from the Duluth Benedictine Oblate Meeting on Sunday, March 13, 2016. Focus on various ways of thinking about the self. The group's discussion explored how different ways of seeing the self affected one's worldview, and vice versa.
Opening presentation to a year long consideration of "hard sayings" in The Rule of St. Benedict, written in the sixth century. Sister Edith Bogue considers why people find sayings hard - whether those of Jesus in the Bible or the related ones of St. Benedict in his Rule. Perhaps it is not the sayings that are what's hard...
Slides from a retreat given at St. Scholastica Monastery, open to the public, as a brief introduction to the history, principles and practices of Benedictine monastic life.
Sister Edith Bogue gave a presentation on Benedictine virtues based on the Rule of St. Benedict. She discussed several virtues emphasized in Benedictine spirituality, including stability, obedience, discernment, responsibility, and authority. For each virtue, she explained what it means according to the Rule of St. Benedict and how Benedictines try to live it out today. She also provided examples of how students could incorporate these virtues into their own lives.
Choosing for Good and Not for Ill: Benedictine VirtuesSister Edith Bogue
Presentation for Oblates of St Scholastica Monastery, Duluth MN on 9 March 2014. Focus on virtues that monks are instructed to do and how they are to avoid the vices proscribed. Also drawing on Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow.
Sister Edith Bogue gave a presentation on whether there is still a place for oblates in the 21st century. She discussed how Benedictine values of order, authority, and responsibility contrast with aspects of modern society like inequality, consumerism, and lack of respect for religion. However, Benedictine principles of structured work and prayer, community, and service to others can still provide meaning for oblates in today's world.
Stability is one of the three vows that Benedictine sisters and monks take. This presentation considers what this vow might mean for lay people in every day life. Originally given as a retreat at St. Paul's Monastery, St. Paul, Minnesota in 2013.
Bringing Forth New Things & Old - Treasures for a Post-Pandemic WorldSister Edith Bogue
A retreat grounded in the image of a householder who knows how to bring forth both old and new to meet the needs of the time. What is in our spiritual storehouse? How is it filled and replenished? How can we live in the world after pandemic?
Presentation from the Duluth Benedictine Oblate Meeting on Sunday, March 13, 2016. Focus on various ways of thinking about the self. The group's discussion explored how different ways of seeing the self affected one's worldview, and vice versa.
Opening presentation to a year long consideration of "hard sayings" in The Rule of St. Benedict, written in the sixth century. Sister Edith Bogue considers why people find sayings hard - whether those of Jesus in the Bible or the related ones of St. Benedict in his Rule. Perhaps it is not the sayings that are what's hard...
Slides from a retreat given at St. Scholastica Monastery, open to the public, as a brief introduction to the history, principles and practices of Benedictine monastic life.
Sister Edith Bogue gave a presentation on Benedictine virtues based on the Rule of St. Benedict. She discussed several virtues emphasized in Benedictine spirituality, including stability, obedience, discernment, responsibility, and authority. For each virtue, she explained what it means according to the Rule of St. Benedict and how Benedictines try to live it out today. She also provided examples of how students could incorporate these virtues into their own lives.
Choosing for Good and Not for Ill: Benedictine VirtuesSister Edith Bogue
Presentation for Oblates of St Scholastica Monastery, Duluth MN on 9 March 2014. Focus on virtues that monks are instructed to do and how they are to avoid the vices proscribed. Also drawing on Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow.
Sister Edith Bogue gave a presentation on whether there is still a place for oblates in the 21st century. She discussed how Benedictine values of order, authority, and responsibility contrast with aspects of modern society like inequality, consumerism, and lack of respect for religion. However, Benedictine principles of structured work and prayer, community, and service to others can still provide meaning for oblates in today's world.
Stability is one of the three vows that Benedictine sisters and monks take. This presentation considers what this vow might mean for lay people in every day life. Originally given as a retreat at St. Paul's Monastery, St. Paul, Minnesota in 2013.
Bringing Forth New Things & Old - Treasures for a Post-Pandemic WorldSister Edith Bogue
A retreat grounded in the image of a householder who knows how to bring forth both old and new to meet the needs of the time. What is in our spiritual storehouse? How is it filled and replenished? How can we live in the world after pandemic?
The document discusses the importance of teaching disciples to love and study scripture. It provides statistics showing that less than half of churchgoers read the Bible regularly and recommends maintaining a connection to Jesus through scripture rather than trying to change through willpower alone. It also outlines basic Bible study techniques like focusing on obvious facts and using "5Ws and an H" to guide understanding of scripture passages.
Making disciples who make disciples is at the heart of the call to follow Christ. Here are some notes on the gap between our intentions and practice (adapted from Greg Ogden's book, Transforming Discipleship).
Making disciples who make disciples is at the heart of the call to follow Christ. Here are some notes on the gap between our intentions and practice (adapted from Greg Ogden's book, Transforming Discipleship).
This document provides information about Discovery Bible Study (DBS), including:
- DBS follows a flexible format that typically includes sharing highs/lows, discussing previous lessons, inductive Bible study, and making commitments to apply the lessons.
- The study is designed to help people become obedient followers of Christ through simple, group-based Bible exploration and accountability.
- Examples of sample DBS study plans are provided, covering various Bible passages from Genesis to the Gospels. Guidelines for leaders and participants are also outlined.
This document discusses creating unity within Christian communities faced with increasing divisions in society. It quotes a pastor saying the church should lead on bringing people together to prevent conflict. It also quotes a passage saying love is the only force that can transform enemies into friends. The document advocates reframing discussions to focus on Christians' shared foundational beliefs and pursuing a God-honoring life through the church as the body of Christ defined by love.
This document provides guidance on disciplemaking by discussing the importance of being spiritual and practical. It emphasizes that disciplemaking is about developing one's relationship with God through prayer, fasting, and dependence on the Holy Spirit. It also stresses the importance of teaching disciples, including showing them how to live like Jesus, developing their minds, and helping them establish spiritual disciplines to grow their own walk with God. The overall message is that effective disciplemaking requires both spiritual devotion and practical skills.
The document provides guidance on how to study the Bible through inductive Bible study. It emphasizes the importance of discovering truth for yourself through observation and interpretation, rather than simply being told information. The key steps of inductive Bible study outlined are observation, interpretation, and application. Observation involves closely reading the text and marking important details. Interpretation means understanding the intended meaning of the passage in its context. Application is determining how the meaning applies to one's own life. An example of working through observation of a Bible passage is included.
Christianity Viewed from the 21st CenturyRobert Frank
This brief slide presentation provides a better understanding of the relationship between Christianity, science, and teamwork in God's continuing creation.
The document discusses Jesus' encounter with two disciples on the road to Emmaus after his resurrection. It describes how Jesus walked with them, listened to their sorrow, and explained the scriptures to them. It then summarizes how meeting Jesus in worship through the Word and Table can transform us, removing the veil from our eyes. The document advocates coming to worship each Sunday expecting to meet the risen Lord, who waits to transform our lives through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Forum Online Event: The Incoherent Notion of “Tolerant” Indifference Appl...Third Column Ministries
Guest Bruce Boeckel with Evidence for Christ
The demand for “tolerance” in today’s society is an item in an ideological programme rather than an actual commitment to accept or at least consider new and different ideas. In addition, the demand for “tolerance” makes little sense when that demand is made of a monotheistic religion committed to the truth of an exclusive divine revelation. In other words, for historic and orthodox Christians, the demand that we be “tolerant” reveals that those making the demand either understand nothing about Christianity or that they do understand and demand that we stop being Bible-believing Christians. This is the incoherence of contemporary “tolerance”: I demand that you stop believing what you believe, that you stop acting according to your beliefs, then I congratulate myself on how “tolerant” I am of those whose beliefs differ from mine. We will look at this incoherent demand for “tolerance” both in present-day academia (including religious studies) and in the European Enlightenment of the 18th century, the period in which demands for “tolerance” first emerged in Western society and when “ideology” first appeared as a word and as a socio-political programme. As a result of this presentation, you will know more about the history and dynamics of “tolerance” than do 95% of those who throw the word around — most of whom know nothing of this history and haven’t spent a single minute thinking critically about a concept that they pretend to understand.
Only Two Religions 9 - Unbiblical Responsessandiferb
This document summarizes an adult Sunday school lesson about unbiblical responses to rapid cultural changes. It discusses how some Christians have sought to completely separate from culture or conform theology to modern tastes. The lecture warns against compromising the Christian worldview, as this compromises the gospel. It provides examples of unbiblical responses like fearing man over God, seeking approval from culture, and embracing progressive theology around issues like sexuality. Christians are called to faithfully uphold the gospel in a loving manner instead of retreating or conforming.
This document describes an event called "Unbinding Your Heart" taking place at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd during Lent. It is a 40-day prayer journey intended to help parishioners walk more closely with Jesus and experience spiritual transformation through prayer, fasting, self-examination and small group meetings. Participants are encouraged to commit to daily prayer and one small group meeting per week to get to know God more deeply and grow as individuals and as a parish community.
Perspectives Lesson Five: Unleashing the Gospel -- 202002MarkTab Ministries
Delivered to the Perspectives class in Statesboro, GA on February 20, 2020
In this lesson we will see how God launched the World Christian movement. We will discover that the Church is a double structure that endures to this day. We will watch how ordinary people chose a strategy of suffering which they learned from Jesus and will consider how we can live with that same apostolic passion. We will examine the biblical grounds of hope for an enormous in-gathering at the end of the age.
Winter, Ralph. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: Reader and Study Guide - eBook . William Carey Library. Kindle Edition.
This document summarizes key aspects of the Protestant Reformation, including the imperfections of early reformers like Luther and Calvin, and the "five solas" they rediscovered:
1) Sola Scriptura - Scripture as the supreme authority over church and human reason
2) Sola Gratia - Salvation by grace alone, not works, as a gift from God through faith
3) Sola Fide - Justification by faith alone through trusting in Christ's atonement, not works
4) Solus Christus - Christ alone as mediator between God and humanity
5) Soli Deo Gloria - Glory to God alone based on who He is and what He has
Jesus was a real Jewish person who lived in Israel around 2000 years ago. He gathered disciples and his ministry involved preaching, teaching, and healing people. He challenged Jewish traditions and authorities, which ultimately led to his crucifixion. His followers came to believe he had risen from the dead and went on to establish Christianity. Jesus taught using parables and emphasized compassion for all people. Accounts of his life and teachings were written decades later and form the basis of the Christian New Testament.
1. Jesus began making disciples by getting baptized by John the Baptist and allowing people to observe him. He answered questions and allowed discussion without intimidating people.
2. Jesus adapted how he interacted with each person based on their personality, giving prophetic words or showing supernatural insights.
3. Jesus focused on investing deeply in a few people's lives through teaching, prayer, and ministry skills rather than programs. He served as a good example for others to follow.
Discussion of how the Christian worldview can help you find your calling, from City Vision University's Vocation, Calling, and the Purpose of Work class.
These are notes from a simple introductory course on Church Planting. The majority of the course notes presented here are based upon J. D. Payne’s Planting Apostolic Churches.
This course focuses on providing students with a chronological understanding of the life of Christ within its historical and cultural context. The course objectives are for students to demonstrate understanding of Christ's teachings, events and miracles; describe major life events in order; understand geographical movements; and gain social/cultural background knowledge from the Gospels. Students will read from biblical texts and complete assignments involving research papers and summarizing a Gospel.
"Silence" is often discussed as a core monastic practice, but St. Benedict's prescription for custody of the tongue focuses not only on refraining from speech but even more on how we care for community, for the other, and for ourselves when we do speak. This presentation, one in the series on Hard Sayings of St. Benedict, includes a careful study of the idea of custody. Given to the Oblates of St. Scholastica Monastery in 2017.
The document discusses the importance of teaching disciples to love and study scripture. It provides statistics showing that less than half of churchgoers read the Bible regularly and recommends maintaining a connection to Jesus through scripture rather than trying to change through willpower alone. It also outlines basic Bible study techniques like focusing on obvious facts and using "5Ws and an H" to guide understanding of scripture passages.
Making disciples who make disciples is at the heart of the call to follow Christ. Here are some notes on the gap between our intentions and practice (adapted from Greg Ogden's book, Transforming Discipleship).
Making disciples who make disciples is at the heart of the call to follow Christ. Here are some notes on the gap between our intentions and practice (adapted from Greg Ogden's book, Transforming Discipleship).
This document provides information about Discovery Bible Study (DBS), including:
- DBS follows a flexible format that typically includes sharing highs/lows, discussing previous lessons, inductive Bible study, and making commitments to apply the lessons.
- The study is designed to help people become obedient followers of Christ through simple, group-based Bible exploration and accountability.
- Examples of sample DBS study plans are provided, covering various Bible passages from Genesis to the Gospels. Guidelines for leaders and participants are also outlined.
This document discusses creating unity within Christian communities faced with increasing divisions in society. It quotes a pastor saying the church should lead on bringing people together to prevent conflict. It also quotes a passage saying love is the only force that can transform enemies into friends. The document advocates reframing discussions to focus on Christians' shared foundational beliefs and pursuing a God-honoring life through the church as the body of Christ defined by love.
This document provides guidance on disciplemaking by discussing the importance of being spiritual and practical. It emphasizes that disciplemaking is about developing one's relationship with God through prayer, fasting, and dependence on the Holy Spirit. It also stresses the importance of teaching disciples, including showing them how to live like Jesus, developing their minds, and helping them establish spiritual disciplines to grow their own walk with God. The overall message is that effective disciplemaking requires both spiritual devotion and practical skills.
The document provides guidance on how to study the Bible through inductive Bible study. It emphasizes the importance of discovering truth for yourself through observation and interpretation, rather than simply being told information. The key steps of inductive Bible study outlined are observation, interpretation, and application. Observation involves closely reading the text and marking important details. Interpretation means understanding the intended meaning of the passage in its context. Application is determining how the meaning applies to one's own life. An example of working through observation of a Bible passage is included.
Christianity Viewed from the 21st CenturyRobert Frank
This brief slide presentation provides a better understanding of the relationship between Christianity, science, and teamwork in God's continuing creation.
The document discusses Jesus' encounter with two disciples on the road to Emmaus after his resurrection. It describes how Jesus walked with them, listened to their sorrow, and explained the scriptures to them. It then summarizes how meeting Jesus in worship through the Word and Table can transform us, removing the veil from our eyes. The document advocates coming to worship each Sunday expecting to meet the risen Lord, who waits to transform our lives through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The Forum Online Event: The Incoherent Notion of “Tolerant” Indifference Appl...Third Column Ministries
Guest Bruce Boeckel with Evidence for Christ
The demand for “tolerance” in today’s society is an item in an ideological programme rather than an actual commitment to accept or at least consider new and different ideas. In addition, the demand for “tolerance” makes little sense when that demand is made of a monotheistic religion committed to the truth of an exclusive divine revelation. In other words, for historic and orthodox Christians, the demand that we be “tolerant” reveals that those making the demand either understand nothing about Christianity or that they do understand and demand that we stop being Bible-believing Christians. This is the incoherence of contemporary “tolerance”: I demand that you stop believing what you believe, that you stop acting according to your beliefs, then I congratulate myself on how “tolerant” I am of those whose beliefs differ from mine. We will look at this incoherent demand for “tolerance” both in present-day academia (including religious studies) and in the European Enlightenment of the 18th century, the period in which demands for “tolerance” first emerged in Western society and when “ideology” first appeared as a word and as a socio-political programme. As a result of this presentation, you will know more about the history and dynamics of “tolerance” than do 95% of those who throw the word around — most of whom know nothing of this history and haven’t spent a single minute thinking critically about a concept that they pretend to understand.
Only Two Religions 9 - Unbiblical Responsessandiferb
This document summarizes an adult Sunday school lesson about unbiblical responses to rapid cultural changes. It discusses how some Christians have sought to completely separate from culture or conform theology to modern tastes. The lecture warns against compromising the Christian worldview, as this compromises the gospel. It provides examples of unbiblical responses like fearing man over God, seeking approval from culture, and embracing progressive theology around issues like sexuality. Christians are called to faithfully uphold the gospel in a loving manner instead of retreating or conforming.
This document describes an event called "Unbinding Your Heart" taking place at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd during Lent. It is a 40-day prayer journey intended to help parishioners walk more closely with Jesus and experience spiritual transformation through prayer, fasting, self-examination and small group meetings. Participants are encouraged to commit to daily prayer and one small group meeting per week to get to know God more deeply and grow as individuals and as a parish community.
Perspectives Lesson Five: Unleashing the Gospel -- 202002MarkTab Ministries
Delivered to the Perspectives class in Statesboro, GA on February 20, 2020
In this lesson we will see how God launched the World Christian movement. We will discover that the Church is a double structure that endures to this day. We will watch how ordinary people chose a strategy of suffering which they learned from Jesus and will consider how we can live with that same apostolic passion. We will examine the biblical grounds of hope for an enormous in-gathering at the end of the age.
Winter, Ralph. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement: Reader and Study Guide - eBook . William Carey Library. Kindle Edition.
This document summarizes key aspects of the Protestant Reformation, including the imperfections of early reformers like Luther and Calvin, and the "five solas" they rediscovered:
1) Sola Scriptura - Scripture as the supreme authority over church and human reason
2) Sola Gratia - Salvation by grace alone, not works, as a gift from God through faith
3) Sola Fide - Justification by faith alone through trusting in Christ's atonement, not works
4) Solus Christus - Christ alone as mediator between God and humanity
5) Soli Deo Gloria - Glory to God alone based on who He is and what He has
Jesus was a real Jewish person who lived in Israel around 2000 years ago. He gathered disciples and his ministry involved preaching, teaching, and healing people. He challenged Jewish traditions and authorities, which ultimately led to his crucifixion. His followers came to believe he had risen from the dead and went on to establish Christianity. Jesus taught using parables and emphasized compassion for all people. Accounts of his life and teachings were written decades later and form the basis of the Christian New Testament.
1. Jesus began making disciples by getting baptized by John the Baptist and allowing people to observe him. He answered questions and allowed discussion without intimidating people.
2. Jesus adapted how he interacted with each person based on their personality, giving prophetic words or showing supernatural insights.
3. Jesus focused on investing deeply in a few people's lives through teaching, prayer, and ministry skills rather than programs. He served as a good example for others to follow.
Discussion of how the Christian worldview can help you find your calling, from City Vision University's Vocation, Calling, and the Purpose of Work class.
These are notes from a simple introductory course on Church Planting. The majority of the course notes presented here are based upon J. D. Payne’s Planting Apostolic Churches.
This course focuses on providing students with a chronological understanding of the life of Christ within its historical and cultural context. The course objectives are for students to demonstrate understanding of Christ's teachings, events and miracles; describe major life events in order; understand geographical movements; and gain social/cultural background knowledge from the Gospels. Students will read from biblical texts and complete assignments involving research papers and summarizing a Gospel.
"Silence" is often discussed as a core monastic practice, but St. Benedict's prescription for custody of the tongue focuses not only on refraining from speech but even more on how we care for community, for the other, and for ourselves when we do speak. This presentation, one in the series on Hard Sayings of St. Benedict, includes a careful study of the idea of custody. Given to the Oblates of St. Scholastica Monastery in 2017.
Slides from Presentation by Sister Edith Bogue at the November 2016 meeting of the Benedictine Oblates of St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, MN. One in a series of presentations on the Hard Sayings of St. Benedict, drawing its inspiration from the twin commands to neither defender nor complain about the others in the community.
Provides a Benedictine monastic context for a discussion of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si, from the November 2015 meeting of the Benedictine Oblates in Duluth.
Slides from presentation by Sister Paule Pierre Barbeau at the December 2016 meeting Benedictine Oblates of St Scholastica Monastery, Duluth MN. This was one of a series focusing on the Hard Sayings of St. Benedict, drawing its inspiration from Chapter 49 of his Rule, which begins "The life of a monk ought to be an everlasting Lent."
This document summarizes a discussion at St. Georges Church about how to build community and reconciliation. It discusses checking in with each other, grounding themselves in scripture, and principles of reconciliation communities from Natalie Finstad. Small groups generated ideas like accepting diversity, taking risks like advocating for others, remaining open to influence, seeing potential in each other, speaking truth, and accompanying one another through transformation. Shared spiritual practices could include learning about each other, supporting other faiths, sharing stories, and exploring spiritual questions together.
Under the influence: breathing life and spirit in/to a mediated worldRose Pacatte, D. Min.
The constant barrage of bad news in a 24 hour news cycle, coupled with opportunities for multi-platfrom entertainment 24/7 with its relentless gospel of consumerism, can be depressing and overwhelming. The demands this electronically mediated environment places on the human person, body and spirit, depending on age and circumstance, requires a response that is personal, social, and cultural. Sister Rose will lead us on a silence-prayer-conversation reflection on this reality using sight and sound samples from popular media to discover ways to breathe and grow joyfully while "under the influence." I gave this presentation at Loyola University, Baltimore, Feb. 28, 2014, faculty retreat, Education Department.
The Preacher's Forum: Exploring Dialogical PreachingClint Heacock
These slide shows I have designed are used at the Preacher's Forum sessions. The purpose is to explore new preaching opportunities for the twenty-first century.
The World Café is a conversational process and methodology that focuses on hosting small group discussions. Participants move between groups to discuss questions, cross-pollinate ideas, and discover new insights on important issues. The process involves three rounds of conversation at different tables, with participants sharing insights with the whole group at the end. Effective questions are open-ended and invite inquiry rather than advocacy. Table hosts facilitate discussions and sharing of ideas between rounds. Visuals are used to illustrate collective insights from the conversations.
This document advertises an upcoming webinar on teaching religious education and discusses potential pitfalls teachers may face. The webinar will address how to find credible sources of information about religions and consider religious authority. It will also provide guidance on safely facilitating discussions about different faiths and integrating the promotion of British values. Teachers are encouraged to utilize resources from their local SACRE organization, national groups like the Religious Education Council, and religious organizations directly to ensure they represent all religions accurately and avoid presenting minority views as majority.
This document discusses the importance of balancing silence and words in communication. It argues that integrating silence allows for deeper reflection, discernment, understanding and meaningful dialogue between people. When silence is absent, communication breaks down and words lose their richness. The document encourages cultivating inner silence through contemplation in order to hear God's voice and be impelled to communicate truth and hope to others.
Various Rules of Interreligious DialogueRobert Munson
This document outlines various rules and guidelines for productive interreligious dialogue that have been proposed by different individuals and groups. It provides rules from Max Warren, Stephen Neill, Agnete Holm, the World Council of Churches, Peter Feldmeier, Donald Swearer, Leonard Swidler, John Stott, and Robert Munson. Common themes in the rules include humility, mutual respect, understanding other perspectives, openness to learning, honesty, and cultivating relationships through respectful discussion.
This chapter discusses important factors that affect cross-cultural communication. It outlines that communication is influenced by culture and worldviews. Key cultural values discussed are high/low context communication styles, monochronic/polychronic time orientations, and individualistic/collectivistic self-orientations. Effective cross-cultural communication requires understanding these cultural differences in how information is conveyed and relationships are prioritized. Misunderstandings can damage relationships if cultural communication norms are not properly navigated.
Lesson two -_temple___congregation_or_communitygbccollege
This document discusses the importance of building community over divisions. It suggests viewing the temple congregation as a single community rather than separate "us and them" groups. The success of local religious communities depends on the same principles as the overall religious group. The document also advises emulating the essence and principles of exemplar communities, rather than directly copying models, in order to maintain uniqueness.
This document discusses open leadership and open organizations. It defines open organizations as being distributed, decentralized, inclusive and flexible. Open leadership involves understanding the community's will and coordinating resources to achieve shared goals. While openness seems paradoxical with leadership, examples are given of leaders who guided open projects like Linux, Python and Wikipedia. The document outlines how open leaders manage vision, communications, people, focus and decisions in a way that empowers participants and allows the community to evolve.
This document summarizes key points from Say Sokunpharoth's lecture on the art of public speaking. The lecture covers topics like the power and tradition of public speaking, similarities and differences between public speaking and conversation, developing confidence and dealing with nervousness, the role of critical thinking, the speech communication process, and public speaking in a multicultural world. The overall message is that effective public speaking requires preparation, an understanding of your audience, and the ability to logically organize and deliver a message while adapting to different cultural contexts.
Ten rules are provided for effective interfaith dialogue: 1) Have a strong grasp of your own faith tradition to share with others; 2) Come to learn from others without trying to change them; 3) Share what you learn with your own faith community; 4) Be honest and assume others are as well; 5) Respect others' religious experiences and identities; 6) Don't assume agreement or disagreement but listen with an open mind; 7) Participate on an equal footing and be open to learning from others; 8) Critically reflect on your own tradition while maintaining conviction; 9) Strive to understand others' faiths from their perspective; 10) Be aware of cultural and historical influences on perspectives. The rules emphasize open
8 mediation and spirituality in the postmodern contextjoshva raja john
This document discusses spirituality and mediation in a postmodern context. It explores themes of worship, implicit religion, and global awareness. Resources on Christian mission, postmodern values, and emerging forms of worship are presented. Spirituality is described as a personal exploration of meaning, sensitivity to others, and connection to God. In postmodernity, spirituality is constructed through temporary communal allegiances, consumer identity, and human interest stories of individual biographical experiences.
The document summarizes Heather Monigan's presentation "The Little Brown Playbook: Leading a Business Community" where she discusses applying principles from the Rule of St. Benedict to business management. She discusses the vows of obedience, stability, and conversion of life. For each vow, she provides practical tips for both management and individual contributors, such as listening to others, tethering work to an end goal, and focusing on community over self. Her team successfully applied these principles to complete tasks on schedule and work seamlessly across boundaries.
Apologetics Presentation for First Trinity, Part 1Kaitlyn Nowak
This document outlines Kaitlyn Nowak's talk about her studies in apologetics at the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism, and Human Rights. The talk covers what apologetics is, why it is necessary today, and an overview of the classes Kaitlyn took at the Academy, which covered topics like scientific and philosophical apologetics. Apologetics is defined as a defense of Christianity and is seen as a biblical concept, with examples from Peter and Jesus given. Apologetics is also described as a branch of theology needed to address secularism, pluralism, and objections to Christianity in the modern age.
Changing Scripts through Deep Listening - The Wisdom Circle is developed by Dreamcatchers during its 15 years of work with vulnerable children. It celebrates each individual’s life experience, their unique insight into the mysteries of life and develops the patience to hear another’s world view.
Sonali Ojha, Founder & Director, Dreamcatchers Foundation
Rongjia Liu Consensus generation in pathology new orleans1Kim Solez ,
Consensus generation in pathology often involves an expert in the discussion topic also acting as the consensus facilitator. At the Banff Transplant Pathology conferences, the facilitator guiding the consensus discussions is a well-known pathologist expert in the topics. This dual role can be effectively filled using a five-step process of listening with a point of view. The facilitator must balance expressing their own perspective while also engaging in facilitative listening to fully consider other opinions at least twice as much. This allows the expert to provide guidance while still promoting widespread participation and agreement among all attendees.
Presentation led by David Gurteen from Gurteen Knowledge within the 'Individual' stream of the World Class theme at the APM Project Management Conference 2016
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Transformation: Forgetting What Lies Behind, Reaching Forward to What Lies AheadSister Edith Bogue
Week-long retreat for the Benedictine Sisters of St. Placid Priory in Lacey, WA. Focus on the dynamics of transformation, the forces that support it and those that hold us back.
This document discusses what community means for the Duluth Benedictine Oblates. It describes community as a group of people joined by a single hope and method of seeking God under a rule and leader, accepting differences. Key practices that unite the community are common prayer, eating together at a shared table with suitable but not lavish provisions, and common ownership of property to use but not own. The document emphasizes developing relationships based on love, respect, bearing with one another's frailties, and choosing the unity of the community over individual wants by giving recalcitrant members chances to return and prioritizing the good of all.
Slides from an all-day retreat for the Benedictine Oblates of St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota. Using the tools of Ignatian discernment, but adapting them to Benedictine spirituality. http://duluthoblates.org
Slides from a morning retreat / workshop focusing on using the practices and spirituality of the Benedictine monastic way of life in the modern organization.
This document reflects on the passage from John 12:24 "Unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just wheat." It uses images from Vincent Van Gogh's paintings of wheat fields to illustrate the concept of a grain of wheat dying in order to produce more wheat. The document reflects on Jesus' words that a grain must fall and die to bear much fruit, and how Van Gogh's paintings depict the growth of wheat from seed to harvest.
Slides from meeting of the Benedictine Oblates of St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, Minnesota in February 2018. Review of previous topic - Becoming Encouragers - followed by slides for new topic, Authentic Hospitality.
The Benedictine Rule has no chapter on encouragement, but sprinkles advice throughout. Slides from an Oblate meeting in January 2018 at St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth, MN.
This document discusses silence and solitude based on a presentation to Benedictine Oblates. It covers how silence is addressed in the Rule of St. Benedict and references to solitude. It also discusses using solitude for spiritual preparation and avoiding isolation. Monks are encouraged to gradually counteract social withdrawal by connecting with others, while also finding solitude to pray alone without disturbing others.
Psalmody refers to the singing or recitation of psalms. The psalms make up the first book of the Hebrew Bible and are an anthology of 150 individual psalms divided into five sections. They were used in ancient Jewish worship and temple liturgies and were incorporated into early Christian worship. Reciting the psalms is intended to be a daily spiritual practice for formation, praise, thanksgiving, and meditating on God's presence in the world. The genres of individual psalms, like praise, lament, and hymns, can guide different styles of personal and liturgical prayer.
A look at the contemplative practice of Guard of the Heart, growing from the Benedictine spiritual tradition. Given at the Benedictine Center, St. Paul's Monastery, on 24 March 2017.
This document summarizes a conference presentation on the changing demographics affecting Benedictine sponsorship of colleges and universities. It notes that Benedictine communities are shrinking while student populations are growing and becoming more diverse. It discusses two perspectives on sponsorship - a formal relationship versus a ministry. It also addresses partnering to achieve common goals like recruitment and retention through cultural competence and mission-centered coordination. Sustaining the sponsorship ministry requires commitment to goals, developing the ministry through formation, and monasteries collaborating to carry it out.
Dialogue is the theme the Oblates are considering this year. This session looked at our relationship with "the economy" and its local manifestations, taking a theological and a Benedictine perspective.
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Dear readers,
This month we continue with more inspiring talks from the Global Spirituality Mahotsav that was held from March 14 to 17, 2024, at Kanha Shanti Vanam.
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4. Dialogue: A term and practice we invoke
when we already recognize different
viewpoint and ideas.
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5. Debate vs Dialogue
• Debate presumes winning and losing.
• Debate does not seek understanding,
common ground or compromise.
• Debate is for influencing minds of others.
• Debate is the common model in our culture
for exploring varying viewpoints.
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6. Dialogue
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• The roots of the word dialogue come from the Greek
words dia and logos.
• dia means “through”
• logos translates to “word” or “meaning.”
• In essence, a dialogue is a flow of meaning.
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7. Dialogue
• The purpose of
dialogue is to create
‘shared meaning’ or
coherence in a group.
• The challenge of
dialogue is to simply
allow multiple points of
view to be.
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10. Social Ethos: Hierarchy
• Distinct social classes
• Absolute authority by rank and gender
• Slavery a possible outcome of war for
members at any level.
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11. Church Hierarchy
• Rule of obedience
• Moderated by popular
nomination and selection
of bishops
• Local rather than central
power predominated
• Rome (city) was weak
• Tension between local
bishops & nobility
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13. Life of Benedict – St. Gregory
• Told in dialogue
format
• Largest in a
collection of lives of
saints in dialogue.
• Many encounters
with rulers, monks,
in which listening
and humility are
key.
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14. Dialogue with Scholastica
• Famous story of "holy conversation"
• Valued by both Benedict and Scholastica
• Benedict saw rule authoritatively, but his
sister less dogmatically.14
17. Listen
• First, for the voice of God
– In Scripture
– In the needs of others
– In the voices of those around
• Those who take the place of Christ
– The Abbot / Prioress
– The pilgrim
– The sick and the aged
• Mutual obedience = mutual listening
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18. Porter: Chapter 66
• Wise person
• "Knows how to take
a message
and to give one."
• Scripted dialogue
opens with:
"Thanks be to God"
or
"Please give your
blessing."
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19. Summoning Monks for Counsel
• Unique to Benedict's Rule
• Listen even to youngest / newest
• "Do everything with counsel and you will
not afterwards repent of it."
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20. Reasonable Requests
• Chapter 36: Care of the sick
– Served as Christ himself
– Sick should not "sadden …
with superfluous demands."
– "Patiently borne"
• Chapter 31: The Cellarer
– Deal with unreasonable
requests
– Distribute what is allocated
– Appropriate hours for requests
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21. Dialogue in Dispute
• Chapter 3
– Not to contend harshly with the
abbot
– Neither inside or outside monastery
• Chapter 68
– Impossible things
– What do we mean by impossible?
– Dialogue assures that both
viewpoints
are known to both parties
– Authority still rests with the superior
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23. Contemplative Dialogue
• Grew from works of Thomas Merton as
well as contemporary organization theory
• Connects the prayerful and listening
stance of the monastic with the needs of
discussion when views are different.
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24. Awareness of Thoughts
• Assumptions and beliefs
color the way we see
and understand the
actions of others.
• Focus on the "data"
helps get past that.
• Awareness of the
ladder of assumptions
helps circumvent it.
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25. Guidelines for
Contemplative Dialogue - 1
• Speak slowly: Relax, speak and
listen from an inner attitude of quiet
contemplation
• Make eye-contact: Maintain a
shared center; remain fully present
in the group.
• Speak briefly: Speak what matters
from your deepest place (your
contemplative center) then STOP.25
26. Guidelines for
Contemplative Dialogue - 2
• Create shared meaning: Build on
what has already been shared when
you speak
• Listen deeply: Let the words
disappear by pausing and returning
to inner silence.
• Stay curious: ask questions to the
group as a way to explore differences
and limit assumptions
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27. Guidelines for
Contemplative Dialogue - 3
• Remain open: Speak with vulnerability,
not righteousness allowing for different
versions of the same reality
• Be accepting: hold the tension of
someone with an opposing point of
view without reacting to it.
• Hold your own understandings lightly,
tentatively. Relax!
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