Spiritual Life and Leadership

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Taught by SFTS. Topic: Group Spiritual Companionship Instructor: Daeseop Daniel Yi GROUP SPIRITUAL COMPANIONSHIP. This class will introduce basic listening skills, but from a grounding in the contemplative tradition, rather than from psychology or communication theory. The semester will open with several weeks in which we investigate and practice contemplative prayer, understanding that contemplation invites us to a whole contemplative life-style. We will then learn a simple model for contemplative listening (one week) that we will practice for six subsequent weeks. Participants will take turns relating a present experience, an experience from childhood and a ministry experience. We will also introduce other conversation skills (questions and probes) and conclude with pastoral applications and connections to other semesters of Spiritual Life and Leadership. This course is to learn how to create a hospitable place in which we turn our attention to reflect on our relationship with God, self, others, and all of Creation and follow God's invitation in every area of our lives.