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This 40-part e-course offer quotations from Rumi’s poetry and practices suggested by his teachings. It is our hope that our choices from the great bounty of Rumi’s words will help us all cultivate heart, passion, joy, personal transformation, and renewed devotion. May each email be a reminder that, as Rumi says, “There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground.”

(6 CEHs for Chaplains available.)

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Nouwen’s journey of Christian faith was built on his confidence in a loving and graceful God who speaks to us through community and our service of others. He was a social activist and peacemaker who constantly took the pulse of the world and paid attention to what was going on around him. He struggled with prayer and made devotion a key element in his close communion with God.

All these themes in Nouwen’s writings are explored in the e-course “Practicing Spirituality with Henri Nouwen.” Participants will receive 40 emails, each with a brief quotation from Nouwen’s writings and a practice suggested by this teaching. Henri Nouwen honored the mystery of life and the joy of the spiritual adventure — which moves on so many more levels than we think! This e-course is an opportunity to learn from a true spiritual master of our time.

(6 CEHs for Chaplains available.)

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Brian McLaren is a prolific and profound writer, preacher, blogger, and teacher. He is a Christian adventurer whose exploration of the territory ahead has made him a leader of Emergence Christianity, an ecumenical movement of churches, Christian leaders, thinkers, and bloggers who seek to reinterpret the Gospel and the core values of the early Christian communities into practical strategies for our postmodern era.

The readings from McLaren in this e-course will lift your spirits and turn on your creativity as you contemplate his ideas about a new global love economy, peacemaking, God’s unterror movement, the art of plotting goodness, and ways of working for the common good. You will be surprised by his thought-provoking views on the events of Holy Week and Easter. Best of all, you’ll discover why and how, in McLaren’s words, “Jesus keeps coming back.”
“Practicing Spirituality with Brian McLaren” was created by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, co-directors of Spirituality & Practice who have led more than 40 e-courses in this popular series. This one consists of 47 emails each with:

• a short reading excerpted from one of Brian McLaren’s books,
• a suggestion for a way you can “practice that thought” as you go about your day,
• a link to our review of the book where we found the reading.
You will also be able to listen to a one-hour teleconference with Brian McLaren recorded when this e-course was first offered in 2014.

Take this Lenten e-course and discover for yourself why the solid and substantive vision of McLaren’s Christianity appeals to mainline Protestants, Catholics, Evangelicals, and spiritual seekers of all stripes. We predict that more often than not during this journey, you will discover that Brian McLaren directly address the questions you are thinking about during your Lenten focus on self-renewal. And by the end, you will have an abundance of inspiring quotes, startling and practical ideas, and simple practices for your spiritual journey of transformation.

(6 CEHs for Chaplains available.)

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Some books from Brian McLaren

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Chittister is one of the most profound and prophetic voices in progressive Christianity. Her bold vision of the faith is grounded in the spiritual practices of the Rule of Saint Benedict, including listening, hospitality, humility, and peace. Her vibrant understanding of sainthood enables us to see “the icons of the universal face of God” in fearless men and women from all religious traditions.

In “Practicing Spirituality with Joan Chittister,” we look to her for spiritual practices that are at the core of our devotion to God, our yearning for justice and peace, and our understanding of the mystical and contemplative path. This 40-part e-course consist of emails containing a passage from one of Chittister’s many books and a related practice suggestion.

(6 CEHs for Chaplains available.)

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Some books by Joan Chittister

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Resilience — the capacity to cope with and rebound from adversity — is a skill that can be mastered no matter how old you are, no matter what your circumstances. Like any skill, it takes knowledge and practice. And the more you know and practice, the better you become. Painful experiences, as with pleasurable experiences, come and go. But if you master the art of resilience you can maintain a level head and a sense of equanimity every day of your life.

“The Buddha is believed to have said, ‘Fall down seven times, get up eight,’ ” says e-retreat leader James Kullander. “During the course we will explore what happens when we fall and get up again, time after time, and learn not only how to break that fall, but also how to stop from falling in the first place. We can shore up our lives as best we can, but true resilience is built from the inside out.”

This e-course offers key ways to learn how to be resilient

• when a relationship falls apart (and how to be resilient to keep it together);
• when we feel betrayed in love, by a friend, by someone in our family, or by a spiritual teacher;
• in the face of illness and impending death (our own and the death of someone near and dear to us)
• at work when we feel stuck, passed over for a promotion, or dealing with difficult people
• during tough economic times, like when we lose our job or when our hard-won investments shrink in a financial collapse
• as we grow older; and
• when we are afraid.

The course offers a rich combination of the timeless wisdom of spiritual and philosophical sages down through the ages, contemplative practices, and the insights of contemporary experts in analytical and positive psychology. It also explore discoveries in neuroplasticity, a fascinating emerging science that explores the lifelong capacity of the brain to create new neural pathways to change old habits and conditioned reflexes so we can better respond to both the everyday and the bigger challenges in our lives.

James Kullander speaks from his own experience and also offer anecdotes from people from all walks of life describing times in which they discovered within themselves untapped sources of resilience, as well as times when they felt they needed to be resilient, and failed. We will learn how our mistakes and suffering can give us meaning and lead us toward transformation.

Subscribers to this e-course receive:

• 12 emails with reflections by James Kullander on the ways we can learn to be resilience in the many situations we find ourselves.

• Suggested practices, journal prompts, and discussion questions to help you apply resilient behavior in your life right away.

• Selective links to articles and videos on the topic of resiliency to build your own online library to learn from anytime.

(4 CEHs for Chaplains available.)

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