PPT-Baptist Spirituality and Contemplative Lifestyle 11

The Church as a School of Love The Church as a School of Love Up to this point I have outlined the evolution of Baptist spirituality in four stagescontemplative conversionist pragmatist and todays supermarketand made a case for a return to the contemplative lifestyle of our forebears The question that remains is How do we recover a contemplative lifestyle in an age and culture like ours that is focused on activity for activitys sake and distracts us with busyness and the noise of the city Even more how do we achieve a contemplative approach to life when the internet which occupies most of the hours of our days engages deliberately in distraction. It is called contemplative prayer or centering prayer Youth organizations and seminaries are particularly drawn to this thus impacting the Christian youth in this country Furthermore there is a snowballing effect wherein contemplative prayer is bein Susan M. Mountin, Ph.D.. Marquette University . Milwaukee, WI. BREATHE. Examples:. Contemplative practices quiet the mind in order to cultivate a personal capacity for deep concentration and insight. . “Religion” and the private sphere. Secular institutions and freedom “not to believe”. Considerable interest in mysticism and spirituality. Taking . these phenomena seriously. Too often dismissed as . Dr. B. Tim Lowder. Saint Leo University. February 24, 2011. Background Information. Current areas of focus - Emotional intelligence and academic intelligence. New area of focus - Spiritual intelligence & workplace spirituality. S. exuality. by. . Karenne Hills. 1. 2. 3. Human Wholeness. Personhood. Intellectual. Psychological. Relational. Emotional. Physical . Visionary. Ethical. Gender. Spiritual. Sexual. 4. Messages about Sexuality and Disability. Ronald . Rolheiser. A Spirituality of the Paschal Mystery. 1What is needed for any mature spirituality?. . a serious grappling with the reality of our own suffering and death. 2What is found at the center of a Christian spirituality?. University of Central Arkansas. Diversity Seminar. 2012-2013. Seminar Objectives. Awareness. . Data, Campus Issues, Courses, RSO’s. Education. Terminology/Symbols. , Holidays, Law. Understanding. Brief Background. Results of a 2011 survey carried by Brigham Young University. By and large most participants were affiliated with a public college or university . The majority of participants reported to have earned a master’s degree . . Spiritual. . . .but not Religious. What does this mean?. Spirituality – A Misunderstood Concept. Everyone using the word and saying: “She is a spiritual person.”. To many, it means “She goes to church a lot, prays, interested in other than worldly things.”. OFD Faculty Fellowship 2014-2015. developing awareness of the self and one's environment . fostering communion and connection with others . Contemplative Practices. “Synaptogenesis Exercises”… I mean “Attention Training”… . Department of Computer Science. Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. April 30, 2015. Overview. Project Team: Kevin Brunner and Evan Spillane. Course: CS 4624 Multimedia, Hypertext, and Information . for Religious Educators. Greg Sunter. Evangelisation & Spiritual Formation. What is Spirituality?. Spirituality is about what we do with the fire inside of us, the inner yearning, a quest for ultimate meaning in the face of death. Spirituality searches for a relationship with God, a sense of transcendence and the sacred. (Kevin . Mark Dennis and Andrew O. Fort . TCU Religion Department. What is contemplation?. There is no agreed upon definition of contemplation, but it can be used as a cross-cultural umbrella term, referring to . What is spirituality?. The innate and continual process of finding meaning and purpose in life, while accepting and transcending one’s place in the complex and interrelated universe. Shared connection or community with others, nature, the universe, and a higher power..