The Spiritual Practice of Singing Tuesday, January 19 – Friday, January 22, 2016 Led by Br. Reinaldo Martinez-Cubero Saint Athanasius of Alexandria believed that singing is essentially a spiritual discipline, and an important practice in spiritual formation. Singing allows us to use the core elements out of which the world came into being, and through …
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Mountain Music:  Highland Balladry in Appalachia and Ephraim Hosted by Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Center, Massachusetts, and sponsored by AMERC This course involves a twelve-day immersion in southeastern and south-central Kentucky and will explore the poetic quality of biblical prophecy and the divine tones in the folk music of Appalachia.  From Berea, Ky, we will …
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Experience Epiphany Explorations 2016 Thursday, January 21 – Sunday, January 24 A spiritual conference like no other.  EE2016 is staged to be another incredible event, offering a spiritually uplifting lineup of speakers and musicians. If you are looking for challenging, influential, and inspirational insights from many of today’s top theologians, look no further. Join Us …
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  Music & Meditation: Soundmaking as a Contemplative Practice One of the primary means of focusing and stilling the mind in meditation is to assign a task, one involving concentration. Sometimes a meditator is asked to observe breathing patterns, focus on an object, or recite mantras. Historically, within various contemplative traditions, singing and sounding have …
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Singing in the African American Tradition   Ysaye Barnwell   Retreats   Time: April 8, 2016 6:30 PM until April 10, 2016   Location: Kirkridge   More Info: This course is perfect for music and history teachers and is just a whole lot of fun. We’ll develop community through the vehicle of music from the …
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    Carolyn McDade   Retreat March 11, 2016 6:30 PM until March 13, 2016   Location: Kirkridge   More Info: A crescent moon waxes, night and day meet level-eyed and we gather to sing on the mountain. Wind whistles on branch and stone, sap lifts a promise of green dreams, and we marvel and …
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  Hosted by Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Center, Massachusetts, and sponsored by AMERC This course involves a twelve-day immersion in southeastern and south-central Kentucky and will explore the poetic quality of biblical prophecy and the divine tones in the folk music of Appalachia.  From Berea, Ky, we will have classroom learning experiences and make day …
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Dreaming The Way Forward Workshop ID: G15S721 Dates: July 13 – July 19 Price: $698.00 – $1,395.00 The universe is so amazing that it must have been dreamt into being. And the world is in such a mess, both personally and collectively, that we need to dream the way forward. We need to allow ourselves …
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Gospel Music Alive! Workshop ID: G15M721 Dates: July 13 – July 19 Price: $670.00 – $1,345.00 Experience the full range of gospel music, both traditional and contemporary. Learn new music and sing old favorites with new zeal. Make the vigas (roof beams) ring with prayerful song! We will showcase our songs in a lively concert …
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Sunday, August 9 — Friday, August 14, 2015 August Wisdom School Healing and Transformation of Consciousness through Sacred Sound, Meditation and Dance Led by Yuval Ron and Ward Bauman $740 This Wisdom Academy will focus upon the experience of introspective and ecstatic practices of four ancient spiritual paths: Zen Buddhism, Kabbalistic Judaism, early Contemplative Christianity, and Sufi-Islam. …
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