Open Hands, Willing Hearts

Act justly,
Love tenderly and
Walk humbly with your God.Micah 6:8

Recognizing and living into one’s call is a lifelong process of discernment. In this six-week class, Patience Robbins and Margaret Pfeil will invite you to look at your life, no matter what age, and notice your unique contribution to God’s vision.Through storytelling and sharing of their experience, the leaders will help renew your appreciation of your life and cultivate your attention, receptivity and responsiveness to how the Spirit is leading and guiding from within, through nature, and through the people who mentor and inspire you. They will help you attend to what gets in the way of being open and discerning and claim how the Spirit leads you to live an authentic life.Each week will include experiential exercises, reflection questions and resources to assist this six-week journey.  The audio teachings, downloadable reflection questions, and resource links can be accessed at any time during the six weeks. The online course space provides opportunities for journaling and shared reflection with other participants through a simple, secure, members-only web space.

Dates:	6 session series – February 22 to March 29, 2015.
Time:	Flexible; weekly course material may be accessed at any time There will be 2 conference calls during the 6 session series: March 11 at 5pm ET & March 24 at 1pm ET
Place:	Shalem’s members only Contemplative-Living website— the week before the course begins, you will be sent an e-mail to set up your profile on this site.
Leader:	Patience Robbins with significant contributions by Margaret Pfeil Patience is a graduate of Shalem’s Spiritual Guidance Program and has been a spiritual director for over 20 years.  A member of Shalem’s adjunct staff since 1997, she was the Director of Shalem’s Personal Spiritual Deepening Program from 2003-08.  She is the author of the booklet, Parenting: A Sacred Path.
Cost:	$75