Monday, August 15 — Saturday, August 20 Led by Bussho Lahn, Diane Millis, and Ward Bauman $720 Building upon last year’s Wisdom School, we will continue to develop our inner authority or “sovereignty,” as stated in The Gospel of Thomas. This preeminent spiritual work is at the core of human development. This wisdom school …
View course details “Wisdom School: The Ongoing Quest Into the Ground of Being”
Thursday, July 28 – Sunday, July 31, 2016 Led by Yuval Ron $435 This retreat will provide an experiential spiritual exploration into the inner workings of devotional ecstatic Chasidic-Hebrew music and dance, and the Sufi practices of moving prayer-mediation ritual. We will explore how one transcends the limits of reality, reaching toward the non-dual …
View course details “Sacred Ecstasy in Sufism and Chasidic Judaism”
Saturday, June 11 – Sunday, June 19, 2016 Led by Ward Bauman $740 If you have been practicing Christian contemplative prayer and/or attended our Wisdom Schools in the past, consider joining us this year for Kenosis. This silent meditation intensive is designed for those who feel called to take further steps into the fullness of …
View course details “Kenosis: The Prayer of Self-Emptying”
Saturday, June 11 – Sunday, June 19, 2016 Led by Ward Bauman $740 If you have been practicing Christian contemplative prayer and/or attended our Wisdom Schools in the past, consider joining us this year for Kenosis. This silent meditation intensive is designed for those who feel called to take further steps into the fullness of …
View course details “Kenosis: The Prayer of Self-Emptying”
Friday, May 27—Monday, May 30, 2016 Led by Martin Laird $395 In one of Meister Eckhart’s German sermons he says: “God’s ground is my ground and my ground is God’s ground.” These liberating words indicate the simplest fact of a life lived out of unitive awareness. A self unselfed of self is awareness itself and …
View course details “Expanseless Expanse”
Thursday, May 5 – Sunday, May 8, 2016 Led by Gary Barrett, Tom Darnall, and Ward Bauman $395 By request, we are once again offering this retreat, building on the work of last year’s themes, introducing practices designed to sensitize us to the body’s subtle movements and mechanics and to develop in us an awareness …
View course details “Embodied Spirit”
Thursday, February 18 – Sunday, February 21, 2016 Led by Ward Bauman $395 This silent Lenten retreat is offered as a winter mini-Kenosis (“self-emptying”). This is a time to focus, to be more intentional, and to find deeper practices that draw us into the life of the Spirit. Meister Eckhart invites us to make of …
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Friday, January 15 – Sunday, January 17, 2016 Led by Ward Bauman $345 This annual retreat is for Members of the Contemplative Body. Contact Ward Bauman at [email protected] if you have questions or click here for more information.
Organizing for Public Ministry January 17 – 22, 2016 With Anna Eng, Lead Organizer for IAF Northern California and IAF Instructors Taught by a team of experienced Industrial Areas Foundation community organizers, this class will cover conceptual studies and practical skillbuilding in how to engage the public mission of the church in the world. Open …
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CALL at Intersession 2016 Study on campus this January with current CDSP students Appropriate Boundaries in Ministry As ministers we are called to serve our faith communities and the wider community. When we use the vulnerabilities of those we serve to satisfy our personal needs, we have violated boundaries and betrayed a sacred trust. Those …
View course details “Center for Anglican Learning and Leadership (CALL) at Intersession 2016”
