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October Events at the Center for Spiritual Development
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Sep 22, 2006, 10:55

OCTOBER EVENTS AT THE CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT
For tickets and information contact: The Center for Spiritual Development
(503) 478-1218
www.center-for-spiritual-development.org
 
Lecture by Walter Brueggemann – “A Remembered Beauty”
October 13, 2006   
Friday, 7:30 – 9:00pm
Trinity Cathedral    
$15 general, $5 Students, No Charge to Diocesan Clergy

Walter Brueggemann

Walter Brueggemann is Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, and author of many books including, “The Poetic Imagination.” In this presentation he will consider biblical traditions that ponder God's gift of beauty and the ways in which violence defeats beauty. Brueggemann will also probe the ways in which our contemporary world is sated with violence and how communities of faith may continue to bear witness to the gift of beauty.

Workshop by Walter Brueggemann – “More on Beauty & Violence”
October 14, 2006   
Saturday, 9:00am – 3:00pm
Trinity Cathedral - Kempton Hall 
$50 general, $15 Students, $25 Diocesan Clergy
In this Saturday workshop Walter Brueggemann will continue his examination of Beauty and Violence through three central themes: 1. A Palpable Violence, 2. Beauty Grieved and Hoped and 3. The Recovery of Imagination.

Encountering the Prophetic Imagination – A Class on the Theology and Writings of Walter Brueggemann with the Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg, Director of The Center for Spiritual Development
October 18, 25, November 1 & 8, 2006 
Wednesday, 7 – 8:30pm
Trinity Cathedral – Parish Hall  
$40 General
This four-week class will continue themes introduced by Walter Brueggemann’s lecture weekend and draw from his work, Here Comes the Poet and The Prophetic Imagination. Attendance at the lecture is highly recommended but not required.

Sacred Dance as Prayer, Meditation & Celebration: Dances of Advent & Christmas with Jane Rickenbaugh
October 17 – December 5, 2006  
Tuesdays, 7 – 9:00pm
Trinity Cathedral - Kempton Hall 
$60
An exploration of sacred dance from Christianity and other traditions with a special emphasis on dances for Advent & Christmas. All dances taught by dancer and choreographer Jane Rickenbaugh and accompanied by Suzanne Cerddeu on harp with Susanna Lundgren, singer. People of all abilities are welcome.

Honoring Your Life’s Story – Perspective from the Elders. For those 65 years of age and older.
October 21 – November 11, 2006
Saturday mornings, 9 – 11am
Stearns Library
$40
How do we pay attention to God’s handprint in our lives? Each life story holds its own patterns, its joys, sorrows, losses, successes, failures, struggles and triumphs. This class will help you explore your life. You will be asked to write each week and to bring your writings to share in small groups. Come honor all that you are, your most authentic self and the wisdom and experience that make up who you are. Led by licensed Psychologist Associates Lyn Jenks.

November 2006 Lecture

A Tribute to John B. Cobb, Jr.
November 17 & 18, 2006
Friday Evening Lecture: November 17, 7:30pm, Trinity Cathedral
$15 general, $5 Students, No Charge to Diocesan Clergy

Saturday Workshop: November 18, 9am – Noon, Trinity Cathedral, Kempton Hall
$35 general, $5 students, $20 Diocesan Clergy

John B. Cobb, Jr.

Too often progressive Christians know what they do not believe better than what they do believe. Join John B. Cobb, Jr. in this presentation of Process Theology’s believe that the progressive church needs strong positive convictions about God and Jesus Christ and the salvation of the world to recover Christian leadership in thought and action and begin the process of global healing. This weekend is a tribute to the work of John Cobb.

In the Saturday workshop, Process Theologian John B. Cobb, Jr. will present the work of Alfred North Whitehead and the theological foundations of Process Theology. He will discuss how being Christian in this century requires a willingness to think boldly and radically about God and Christ in relation to the plurality of religious traditions and cultures, on the one hand, and contemporary physics on the other.