E-Course offered by Contemplative Outreach and Spirituality and Practice
Introduction and Session 1 –
Short Summary and Impressions
Short Summary and Impressions
This E-Course is an online retreat that will continue throughout Lent.
I have never taken an E-Course before so I am looking forward to
a new form of spiritual enrichment. Participants receive 3 emails
a week that include course material and links to an online Practice
Circle that provides access to live video and audio programs. In
the Practice Circle participants are invited to read and share responses
to the material. This E-Course offers opportunities to discover
how beauty, nature, art and music can develop our capacity to see
God in new ways. Included in the sessions are images from
Frederick Franck, an artist and mystic and author of several books,
including The Zen of Seeing:Seeing/Drawing as Meditation.
I have never taken an E-Course before so I am looking forward to
a new form of spiritual enrichment. Participants receive 3 emails
a week that include course material and links to an online Practice
Circle that provides access to live video and audio programs. In
the Practice Circle participants are invited to read and share responses
to the material. This E-Course offers opportunities to discover
how beauty, nature, art and music can develop our capacity to see
God in new ways. Included in the sessions are images from
Frederick Franck, an artist and mystic and author of several books,
including The Zen of Seeing:Seeing/Drawing as Meditation.
Session 1: “Ash Wednesday – Entry Into Lent – Deep Listening”
Even now, says the Lord,
Return to me
with your whole heart
with your whole heart
…rend your hearts, not your garments.
Joel 2: 12-13
The Father Thomas Keating course material from Heartfulness:
Transformation in Christ sets the tone for a contemplative lenten
retreat experience…How will silence be a part of our Lenten journey?
We are encouraged to visit the Practice Circle, introduce ourselves and
state our intentions. When I go to the Practice Circle for the first time
I have a sense that I am connected to a global contemplative community.
A video featuring Gail Fitzpatrick-Hopler prepares us for the weekly
excerpts we will receive from a film entitled Invitation from God with
Father Keating and the Danish filmmaker Marie Louise Lefevre.I am
only beginning the course but I am hopeful that it will afford a uniquely
contemplative Lenten experience.
Post by Nancy Moran