Christic Heart
I'll be delivering the 2007 Boreham Lectures in Pastoral Care later this week at Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas.The title of the series is "Christic Heart: A Spiritual Theology for Pastoral Care," and the three lectures engage a close reading of the biblical "Song of Christ" from the second chapter of Philippians, exploring its implications for pastoral care and spiritual formation.
We'll start Thursday evening, May 3, with "Thickening Wisdom," a look at the type of practical, spiritual wisdom that is at the heart of the text.
On Friday morning, we'll turn to "Subverting the Emperor," which explores the social setting and rhetorical purpose of the text to propose how it can be used in spiritual and pastoral assessment.
Finally, on Friday afternoon we'll turn to "Evoking Majesty," which frames emptying, serving, and humbling as ways to help people identify and enrich their preferred ways of being and strengthen resistance to "the power of empire" in their lives in order to manifest the majesty that God intends for each person (and all of creation together).
So if you're around the south-central part of the country this week, and you'd like to spend some time exploring with others how spiritual theology can inform pastoral care, come join us. Registration and lunch are only $30.
For more information, contact the hospital's pastoral care department at 479-441-5452.
Labels: pastoral care, speaking, spiritual theology, teaching
.: Posted by Duane Bidwell on Monday, April 30, 2007
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