OPENING TO THE SPIRIT
6-session online course led by Carole Crumley
June 30 – August 4, 2024
Do you wish to develop or deepen a consistent spiritual practice?
Join leader Carole Crumley as she illuminates the introductory core prayer practices found in Tilden Edwards’ Living in the Presence.
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Whether you feel like a beginner or want to explore new ways of praying, this 6-session online course can help support your spiritual life.
The six experiential sessions include enrichment and support for your daily practice through
- Weekly course material, including brief video teachings led by Carole Crumley and guided meditations and reflections from Tilden Edwards, Marlene Maier and Gerald May
- Midweek email check-ins
- Journaling and shared reflection with other participants.
Course Content
View the material at a time that is right for you. Each session builds on the previous weeks’ sessions.
Week 1: Where are you on your Journey?
Welcome audio: 11 min
Create a Prayer Space video: 5 min
Reading “What is Contemplative Spirituality?”
Silence and Reflection Questions
Week 2: What is Contemplative Prayer?
Teaching video: 11 min
Gerald May audio: 12 min
Silence and Reflection Questions
Week 3: Praying through Body Awareness
Teaching video: 7 min
Guided meditation audio: 18 min
Silence and Reflection Questions
Week 4: Breath Prayer
Teaching video: 12 min
Guided meditation audio: 7 min
Silence and Reflection Questions
Week 5: Presence through Body, Breath & Mind
Teaching video: 8 min
Guided meditation audio: 10 min
Silence and Reflection Questions
Week 6: Reflection and Feedback
Closing audio: 7 min
Request for Feedback for Shalem
Return again to Gerald May audio: 12 min
Silence and Reflection Questions
“This course offered a way for me to become nearer to the Loving Source of all that we are. It provided a way to be in touch with others who are seeking the same blessings. Together we have explored the possibility that contemplative prayer may be a way to listen more closely to what God wants for us. I am grateful for Carole and for my fellow pilgrims.”
– Marian Penney R.
CAROLE CRUMLEY
Carole is an Episcopal priest and an experienced pilgrimage guide to sacred and secular sites throughout Europe, the Middle East and the U.S. Formerly Senior Program Director at Shalem, she is on the staff of our Going Deeper: Clergy Spiritual Life and Leadership Program and leads the e-course, Opening to the Spirit.
COST & REGISTRATION
Course dates: June 30 – August 4, 2024
Registration opens: June 19, 2024
Registration deadline: July 7, 2024
If you are registered, you can access the material for two weeks after the course ends.
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ACCESSING YOUR COURSE
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HAVE QUESTIONS?
If you have questions about this online program or the group and leadership discounts, contact the Help Desk at info@shalem.org.