OTHER BOOKS
WRITTEN by KENT IRA GROFF
Writing Tides: Finding Grace and Growth
through Writing
Active
Spirituality: A Guide for Seekers and Ministers
The
Soul of Tomorrow’s Church: Weaving Spiritual Practices
in Ministry Together
Journeymen:
A Spiritual Guide for Men (and for Women Who Want to Understand
Them)
What
Would I Believe If I Didn’t Believe Anything?—A
Handbook for Spiritual Orphans
Copies
are available online, at bookstores, or from
Oasis Ministries.
Dr.
Kent Ira Groff, a writer, poet, speaker and spiritual guide,
describes his ministry as "one beggar showing other beggars where
to find
bread."
Kent Ira Groff
is a
spiritual companion for journeyers and leaders, a writer and retreat
leader living in Denver, Colorado. He describes his work as “one
beggar showing other beggars where to find bread.” You can travel with
Kent through his writings in
Active Spirituality: A Guide for
Seekers and Ministers, Journeymen: A Spiritual Guide for Men,
and The Soul of Tomorrow’s Church. Share his passion to
communicate beyond church doors in What Would I Believe if I Didn’t
Believe Anything?: A Handbook for Spiritual Orphans
and in Writing Tides: Finding Grace and Growth through Writing. He serves as founding mentor of Oasis Ministries,
Camp Hill, Pa., and leads seminars at retreat centers, campuses,
theological seminaries, and faith communities in the U.S. and abroad.
NOTE:
Complete
c.v. available on request.
Themes for
Retreats and Workshops
Format:
Any of these events can be offered in a retreat or workshop format
of one or more days, in a seminar format with a more academic
perspective over several days, or in a lecture format for a large
audience. Interactive presentations make use of multiple learning
modes.
Themes
can be designed in relation to the issues of the inviting institution
and local planners.
A Gathering of Once or Maybe Believers and Friends (Audience I)
Audience: Folks who consider themselves spiritual but who are not
involved in religious institutions, persons in religious institutions
who feel isolated, and others with barriers to believing.
Companioning Spiritual Orphans: Growing with New Generations
(Audience II)
Audience: Spiritual leaders who desire to relate to folks outside the
circle of religious institutions—who also are willing to examine their
own faith struggles as a source of spiritual learning. This event
provides experiential training especially for those who work with
outreach.
The Soul of Leadership:
Weaving Spiritual Practices in Church and Personal Life
Audience: Those
who desire to integrate spiritual practices into community. Local
church and specialized ministries staff, pastors, lay leaders, youth
ministers, educators, musicians, parish nurses, and students—or church
officers.
Creative Balance: Spirituality and The Active Life
Audience: A basic
introduction to spiritual formation content and practice for
broadest audience: church members, leaders seekers—and officers.
Healing Environments: Personal and Communal
Audience: Disciples and leaders, clergy and lay, who desire to create a
responsive and responsible environment in personal, home, church,
community and world contexts. (Special versions for healthcare workers
or other professional groups.)
Journeymen: Men’s Issues and Spirituality
or
Being men, Being Christian
Audience: Men from
congregations and local communities who want to explore unique aspects
of lives as men in the world of family, work and community, and
integrate spiritual and social life.
Spiritual Fitness for
Serving Well
Audience: Those
who want to design practices for spiritual health: leaders and
seekers—officers and spouses or invited friends, pastors, teachers or
healthcare workers.
Writing Your Way Home: Finding Grace and Growth through Your
Fingertips
Audience: Persons
who want to use writing to deepen their spiritual life through
contemplation and also develop skills in writing for others, including
ordinary practical communication in professional or volunteer
capacities.
Contemplative
Training for Leading Retreats, Groups and Classes
Audience: Those
who want to teach and lead groups using contemplative practices. Local
church leaders and specialized ministries staff, pastors, lay leaders,
youth ministers, educators, musicians, parish nurses, and students.
Aging as a Spiritual
Pilgrimage
Audience: Middle-aged folks in the “sandwich generation,” young adults
and older persons, healthcare professionals and volunteers, local
church staff, pastors, lay leaders, youth ministers, educators, parish
nurses and specialized ministries. (Special version for healthcare
institutions.)
Discerning Life’s Choices: Finding the Calls within the Call
Audience: Persons
who want to discern their vocation and what expression their call
needs to take in a given chapter of life. For any lay people, younger
or older, ministers, teachers and spiritual directors and leaders who
want to re-examine what shape their life wants to take.
Spiritual Themes in Films:
Audience: Younger,
middle and older adults view film clips, reflect and find a spiritual
spin.
Writings
and Publications: www.kentiragroff.com
Email: oasismin@oasismin.org
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