Oasis Ministries Author Series

Author Day with Nancy Bieber Nancy L. Bieber is a teacher, psychologist and spiritual director with thirty years of experience in working with individuals and groups in transition and change. A core leader with Oasis, she leads spiritual formation retreats and workshops around the country. Link to Nancy's Website Nancy will be sharing in an afternoon retreat from her new book, Decision-Making & Spiritual Discernment: The Sacred Art of Finding Your Way (available in Fall 2010 through Skylight Paths Publishing). When? Friday, November 19, 2010 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (check in at 12:30pm) Where? Kenbrook (www.kenbrook.org), 190 Pine Meadow Road, Lebanon, PA 17046 Retreat Fee? $35-$55 (as you are able) Registration Deadline: November 4, 2010 To Register: Please contact Betsy Keller betsykeller@oasismin.org or, 717-737-8222 Expand your retreat time, by joining us for the annual Oasis dinner at Kenbrook in the evening, November 19 (see below)	Download a Flyer of this Event to Share (.pdf) Purchase the Book A description from the publisher includes: When it comes time to make important decisions in our lives, it is very human to want to feel that the decisions we are making are good. When we approach decision-making as a spiritual practice, we are recognizing that we need the aid of the wise and loving Spirit whose Light exceeds our own. This is the practice of spiritual discernment, the traditional religious name for listening and attending to God’s guidance. While traditional religious language speaks of finding “God’s will,” the approach in this book is that we are active participants, co-creators with the Divine in shaping our lives. Nancy presents three essential aspects of Spirit-led decision-making: * Willingness—being open to God’s wisdom and love * Attentiveness—noticing what is true, discerning the path right for us * Responsiveness—taking steps forward as the way becomes clear With gentle encouragement, Bieber shows us how to weave these themes together so that they strengthen our decision-making process and help us find our path.
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download a flyer to share this event (PDF) Living Poetically: Poetry as a Lens for Perceiving, Presence and Passion A Retreat Day with author and teacher, Oasis’ Founding Mentor, Kent Ira Groff Learn more about Kent Ira Groff To live poetically means perceiving the Presence in rhythms of call and response, brokenness and beauty, emptiness and fullness, for spiritual leaders and journeyers. Lent is a time for paring down. Using fewer words poetry creates a vivid focus, illuminating one’s path in uncharted waters or shaking us to action in plain sailing. Poetic metaphors can crack open seeds of our life’s passion and purpose. When? April 11-12, 2011 Monday 4pm—Tuesday 4pm Where? Kirkridge Retreat Center 2495 Fox Gap Road, Bangor, PA 18013 610-588-1793, www.kirkridge.org FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE REGISTER DIRECTLY WITH KIRKRIDGE. Thank you.	Poetry can illuminate our path in dark times and shake us to action in times or ease. Just as a poem can create a vivid focus in few words, living and praying poetically means creating rhythm and simplicity with purpose. You need no experience with poetry for this day apart. Kent will draw on his new book of prayer poems, based on scriptures and the Ignatian Exercises and times in Asia and Africa, Facing East, Praying West: Poetic Reflections on the Spiritual Exercises. learn more about Facing East, Praying West

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