Emmaus Continuing Education Webinar - Workshop

The Emmaus Society of Spiritual Directors presents

Mindfulness for Spiritual Formation and Direction

with Dr. Jim Wilhoit Professor Emeritus at Wheaton College. Read more below.

SAVE THE DATE

Saturday, April 17, 10am-3pm ET

COST: General Admission $60; ESSD Members $49; Students $30

Payable to: Emmaus Formation Centre
e-transfer: payment@emmausformation.ca
Link to pay will be provided when you register

TOPICS:

Introduces mindfulness and the related practice of self-compassion from a Christian perspective.
Reviews attending in a nonjudgmental way to one's own physical and mental processes during ordinary, every-day tasks.
Applies mindfulness to attentiveness to the reality of our being united with Christ.
Relates mindfulness to devotional reading and spiritual direction.
Shows how mindfulness helps one develop virtues that contribute to our being less anxious and reactive and more loving.

Of interest to: spiritual directors, pastors, ministry leaders, and those who desire to grow spiritually

Dr. Jim Wilhoit

Jim Wilhoit MDiv, PhD is Professor Emeritus at Wheaton College where he held the Scripture Press Chair in Christian Education and taught for many years. See the list of his major publications below linked to Amazon.ca for more details.

His current research and writing on community-based Christian spiritual formation and the role of mindfulness in Christian formation developed out of his educational and theological base. He is married to Carol, a medical doctor, and has two adult daughters.

Emmaus Education Credits: 4 (full attendance required)

Mindfulness for Spiritual Formation and Direction

Mindfulness helps one show up for life. Mindfulness helps us to fully engage in prayer, in relationships, and in even sports. Without mindfulness, we miss out on life.

Two outcomes of this seminar are the following:

The first is that mindfulness allows us to be attentive to the reality of our being united with Christ. At the center of the Christian experience lies the fact that we have been united with Christ,

“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Gal. 2:20 NIV).
The second, is that mindfulness helps one develop virtues that contribute to our being less anxious and reactive and more loving.

Mindfulness is really in keeping with the Christian understanding of the need to live our lives Coram Deo, before the face of God.