Supervision Reflection

 Consider the following questions as you prepare a 1-2 page reflection paper:

1) What are the significant personal issues that arose for me during this supervision session? What specific areas of struggle or areas of growth am I more aware of now?

For me personally, the supervision session triggered an anxiety attack (via frantic hyperctivity) as I do not like to be the center of attention for more than a few minutes at a time. Usually I can mask and hide an anxiety attack when in situations that call for being professonal, but talking with my cohorts is more of a supportive safe atmosphere so I allowed myself to be honest with how I felt. Through the conversation I found that my fear of judgment and fear of dissapointing others was heavily influencing how I functioned with my client. I also learned that what "professional" looks different to each person, and should I ever need, I can invite my client to ground with me. The idea with starting a session with stretches or movement as a way to shake off the word day that preceeded the appointment really appeals to me. I found that I focus more on the heart center, the spirit and mind, and tend to neglect the body when I am working with people, until the very end of our session. Body movement is something that really helps me, especially when I find myself stressed, so turning that into a calming experience for myself and the person I am with, without turning the focus of the session away from my client could be a game changer for me. 

2) What did I learn about myself as a spiritual director? What strengths do I offer? What are my limitations?

My strengths are my ability to make space and adapt to my client, approaching the situation from a place of exploration as opposed to frustration. I have a lot of love for the people I work with and it brings me genuine joy to see them connect with the Divine - wether that just be feeling impassioned and alive or connecting with a sense of deity. My limitations would be the pattern of placing a "pass/fail" on myself dependant on the experience that my directee has. If they are unable to experience a sense of the sacred, in any form, then I feel as if I had failed them. I have to remind myself that I cannot foster a relationship with the Divine for them - it is a personal journey - I am just here to help provide a time and place for them to do so. 

3) What are the “hot button” topics that cause me to move away from the directee’s experience? How might I address these areas in order to move toward spiritual freedom?

I currently have not found any "hot button" topics that I am not willing to explore with someone. I find all topics to be sacred, even "taboo" ones like sex, death, drug use and history (as that can have great impact in how someone interacts and percievs the world), or history of abuse. We are all spiritual beings having a human experience; that human experience, in all of is fascets, is sacred. I welcome all topics, although I try to be mindful of any topic that the directee has stated they want to avoid. 

4) What did I learn about relationships? With myself? With Others? With God?

I feel like I touched on this before; because I care so much about the people I meet with, I put an intense level of pressure on myself to help cultivate the best experience I can. The thought of having someone say they gained nothing from a session creates an intense anxiety and feeling of failure... however that is not fair to put on myself. How someone feels after a session is not something I can control and I have to be compassionate with myself and accept that its okay if something didn't click for them. Through the conversation in supervision, I had it highlighted once again that I struggle with self compassion. My ability to relate to others is why I am good at this work; I believe that the ability to form relationships in itself is a sacred gift. It is what makes anything "spiritual". 

I do not often find myself connecting with the gods when I am talking directly to a person or creating a space for them to flourish. Spirit, as an underlying element of nature  and life itself, may become particularly strong or close, but the gods are not so actively involved unless called on. It has not happened in a formal session yet, but I have had the presence of ancestors and passed loved ones come through while having a particularly spiritual focused conversation with someone. I have been asked in the past to help connect someone to an enlightned teacher's spirit as well. However, in the context of spiritual diretion I do not feel a sense of deity is involved - at least on my side. For the directee, I hope they do if that is something they seek. 

5) What skills and attitudes do I need to attend to? In the area of listening? In the area of

mind-body-spirit connections? In the area of intercultural interactions?

I feel like I answered this one in #2. When it comes to intercultural interactions, I have not yet been tested. Most of the clients that I work with are agnostic, spiritual but not religious, or athesitic. These are all areas I am comfortable with, although athesism is a bit harder for me. I adapt by focusing on relationship with the self; while that may not be spiritual to them, it is to me, and thus allows a shift where Spirit can become more evident. I have not had a Christian client yet, although that will not always be the case. I like to believe that I won't have any issues taking Christian clients one-on-one but with my religious trauma I am not sure. That remains to be seen. Overall I find that every culture, every religion, and every perspective does hold wisdom and a sense of truth for that person and that is all that I need to know. This is about them - not me. The only thing that I feel would cause me to not be able to serve someone is if I found that they were harmful in any way (racist, homophobic, Trump supporter, etc). I am aware that while my love is unconditional, my compassion and ability to serve is not. 

6) What did I learn about God and God’s presence? For myself? For my directee? In the

world?

I feel like this one got answered in #4. 

5) What will I focus on in order to continue my own personal growth and my abilities to serve others well in spiritual direction. 

I will try to remove myself from the focus at all. Sessions are not about me - they are about my client. If they do not connect with something we are doing, I will move on to something else. My role is to be prepared, have promping questions and practices to explore, and to hold space for them. Everything else is out of my control and I need to learn how to embrace that, for the sake of the directee and myself. Once circumstances change and I am able to take more time before and between sesisons, including proper somatic exercises/breaks, and time to gorund myself will make a huge difference.

The Conqueror - May Brown

 I will not pass through the world as a captive might,

Dragged at the chariot wheels of contemptuous fate,

Bleeding and prone, bewailing the hour of my birth,

Suffering the buffets of chance, And the fierce despite

Of the grinding years as they roll: By their scornful hate

Crushed like a bruised reed into molding earth.

But I will pass through the world as a conqueror should,

Baffled at every turn, yet victorious still,

Breaking the chains of circumstance, shaping mine ends

Out of inimical Hours – yea, wresting the good

Out of mine ultimate worst: For the heavenly Hill

Is taken by force, and the violent thither ascends. 

Balked by the Things, unseen, as by evil gods,

Foiled, disappointed, flung down, but to rise again –

Thrones, principalities, powers – Shall their strength, avail? 

Reckless of failure, and trampling the terrible odds

Under my feet as I go, I will sing right fain

Of the triumph to come, the triumph that shall not fail.

Defrauded out of my dues of the Earth‘s delight,

All doors shut in my face, And each roadway barred

Cheated of peace and pleasure and starved of fame

Yet I will march in today through the walls of night,

Fronting a routed universe, Battle scarred,

Colors flying, Unsoiled of defeat or shame.

By the crossfire of villainous guns raked stem to stem,

Staggering onward, Smoke shrouded, With splintered decks

Main mast broken and formast gone by the board, - 

Yet Shall, the clashing bells acclaim the victors return,

As I reach to my moorings at last - as, a wreck of wrecks, 

I fight my way in The name of the Lord. 

It May Be - S. E. Kiser

 It May be that you cannot stay

to lend a friendly hand to him

Who stumbles on the slippery way,

Pressed by conditions hard and grim;

It may be that you dared not heed

His call for help, because you lack

The strength to life him, but you need

Not push him back. 

It May be that he has not won

the right top hope for you r regard;

He may in folly have begun

the course that he has found so hard; 

It may be that your fingers bleed,

The fortune turns a bitter frown

Upon your efforts, but you need

Not kick him down. 

Revised Poetry Retreat

I realized that the first method of the poetry authenicity retreat did not have enough contemplative reflection. 

For now; The new order will go like this: Each Round will be 45 minutes or less depending on how things fall naturally. 

Description: 

"Every person has a sacred authentic core within them; wether you call it a soul, spirit, or simply just higher consciousness it connects us to something greater than our physical selves. Through the use of poetry, we will gather and immserse ourselves into sacred space. This is a time to truly listen to our authentic core, allow others to witness us, and learn to witness others without judgment or fear."

***Spiritual direction is a method used to notice the divine in our everyday lives, a time to reflect on how we connect with the divine - wether a sense of higher power is recognized or not. What makes humans "spiritual" is our ability to form relationships; this could be to a sense of deity, universe, life, nature, or even just to the sacredness of self. Drawing on the relationship with our divine center, learning to witness and see that divinity in others, allows us to enter into a contemplative awareness in our every day lives. Spiritual direction is a container for this practice; this spiritual group spiritual direction session is open to all people regardless of race, sexuality, spiritual path or religion (or the lack of). Come as you are, come with love, and a willingness to be open. Welcome! 

The Format:

Step 1. The Offering — “Why I brought this.”

The sharer introduces their poem and briefly explains why they chose it - did they choose it this morning on a whim or is there a connection there? They don't need to give a dissertation, just enough context for the circle to understand what drew them to this particular offering.

Step 2: Reading 1 - Sharer reads the poem aloud.

Step 3. Silence - Everyone sits with the offering for a minute in contemplative silence. 

Step 4 - Reflective Prompt for Lectio Divina 

"I'm going to invite you to read your poem again. This time, allow yourself to release the reasons you originally chose it. Listen to it from where you are right now, in this moment. Notice what catches your attention now. It may be the same thing that originally called to you or it may be something entirely different. Notice a word, an image, a feeling, a memory, resistance, a sensation in your body—whatever arises. The poem spoke to you before, what is it saying now?

Step 5: Reading 2 - Sharer reads the poem out loud again. This time, trying to listen to it as if it was being offered to them. 

Step 6: Silence - sitting in contemplative silence with the second offering. 

Step 7: Reflection - What is the sacred saying now?

Sharer, when ready, shares what is coming up for them. This is where Spirit/The Sacred/God/etc is speaking to them. 

Step 8 Silence - letting the group absorb whats been heard. 

Step 9: Round Robin

This is where everyone will provide one or two words that they heard in their sacred listening of the sharer's reflection/message. Did they hear something in the introduction, but now hear something new? 

Examples:

• “Before, I heard belonging. This time I heard freedom.”
• “I heard grief before, and I still hear grief, but now I also hear acceptance.”
• “I heard uncertainty both times.”

This goes around the circle until it comes to the SD - then the SD will summarize the echos and add their own. 

Step 10: Spiritual Direction Begins

"How do these words feel reflected back to you? What are you noticing as you let others witness you?"

Stepp 11: Sharer responds. 

If there is time --- allow for contemplative questions to arise from the group. Only 1 or 2. Allowing for discussion with the Sharer. Lettign silence fall and reflection to go on as needed. 

Step 12: 15 minute break, ending this container and allowing for refreshment. (Every 2 sharers) 

The Schedule for the day:

• 10:00–10:20 Welcome & Settle
• Everyone is invited to get a cup of coffee, water, tea, etc. Grab a journal if they did not bring one. Grab a poetry book if they did not bring something with them and are welcome to look through them. This is a time to introduce ourselves unofficially, catch up with anyone we know, or just sit in silence. Take this time to settle into your body, settle into the space, and just pause. (This also gives some wiggle room for those who struggle with time)
• 10:20–11:05 Opening Sacred Space  
• (10 minute?) The name game (shake out bodies, help break any nervous tension, etc) 
• (10 minute) Drumming Meditation:  Drumming and guidance through a light body exercise to help ground everyone and  set the stage for contemplative awareness. Drum and ask reflective questions to get our minds open:
• What are we inviting into this moment?
• What within you is asking to be heard today?
• Is there something you are being invited to change or explore?
• Remind them that they are in sacred space - meaning they are safe to let down any masks and expectations. They can express themselves freely. This is a space of loving support and everyone is welcome to exist exactly how they wish to be. It is sacred because it is special, it is special because we have decided to carve out a time and place together. This is co-creation. 
• As the drumming ends, SD invites everyone to place an item on the altar in the middle of the room - anything they feel represents them in who they are; saying their name as they do so. 
• (20 minutes) Calling in the intention for the day: SD Leads and then opens the floor - anyone who wants to share what came up for them in the meditation can do so. If no one wants to share or if only a few people do, then ask how everyone is feeling. is anyone nervous? Feeling resistant? Hopeful?
  
• 11:05-11:20 Process Introduction
• Explaining the process of lectio Divina, what contemplative questions are, and letting them ask questions if there is any confusion
• Introduce the practice of Lectio Divina and explain that we are going to use poetry as our primary medium for the day. Typically done to connect with The Divine - we are seeking to connect to the divine within us - our authentic core.  We do this by being open and honest with ourselves, what particular word or phrase comes up for us, does it touch anything in our actual lives, what emotions or sensations do we feel in our body, what images arise from it? Write it down and do not worry about making it seem cohesive. This could be bullet points, it could be stream of consciousness,  etc. Just write what comes up for you. Explain the 1-2 word echo's from each person's share. 
• 11:20 - 11:55 - First Round 
• Follow the Format Listed Above
• 11:55 - 12:50 Lunch Break
• 12:50 - 1:00 - Settling back 
• bathroom, tea, settling back into the space. SD Drumming to call all back to centered attention. 
  
• 1:00–1:35 Round 2
• Follow the Format Listed Above
• 1:35–2:10 Direction Round 3
• Follow the Format Listed Above
• 2:10–2:25  Break — 15 min
• Tea / Stretch / Bathroom
• 2:25–3:00 Poetry Direction Round 4
• Follow the Format Listed Above
• 3:00–3:35 Poetry Direction Round 5
• Follow the Format Listed Above
• 3:35–4:10 Poetry Direction Round 6
• Follow the Format Listed Above
• 4:10–4:45 Individual Integration — 35 min
• Journaling, reflecting on the xperience, being out in nature, meditation, divination time, etc. 
• 4:45–5:00 Regrounding & Re-entry — 15 min
• Allow everyone to come back in, final bathroom break, more tea, etc. 
• SD drums to help everyone center back 
• 5:00–5:45 Closing Harvest Discussion — 45 min (15 min each)
• Round 1: The Vulnerability of Being Witnessed
• The Prompt: "How did it feel to be the person at the center, to share your raw inner reflections out loud, and then hear the group throw back a word or two? What did you notice in yourself as you allowed others to witness you without trying to fix, advise, or interpret your experience?”
• What this illuminates: This invites participants to reflect on their experience of vulnerability and being seen. It helps them notice what happened internally when others witnessed their authentic expression: whether they felt exposed, affirmed, resistant, surprised, relieved, understood, or something else entirely. It also gives them an opportunity to consider whether the words reflected back revealed something they had not recognized in themselves.
• Round 2: The Practice of Witnessing
• Prompt: “For most of today, you were not the person sharing—you were the witness. What was it like to listen to someone else's experience without needing to fix it, advise them, relate it back to yourself, or find an answer? Did you notice anything change in the way you listened as the day went on?”
• Illumination: This shifts attention from being seen to learning how to see another person. It invites participants to notice their own listening habits and the difference between listening to understand, listening to respond, and contemplative listening. It also highlights how making room for another person's authentic experience requires allowing their experience to remain their own.
• Round 3: Sacred Authenticity 
• Prompt: “Think back to the person who arrived here this morning and the poem you originally brought with you. After everything you offered, heard, witnessed, and experienced today, what are you noticing now? Has anything shifted, deepened, been affirmed, or perhaps become more complicated in how you understand yourself or what it means for you to live authentically?”
• Illumination: Returns attention back to the central theme - the sacred authentic voice within. Lets them reflect on the internal movement that the Divine has sparked in the interactions of the day. 
• 5:45–6:00 Final Closing
• “One final time around the circle: what is one word, phrase, image, or intention you want to carry with you when you leave this space?”
• SD drums to thank everyone and signify the space closing; 
• thanking everyone for their vulnerability 
• express gratitude for the sacred movement - wether you call it God, Universe, Spirit, Love, or Conscousness. 
• Gratitue for the Authentic self, the core of who we are, and allowing it to speak to us today. Allowing us to hear it and allowing others to witness us in this. 
• Offer a  Blessing that all may go in love, peace, and carry with them the messages that arose today.
• Fin. 

Pressure - To read to professor for SD appointment.

 1) I absolutely know I am going into the right field. The more into this I get in practice the more sure I am. The more inspired I am. The more I actually feel CALLED to ministry... 

2) I feel like I am going to explode from an internal sense of pressure.... stemming from my vocational calling and intensely frustrating lack of resources and infrastructure available to me as someone in an alternative and religiously plural faith.

I have so many ideas, so many things I want to offer the communities around me, and yet almost no way to make it a reality - financially. I have so many different types of meetings/group direction I want to offer - grief, women empowerment, devotion, prayer & ritual - most of which utilize the divinas and then group sharing and co-creating of reflection questions and processing.

But I don't have the time or place to do any of this... because I am trapped in my 9-5 job (and school although I feel like could be grouped in with vocational work). I am trapped in this job because our society really only has infrastructure set up for the faith an ministry within major religions. 

I am not a Christian.... if I was - I would already have a ministry job. I would have multiple options and means of finding ministry jobs. Hell - that job might have even paid for my seminary degree! 

But what church is going to hire a pagan? What church wants to appeal and serve "others" in the community with an explicit anti-proselytizing understanding - the goal simply to present and provide support to all people in the community; even if not specifically members of the church?

People should not have to PAY to come to a weekly reflections group on grief. People should not have to pay to attend a women's group.... these are all things churches offer for free. But if I have any hope of supporting myself I would have to pay... Why should people outside of Major organized religions, especially Christianity, have to pay while their better supported counterparts do not?

The uneven access to support - both for those in need of services and those wishing to provide services - is something that makes me so incredibly frustrated I feel like my head will explode. 

I have a non-profit I want to work with. But it is too new to actually hire someone full time, so I know is not ready to provide the infrastructure I would need. But as an interfaith Spiritual director, I can't find something that DOES have the infrastructure. As a solo practitioner, I have to charge for the ministry I want to provide. 

Its frustrating, its demoralizing, and its not fair. I have long said I would be a minister if I was a Christian... (by that I mean working in ministry  - not preaching on a Sunday). I am now finding my way to ministry anyway and the same damn obstacles that prevented me from thinking it was possible are rearing their heads. 

How do I balance this obvious obstacle and sense of injustice over the lack of resources with this burning passion I have? The closer I get to getting my degree, the more tension I feel. Saturday night I was just overwhelmed with it. Life would be so much easier as a Chrsitian, with so much more opportunities, and community support - all missing because I connect to the divine in a different way. 

Faith and Ministry should not have such high barriers for those in alternative faiths or those seeking to serve people of alternative faiths (or lack there of). But it does. And I don't know how to reconcile it. 

3) I am becoming so inspired and impassioned for this work that I can coming up with so many ideas, feel called to read so many books and broaden my perspective, and it’s hits a brick wall - my day job. I have been so encompassed by my call to ministry that it is actually causing problems in my day job because I am so “distracted”.  Legitimatley.... I spent 90% of my day today writing up formats for group spiritual direction exercises that I maybe worked a half hour on my actual work today. 

Reflective Questions for sessions

 Reflective Questions:

• What are we inviting into this moment?
• What within you is asking to be heard today?
• Why is it asking for my attention? 
• Why?
• What message has life been sending you lately?
• What are you carrying within you that you have not given voice to?
• Why do you hold it in silence?
• What purpose has this served?
• Where do you feel a sense of dryness, emptiness, or disconnection in your inner landscape?
• What is this telling you?
• What 
• For parents: does being a parent change how you view God or the sacred/universe? 
• Where do you feel invited to welcome change in your life?
• What emotion does this bring forward?
• Why?
• When have you felt the most at peace?
• When was the last time you felt something move your spirit or an overwhelming sense of love, awe, or mystery?
• What is currently bringing a sense of deep vitality, joy, or spiritual nourishment to your life?
• What are your spiritual Gifts? how can you use them?

Typical Spirtual Direction outline

 I am finding that I actually realy like Franciscan style companionship; overall I really align with St. Francis & St. Clare of Assissi's values (minus the whole, give everything you own up to make room for chirst). Its very open, loving, egalitarian, . and focuses on compassion and companionship. 

A typical Franciscan Model for spiritual direction session is ironically pretty much what I already do. 

1. Opening and Centering  - light the candle, say a few words to center us
2. Opening Exercise (give 3-4 options) and reflection. 
1. Leads and invites discussion.. if things run silent for too long, the discssion ends with a lot of time left, bring conversation towards...
2. Check in - "what is calling out to you right now?" "what is alight in your life right now?" "What season is your life in?
3. "Tell me more about that"
3. Deep Listening and Exploration (to be done during discussion)
1. Hold sacred listening and presence
2. Listen for the divine - where is the client connected to the animate world, the elements, or their inner wisdom?
3. Embodiment - if they get stuck in their heads, bring them back to their bodies - "where do you feel this conflict/emotion/tension in your body?" 
4. Grounding  - Bringing them back to the moment and allowing their insights to settle into their body. 
1. We've covered some heavy stuff today; lets jus take a few moments and let this settle into our bodies. --> Sunflowering. Pulling the insights from our "roots" when we hang, slowly pulling it through us as we uncurl, welcoming it into our hearts and opening ourselves to furthure insights as we open our arms and embrace the light. Basking in the light and letting the insights settle in us. 
2. Do this through guided meditation for those who cannot physically do the sunflowering stretch. 
5. Closing - bringing back to the session
1. Take aways
2. Confirm next schedule

I will just have it confirmed - Sunflowering (physically or guided meditaion) will be cemented as part of the session. 

Opening options:

- Silent meditation (optional drumming if not on zoom)

- Lectio Divina (I will have an option, but if they brought an offering that is AWESOME)

- Visio Divina (Tarot Card if they are comfortable; painting otherwise. same^)

- Guided breathing meditation

Profiling the Problem

 Outline: 

1. What is the central problem or issue at the center of my vocational work? 
1. The lack of accessible spiritual care and spiritual community for people whose religious identities and practices fall outside or between traditional religious institutions.
2. What does this problem look like? 
1. Those in alternative or minority faiths, those who feel they are religiously plural, or feel unwelcome in majority religious spaces/communities face more hardships due to:
1. Access to spiritual care outside institutional religion. 
2. Religious pluralism and theological legitimacy
3. Spiritual homelessness after religious transition
4. Economic limitations
2. Vocationally, I am developing a spiritual companionship ministry. As a person in a minority religious tradition, I have seen and experienced first hand how difficult it can be to find people of a like mind, develop a sense of community with spirituality as the uniting thread, and the crushing emotional toll that loneliness can take. I feel that spiritual care should focus less on “What do you believe?” and more on asking “What is sacred to you, and how are you relating to it?”
3. How would I describe it to someone who was curious but had never heard of it? 
1. religious/spiritual identities don’t always fit neatly within institutional categories spiritual-care systems often assume institutional belonging. This alienates people who do not fit within Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, or Buddhism (although it could be argued people in the later two have less access than those in the Abrahamic faiths due to their minority status in America). 
4. What intersection of identities is uniquely affected by this problem? 
1. People who fit into this category would be religiously unaffiliated people such as (but not limited to) spiritual-but-not-religious people, New Age religions, Agnostics, Pagans, Religious Naturalists and Humanists, Spiritual Satanists, Religiously plural people, or people who may identify with a majority religion but feel unwelcome in those spaces such as queer individuals, sex workers, or those in alternative lifestyles. 
5. What other social or political realities relate to this problem, and how?
1. whose spirituality gets recognized as legitimate enough to deserve care, resources, space, and trained accompaniment? Take the recent shortening of recognized religions in the US military for example. Or the requirement for ecclesiastical backing for chaplains even though the options are EXTREMELY limited for those not within the majority religions, often forcing those of us in minority faiths to go through training in another faith for backing. 
2. Economics; Those of us not part of a majority religion have a harder time finding employment  in the faith field. As a pagan I would be hard pressed to find a church willing to hire me, someone of a different faith, on a salaried basis as a spiritual care provider. The vast majority, estimated at 80% to 90% or more, of formal, institutional chaplain jobs (including military, Veterans Affairs, federal prisons, and major healthcare networks) require an ecclesiastical endorsement. Not only this, but it puts a financial burden on those in minority spiritual traditions; as unlike those who attend churches or mosques, they have to pay for spiritual care services offered by private practices (such as spiritual direction or companionship). 
3. “If access to spiritual care is a legitimate dimension of human flourishing, then responsibility for sustaining that care should not fall exclusively upon either religious institutions or isolated individuals purchasing services in the private market. And importantly: The labor of providing that care should itself be valued and materially sustained.”

Spiritual Direction Services

 These are the ideal services I want to offer. 

• Spiritual Direction → I accompany
• Community Spiritual Practice → We practice together.
• Workshops → Teaching and Practice
• Retreats → I create a space for immersion 

Would love to do this through the non profit or in partnership with it. Will have to wait to see what policy and availability allows. Planning on using this as my degree capstone project (like a thesis)

All prices are set based on experience; as I gain experience, I plan to charge more depending on client situation. 

• Individual Spiritual Direction
  • Goal: eventually 5-10 clients per week
  • Standard session: 1 hour
  • Sliding-scale rate based on annual income:
    • $25K or less → $25
    • $30K → $30
    • $40K → $40
    • $50K → $50
    • $60K → $60
    • $70K → $70
    • $80K → $80
    • $90K → $90
    • $100K+ → $100
  • Extended session: 1.5 hours
    • $25K or less → $50
    • $30K–$100K → regular sliding-scale rate + $30
    • Standard session + ritual facilitation, divination reading, guided journey, etc. 
  • Long-term ideal: a small, consistent caseload rather than trying to fill the entire workweek with clients; allowing for more community based work
• Community Spiritual Practice
  • Once or Twice per month?
  • Approximately 2 hours maximum
  • $10/person
  • Open to all ages!
  • Ideally held in a free community space such as a library meeting room
  • Light snacks provided
  • Low-cost, low-barrier opportunity to practice spirituality in community
  • Possible practices:
    • Lectio divina (poetry or storytelling)
    • Visio divina
    • Guided contemplation/meditation
    • "book club" style reflection
    • Seasonal spiritual practices
    • Other interfaith-friendly communal practices
• Full Retreats (Authenticity retreats, Glamour retreats, Devotional Retreats)
• Approximately 2-3 of each per year (depending on interest)
• full-day experiences
• Pricing determined individually for each retreat based on:
  • Venue
  • Catering/meals
  • Supplies
  • Number of attendees
  • Facilitation/preparation time
• Maximum target price: $250/person to start. (Glamour retreats may be higher)
• Designed for deeper, more immersive spiritual work than the twice-monthly community gatherings
• Full retreats could potentially be held at Holy Wisdom Monastery from 10:00 AM–6:00 PM. Current full-day rental: $246. Buffet lunch: $19/person. Estimated venue + meal cost for 10 people: $436, so I would budget approximately $500 in upfront costs before additional supplies. 

• Spiritual Practice Workshops

  • Educational offerings where participants can learn a spiritual practice, skill, or spiritual perspective
  • Could be offered as:
    • One-time introductory classes
    • Longer workshops
    • Short multi-session series
    • Online/google meet
  • Include both instruction and hands-on practice, so participants leave with something they can continue exploring independently
  • Possible topics include:
    • The Divinas — lectio, visio, audio, and other adaptations
    • Sigil Creation & Sigil Magic
    • Candle Magic
    • Glamour Magic (intro to multiple perspectives & practices)
    • Ritual Creation & The power of storytelling
    • Altar Building
    • Developing a Personal Spiritual Practice
    • Divination as Spiritual Practice
    • Journeying vs Meditation (After full year training)
    • Poetry and Contemporary Books as Sacred Text
    • Prayer Across Spiritual Traditions
    • Spiritual Discernment
    • Animism and relationship with the more-than-human world
    • Introduction to Contemporary Witchcraft
    • Other practices and spiritual perspectives that fall within my knowledge, experience, and training -- determined by community interest. 
  • A typical class could include:
    • Background/history/context
    • Explanation of the practice or perspective
    • Discussion of different approaches
    • Demonstration
    • hands-on practice
    • Reflection/discussion
    • Resources or prompts for continued practice
  • Pricing: TBD

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Hypothetical Schedule:

Retreats on 2nd Saturday of every month.

• January Authenticity
• February Glamour
• March Devotional
• April BREAK

• May Authenticity
• June Glamour
• July Devotional
• August BREAK

• September Authenticity
• October Glamour
• November Devotional
• December BREAK

Hypothetical Schedule:

• Community gatherings 1st and 3rd Friday of every month

Hypothetical Schedule:

• Workshops offered on BREAK months or per request

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$10 community gatherings → accessibility/community; roughly self-supporting

1:1 direction → modest, steady baseline income with sliding scale

Authenticity retreats → intimate small-group experience

Devotional retreats → larger group experience

Workshops → mixture of free outreach/networking + eventually paid teaching

Overflow retreat dates → only added when/if demand actually exists

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Sizing:

• Individual Direction - 1:1
• Authenticity Retreat - 6 people preferred
• Devotional Retreat - 8-10 preferred, 15 people max
• Glamour Retreat - TBD, 15 people max
• Workshops - probably less than 15
• Community Spiritual Practice - no cap, but expecting small turn out

Fall Semester 2026

Classes:

FE3041 Spiritual Direction Practicum 1

• Each gathering for supervision will include one student presenting a verbatim.  The verbatim form 6 from your manual is due to the professor 2 days prior to assigned presentation day. After you present a verbatim, you will need to turn in a Supervision reflection form which is due one week after your presentation.
•  October will include a written reflection paper.
• Grades:
• Class participation 50%
• Verbatim presentation 30%
• Verbatim Reflection paper(s) 15%
• Spiritual Direction reflection paper 5%
• Hours Needed
• 40 hours (up to 20 hours significant conversations; 20 hours of direction)
• Thats 14 hours a month
• Log hours here
• Monday
• NCSD-KC - (Kasey) First Monday  5:30-6:30
• NCSD-A - (Alan) - Second Monday @ 5:30 
• rescheduled sessions - Third Monday
• rescheduled sessions - 4th Monday 
• Tuesday
• MNSD-B - First tuesday of the month @ 7 
• reschedule sessions - second Tuesday
• NCSD-CG- (clint/Gnosis) - third tuesday @ 6pm 
• OHSD - SH (sunny) - fourth Tuesday @5:30pm 
• Wednesday
• MNSD-SP (steve potato) - first wednesday @ 5:30 or 6
• WISC-NB - First Wednesday @ 7
• NCSD - L - (Lexxi) - 2nd Wed @ 5:30
• reschedule sessions - 3rd Wednesday 
• NCSD-SR - (Serena) - 4th Wednesday @5:30
• Thursday
• KYSD-R - (Rach) First Thursday @11 
• WISD-RK - 2nd thursday, time @ 11
  
• MY OWN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION - 3rd Thursday @10am
• NCSD-JM - (Mckeiver) - 4th thursday @ 6pm - reschedule Nov & Dec. 
• Friday
• 
  
• NCSD-SR - @ 2pm
• OBOD MEETING - 2nd friday 
• NCSD - JR- (Janelle) - 3rd Friday @3pm 
• WISD-MCG - 4th Friday @1:30
• Saturday:
• NCSD-LCB  - (Lessie) - 2nd saturday @11am - reschedule Nov. 

ST2001 Theology for Social Transformation

• Weekly Reflections/Insights: Each week, students will contribute a brief written reflection from their engagement with the readings. Reflections should focus on one key theological assumption, proposal or idea, and/or sociopolitical implication in course texts as they relate uniquely to the concerns students hope to engage transformatively. In other words,
• what connections do you find between your concern and the theological ideas engaged?
• How do the assumptions and key ideas in this text relate to the problem you are addressing?
• What key insights from the reading help you better understand this particular problem? 
• How might the complexity of this problem expose blind spots in the author’s proposal? 
• All entries should be 250 words and submitted on Canvas in the designated area for the week.
• Constructive Conversations: Asynchronous students will engage each other in an online threaded discussion forum to demonstrate their constructive engagement with course materials, and one another. This course will function largely as a seminar, meaning Constructive Conversations will function as the primary way in which asynchronous students will contribute to and learn from critical engagement and shared ideas in class.
• Each week, the professor will provide a prompt for students to respond with Video submissions only... 3-5 minutes
• Each student will need to provide a RECORDED response
• Profiling the Problem Paper: What is that one social or political reality that keeps you up at night? What core concern is at the center of your current or future work in the world (or in your social transformation project)? What aspect of social transformation do you hope to engage theologically? In this paper, students will identify and describe a social or political concern that they seek deeper theological understanding and transformative engagement with. More specifically (and tangibly), students should focus on those concerns that are reflected in their current or potential vocational
• should be roughly 500 words, double-spaced, and should function as a “profile” of the problem you are identifying. Please provide as much detail as possible about this issue based on your current understanding of it. A few questions to help guide your reflection are as follows: 
• What is the central problem or issue at the center of my vocational work? 
• What does this problem look like? 
• How would I describe it to someone who was curious but had never heard of it? 
• What intersection of identities is uniquely affected by this problem? 
• What other social or political realities relate to this problem, and how?
• The lack of accessible spiritual care and spiritual community for people whose religious identities and practices fall outside—or between—traditional religious institutions.
• “This proposal works if we assume Christian congregational belonging, but what happens when we apply it to people whose spiritual identities exist outside institutional religion?”
• Dimensions of the problem:
• 1. Access to spiritual care outside institutional religion
• 2. Religious pluralism and theological legitimacy
• 3. Spiritual homelessness after religious transition
• 4. Economic limitations
• "1) You could establish that religious/spiritual identity doesn't always fit neatly within institutional categories. Then identify the actual problem: spiritual-care systems often assume institutional belonging. From there, describe who gets particularly affected—religiously unaffiliated people, Pagans and other minority traditions, people reconstructing after leaving religion, people with hybrid identities, etc.
• 2) Then comes the sociopolitical layer: whose spirituality gets recognized as legitimate enough to deserve care, resources, space, and trained accompaniment?
• 3) And finally your vocational stake: Your emerging work in spiritual companionship is partly an attempt to imagine what spiritual care can look like when the starting point isn't: “What do you believe?” but something much closer to: “What is sacred to you, and how are you relating to it?”
• 4) The structures that financially sustain spiritual care are disproportionately tied to established religious institutions, leaving spiritually unaffiliated and religiously marginalized people with fewer accessible and sustainable alternatives.
• If access to spiritual care is a legitimate dimension of human flourishing, then responsibility for sustaining that care should not fall exclusively upon either religious institutions or isolated individuals purchasing services in the private market. And importantly: The labor of providing that care should itself be valued and materially sustained.
• PRIMARY QUSTION I ASK EVERY READING/AUTHOR: Does your theological framework still work for people who don't live inside the religious world you're assuming? Is what you are suggesting applicable to all people  and what does it mean for those who it does not? How can this be reconstructed for those on the outside?
• Constructive Correlation Essays/Papers x 2: In these essays, students will put two theological perspectives from course readings into conversation around one key concept or idea that students find useful for their own constructive theological engagement. These concepts can be explicitly named in the readings or can be conceptualized by students, however, they should represent some common ground on which both perspectives do contribute (fairly). They should also relate to students’ guiding concerns articulated in Profiling the Problem.
• In addition to putting two perspectives in critical conversation - noting points of tension and cohesion between the two -  students will offer a preliminary constructive proposal for a way of making sense of and applying this idea that emerges from your perspective in relation to the two proposals in question. In other words, what unique insights emerge for you related to the concept at the center of this critical conversation, and how does it shed light on the issue you are trying to better understand for the sake of transformative engagement? 
• How clearly did I articulate the idea or concept at the center of this correlation between these two thinkers? 
• Did I clearly articulate critical points of tension and/or convergence between these two perspectives in a way that was fair to each of them?  
• Did I offer my own perspective on the tension between the two perspectives and make a proposal about how insights born from the tension connect with my Problem?  
• These papers should be 1250 - 1500 words, double spaced, and should adhere to the Turabian style for citations and formatting.  
• Final Paper: In this final paper, you are invited to articulate your constructive theological perspectives related to the three theological themes of the course (Human Being, Sacred Thread, and Moral Imagination) with specific attention to your identified Problems. This is where the reflections and essays can all come together. 
• These papers should include three elements (which also serves as primary assessment criteria)
• Re-statement of the Problem: Re-articulation and brief description of the problem you have identified. If you have tweaked or narrowed this focus throughout the term, here is where you can re-articulate it in connection with the other two elements. This does not need to be long. It only needs to make clear what your focus has been in a way that connects to the remainder of the paper. 
•  Moral Imagination: What is your theological vision for the future that provides hope in relation to this Problem? What possibilities do you envision that inspire your beliefs and that (should) inform current practices/ethics toward this end? 
• Constructive Theological Proposal: What do you believe and how do you propose we understand: 
•  Human Being - How do you understand “sin” and the problem of evil? What is your definition and how does it connect with the unique features of your Problem? 
• Sacred Thread (“God,” Jesus/“Christ”/the Cross, Spirit)- What theological sense do you make of these traditional trinitarian categories, understanding that you are not required to conceive of them as a Trinity? 
• A few questions to consider:
• How do you conceive of God in terms of the Omnis? How do you understand God’s relation to the world, and in what ways is God active or not? Etc. 
•  What significance does Jesus have in your theological perspective? Is he the Christ in a unique sense, or do you understand his divinity (or humanity) differently? 
• How do you conceive of Spirit and how does it relate to human activity, your theological perspective, etc.? 
• These papers are due - TBD and should be 1500 – 2000 words, double-spaced, and should adhere to the Turabian style for citations and bibliographies.
• Student Presentations:  Students will present their constructive theological ideas in class, and will hear from their peers in the same way. Each student will have 10-15 minutes to present:
• What was your Problem and what Possibility informs your perspective?
• Describe the “reality” of your Problem. Help us “see” it. 
• Describe your vision for the future of your Problem after neoliberalism (read: solved). In other words, help us see the Possibility for what can be, which both provides hope and informs current ethical praxis toward that end. 
• Present your theological proposal
• Describe your constructive theological proposal in a way that illustrates the connection between your attention to the Problem and Possibility you have identified and your theological understanding of Human Being and Sacred Thread. 

For the Final:

Human Being → Sacred Thread → Moral Imagination

Human beings have the capacity for direct relationship with the Sacred.

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The Sacred exceeds any single religious institution or theological formulation and can therefore be encountered through multiple traditions, relationships, practices, and understandings.

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Therefore, we should construct systems of spiritual care that accompany people in discovering and deepening their own relationship with the Sacred rather than requiring conformity to a particular religious framework. ----- What would society look like if spiritual well-being were treated as one dimension of human flourishing worthy of communal investment?

Books:

• Coleman, Monica A. Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-8006-6293-6 ($18.90)
• https://www-jstor-org.dtl.idm.oclc.org/stable/j.ctv19cwbfr
• Copeland, M. Shawn. Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-8006-6274-5 ($24.00)
• https://libguides-thedtl-org.dtl.idm.oclc.org/c.php?g=1088790
• Douglas, Kelly Brown. Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God. Maryknoll: Orbis Books, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-62698-109-6 ($19.76)
• https://libguides-thedtl-org.dtl.idm.oclc.org/c.php?g=1523448
• Farley, Wendy. Tragic Vision and Divine Compassion: A Contemporary Theodicy. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1990. ISBN: 0-664-25096-3 ($23.05)
• https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.dtl.idm.oclc.org/lib/dtl/detail.action?pq-origsite=primo&docID=3416966
• Jones, Serene, and Paul Lakeland, eds. Constructive Theology: A Contemporary Approach to Classical Themes. ISBN: 0-8006-3683-X ($48.96)
• https://www-jstor-org.dtl.idm.oclc.org/stable/j.ctv1hqdhmw
• Rogers-Vaughn, Bruce. Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-349-71633-3 ($29.99) 
• https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.dtl.idm.oclc.org/lib/dtl/detail.action?pq-origsite=primo&docID=4737089

Semester 9/12 - 12/20

No Classwork

• Monday 08/31
  • NCSD-A @ 5:30 - 6:30 — Special September scheduling
• Tuesday 9/1
  • MNSD-B @ 7 - snapchat
• Wednesday 9/2
• Thursday 9/3
  • KYSD-R @ 11am-12
• Friday 9/4
• Saturday 9/5
• Sunday 9/6

Week 0

• Monday 9/07
  • NCSD-KC @ 5:30-6:30 --- Skipped.
• Tuesday 9/08
  • MNSD-SP @ 7pm-8pm -- no internet.
• Wednesday 9/09
• Thursday 9/10
  • NCSD-L @ 5:30 — Special September scheduling
  • WISD-RK — TIME TBD
• Friday 9/11
  • OBOD meeting in the park
• Saturday 9/12
• Sunday 9/13
  • Charlie bday!!g 

Week 1

• Monday 9/14
  • Lecture?? --- not uploaded..... will have to check back.
  • Video Recording for "Discussion" entry - Due Friday.
  • Reading: Jones and Lakeland, Constructive Theology, Introduction (wk1)
• Tuesday 9/15
  • NCSD-CG @ 6pm-7pm ----- canceled. 
  • Lecture uploaded?
• Wednesday 9/16
  • Profiling the problem paper - write it.
    • Unequal access to spiritual care and community for those in alternative faiths or on the outskirts of socio-religious majorities.
• Thursday 9/17
  • CLASS: 1:30-4:45
  • Watch Lecture
  • MY OWN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION — TIME TBD
• Friday 9/18
  • WISD-MCG @1-2
  • NCSD-JR @3pm-4
• Saturday 9/19
  • NCSD-LCB @ 11am — Special September scheduling --- Canceled
  • FALL EQUINOX CEREMONY
    • 5:30-8:00 pm
    • Where: 5710 Anthony St, McFarland, WI
• Sunday 9/20
  • Douglas, Stand Your Ground, Intro., Chs. 1&3(wk2)

Week 2

• Monday 9/21
  • MNSD-SP @ 5:30 - has class at this time. Canceled. 
  • Lecture??
  • Video Recording for "Discussion" entry - Due Friday.
• Tuesday 9/22
  • OHSD-SH @ 5pm -- out of town. 
• Wednesday 9/23
  • NCSD-SR @ 5:30 --- Anxiety. Canceled. 
• Thursday 9/24
  • CLASS: 1:30-4:45
  • NCSD-JM @6pm-7pm
  • Copeland, Enfleshing Freedom, Intro., Chs. 1 (wk3)
• Friday 9/25
  • Two response videos
  • OHSD-SH @ 5pm - MAKE UP APPT. --- I mixed up timezones and missed her.... 
• Saturday 9/26 
• NCSD-LCB @ 11am - MAKE UP APPT 
• Copeland, Enfleshing Freedom, Intro., Chs. 2 (wk3)
• Sunday 9/27
  • Hopkins, “The Construction of the Black Male Body: Eroticism and Religion,” essay (provided). (wk3)
  • Copeland, Enfleshing Freedom, Intro., Chs. 3 (wk3)
  • Written reflection: 250 words - what connections do you find between the problem you’ve profiled and the theological ideas engaged?

Week 3

• Monday 9/28
  • Lecture??
  • Video Recording for "Discussion" entry - Due Friday. 
  • NCSD-CG @ 6pm-7pm ----- INTAKE MAKE UP APPT
• Tuesday 9/29
  • NCSD-SR @ 5:30 -- MAKE UP APPT. --- FIND A FRIDAY
• Wednesday 9/30
• SUNNY @ 5:30 
• Thursday 10/01
  • KYSD-R @ 11-12
  • CLASS: 1:30-4:45
  • Reading: Jones and Lakeland, Constructive Theology, Ch. 2 (especially pp. 79-97; review/skim pp. 97-116) (wk4)
• Friday 10/02
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE --- Now for Serena. @ 2pm
  • Two response videos
  • Write Reflection paper for Spiritual Direction Session
• Saturday 10/03
• Sunday 10/04
  • Copeland, Enfleshing Freedom, Chs. 4-5 (wk4)
  • Written reflection: 250 words - what connections do you find between the problem you’ve profiled and the theological ideas engaged?

Week 4

• Monday 10/05
  • NCSD-KC @ 5:30-6:30 --- she missed it. Offer next tuesday?
  • Lecture??
  • Video Recording for "Discussion" entry - Due Friday.
• Tuesday 10/06
  • MNSD-B @ 7-8pm --- she forgot and made plans. Skip this month. 
  • Quick Spiritual Direction session with T Mike
  • Spiritual Direction Reflection Paper
• Wednesday 10/07
  • MNSD-SP @ 5:30 or 6pm - congrgnt in hospital. canceled. 
• Thursday 10/08
  • WISD-RK @ 11am --- moved to next week. 
  • Reading: Farley, Tragic Vision, Preface, Pt. 1 (Chs. 1-2) (wk 5)
  • Written reflection: 250 words - what connections do you find between the problem you’ve profiled and the theological ideas engaged?
• Friday 10/09
  • OBOD meeting in the park
  • Reading: Jones and Lakeland, Constructive Theology, Ch. 3 (wk 5)
  • Two response videos
• Saturday 10/10
  • NCSD-LCB @ 11am --- missed on MY end, camping. 
• Sunday 10/11

Week 5

• Monday 10/12
  • NCSD-A @ 5:30-6:30
  • Sick day.
• Tuesday 10/13
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE --- KC. 
  • Lecture??
  • Video Recording for "Discussion" entry - Due Friday.
• Wednesday 10/14
  • NCSD-L @ 5:30 -- I got stood up. Reschedule? 
  • Constructive Correlation Essays - Human Being Essay - Write it
• Thursday 10/15
  • MY OWN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION @ 10am
  • WISD-RK @ 11am 
  • VERBATIM PRESENTATION 1 DUE
  • Supervision reflection form -- fill out and send.
  • Constructive Correlation Essays - Human Being Essay - Write it
• Friday 10/16
  • NCSD-JR @ 3pm-4pm
  • Two response videos
  • Constructive Correlation Essays - Human Being Essay - Finish it 
• Saturday 10/17
• NCSD-LCB @ 12am 
• Sunday 10/18

Week 6

• Monday 10/19
  • cooked. brain dead. 
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE 
• Tuesday 10/20
  • NCSD-CG @ 6pm.
  • Reading: Jones and Lakeland, Constructive Theology, Ch. 1 (wk 6)
  • NO REFLECTION
• Wednesday 10/21
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
  • Week 6 Lecture??
  • Video Essays
  • Douglas, Stand Your Ground, Ch. 4 (Wk 7)
  • Coleman, Making a Way Out of No Way, Intro. (wk7)
• Thursday 10/22
  • NCSD-JM @ 6pm-7pm
  • Need to discuss next 2 sessions schedules, both are holidays.
  • Coleman, Making a Way Out of No Way, Ch 1 & 2 (wk7)
  • Written reflection: 250 words - what connections do you find between the problem you’ve profiled and the theological ideas engaged?
• Friday 10/23
  • WISD-MCG @ 1:30pm
  • Two response videos
• Saturday 10/24
• Sunday 10/25
  • HUMAN BEING ESSAY DUE

Reading Week 

• Monday 10/26
  • Jones and Lakeland, Constructive Theology, Ch. 4 (wk 8)
  • Douglas, Stand Your Ground, Ch. 5 (wk 8)
  • Written reflection: 250 words - what connections do you find between the problem you’ve profiled and the theological ideas engaged?
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
• Tuesday 10/27
  • OHSD-SH @ 5:30pm
• Wednesday 10/28
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
• Thursday 10/29
  • No Class this Week ---- therapy or Spiritual Direction?
• Friday 10/30
• Saturday 10/31
• Sunday 11/01

Week 7

• Monday 11/02
  • NCSD-KC @ 5:30-6:30
  • 7 Lecture??
  • Video Recording for "Discussion" entry - Due Friday.
• Tuesday 11/03
  • MNSD-B @ 7pm
• Wednesday 11/04
  • WISC-NB @ 7
• Thursday 11/05
  • KYSD-RS @ 11am
    • SECOND-TO-LAST SESSION
    • Bring up upcoming conclusion of spiritual direction
  • CLASS: 1:30-4:45
• Friday 11/06
  • NCSD-SR @ 2pm
• Saturday 11/07
• Sunday 11/08
  • Coleman, Making a Way Out of No Way, Ch. 4 (wk 9)
  • Jones and Lakeland, Constructive Theology, Ch. 6 (wk 9)
  • Written reflection: 250 words - what connections do you find between the problem you’ve profiled and the theological ideas engaged?

Week 8

• Monday 11/09
  • NCSD-A @ 5:30-6:30
  • Lecture??
  • Video Recording for "Discussion" entry - Due Friday.
• Tuesday 11/10
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
  • Rogers-Vaughn, Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age, Chs. 2 & 3 (Wk 10)
  • NO WRITTEN REFLECTION
• Wednesday 11/11
  • NCSD-L @ 5:30
  • Watch: Black Mirror, “15 Million Merits” (Wk10)
• Thursday 11/12
  • WISD-RK @ 11am
  • CLASS: 1:30-4:45
• Friday 11/13
  • OBOD meeting
  • Two response videos
• Saturday 11/14
  • PASD-LCB @ 11am
    • NEEDS RESCHEDULE — conflicts with Shamanism Foundations
  • SHAMANISM FOUNDATIONS
    • 10:00am - 6:00pm @ Holy Wisdom
• Sunday 11/15
  • SHAMANISM FOUNDATIONS
    • 10:00am - 6:00pm @ Holy Wisdom

Week 9

• Monday 11/16
  • Lecture??
  • Video Recording for "Discussion" entry - Due Friday.
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
    • Possible PASD-LCB make-up
• Tuesday 11/17
  • NCSD-GC @ 6pm-7pm
• Wednesday 11/18
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
  • Sacred Thread Essay - write it
• Thursday 11/19
  • MY OWN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION @ 1pm -- TIME CHANGE
  • CLASS: 1:30-4:45
  • “Sacred Thread” Essay - write it
• Friday 11/20
  • NCSD-JR @ 3pm-4pm
    • SECOND-TO-LAST SESSION
    • Bring up upcoming conclusion of spiritual direction
  • Two response videos
• Saturday 11/21
• Sunday 11/22

Thanksgiving Break

• Monday 11/23
  • Rogers-Vaughn, Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age, Chs. 4 & 5 (Wk 10)
  • Written response: Rogers-Vaughn, Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age, Chs. 2-5 - 250 words
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE — possible NCSD-JM make-up
    • If NCSD-JM is moved here:
      • SECOND-TO-LAST SESSION
      • Bring up upcoming conclusion of spiritual direction
• Tuesday 11/24
  • OHSD-SH @ 5:30pm
    • SECOND-TO-LAST SESSION
    • Bring up upcoming conclusion of spiritual direction
• Wednesday 11/25
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
• Thursday 11/26
  • NCSD-JM @ 6pm
    • NEEDS RESCHEDULE — THANKSGIVING
    • Rescheduled appointment will be SECOND-TO-LAST SESSION
• Friday 11/27
  • WISD-MCG @ 1:30pm
  • Fill out Verbatim and send to professor.
• Saturday 11/28
• Sunday 11/29
  • “Sacred Thread” Essay DUE

Week 10

• Monday 11/30
  • Lecture??
  • Video Recording for "Discussion" entry - Due Friday. (Based on Wk 10's readings)
  • Work on final paper
• Tuesday 12/01
  • MNSD-B @ 7pm
  • Fill out Verbatim
• Wednesday 12/02
  • WISC-NB @ 7
• Thursday 12/03
  • KYSD-RS @ 11am
    • FINAL SESSION — Semester 1
  • CLASS: 1:30-4:45
  • SECOND VERBATIM DUE - based on WISD-MCG
  • Supervision reflection form -- fill out and send.
• Friday 12/04
  • NCSD-SR @ 2pm
  • Two response videos
• Saturday 12/05
  • YAY MY BDAY
• Sunday 12/06

Week 11

• Monday 12/07
  • NCSD-KC @ 5:30-6:30
  • Lecture??
  • Video Recording for "Discussion" entry - Due Friday.
  • Work on Final Presentation/Paper
• Tuesday 12/08
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
• Wednesday 12/09
  • NCSD-L @ 5:30
• Thursday 12/10
  • WISD-RK @ 11am
  • CLASS: 1:30-4:45
  • Work on Final Presentation/Paper
• Friday 12/11
  • OBOD meeting
  • Two response videos
• Saturday 12/12
  • PASD-LCB @ 11am
• Sunday 12/13

Week 12

• Monday 12/14
  • NCSD-A @ 5:30-6:30
  • Lecture??
  • Video Recording for "Discussion" entry - Due Friday.
  • FINAL PAPER/PRESENTATION DUE
• Tuesday 12/15
  • NCSD-GC @ 6pm-7pm
    • Semester 2 — TBD
• Wednesday 12/16
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
• Thursday 12/17
  • MY OWN SPIRITUAL DIRECTION @ 10am
  • CLASS: 1:30-4:45
• Friday 12/18
  • NCSD-JR @ 3pm-4pm
    • FINAL SESSION — Semester 1
• Saturday 12/19
• Sunday 12/20

Break — Week 1

• Monday 12/21
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
    • Possible NCSD-JM final-session make-up
• Tuesday 12/22
  • OHSD-SH @ 5:30pm
    • FINAL SESSION — Semester 1
• Wednesday 12/23
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
    • Possible NCSD-JM or WISD-MCG holiday make-up
• Thursday 12/24
  • NCSD-JM @ 6pm
    • NEEDS RESCHEDULE — CHRISTMAS EVE
    • Rescheduled appointment will be FINAL SESSION — Semester 1
• Friday 12/25
  • WISD-MCG @ 1:30pm
    • NEEDS RESCHEDULE — CHRISTMAS DAY
    • Semester 2 — TBD
• Saturday 12/26
• Sunday 12/27

Break — Week 2

• Monday 12/28
  • RESCHEDULE SPACE
    • Possible NCSD-JM or WISD-MCG holiday make-up
• Tuesday 12/29
• Wednesday 12/30
• Thursday 12/31
  • LAST DAY OF SEMESTER 1 CLIENT ROSTER
• Friday 01/01/27
  • NCSD-SR @ 2pm
    • NEEDS RESCHEDULE — NEW YEAR'S DAY
    • Continuing into Semester 2
• Saturday 01/02
• Sunday 01/03