Welcome to Module 18! This is the second part of our module exploring the research and findings of Elizabeth Drescher in Choosing Our Religion. Your REs will be praxis based. We will explore in depth how we can best understand and support (and offer spiritual guidance to) individuals she identifies as Somes, Nones, and everything in-between who represent the changing American spiritual/religious landscape. Download the module here: http://www.awakenedliving.com/SGTI/Module18.pdf Group Conversation AreaOnce you leave a comment or question, be sure to put a check mark in the box that says you wish to be notified of responses. When someone comments on the module, you will receive notification of their response in your e-mail inbox. We will be checking in regularly to address comments. Please try to post module-based questions here, rather than sending us a separate e-mail. It will be easier to keep Q & A in one place, so everyone benefits. Of course, if you have a question of a more personal nature, please e-mail us. We hope you will check in once each week to let us know how you are doing and to connect with your classmates. Let the conversation begin! We welcome your thoughts and look forward to chatting it up with you! "Thus, "raising consciousness" is a personal aspiration for many Spiritual Eclectics,
as well as a goal to pursue in society at large." John Mabry
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Jeffrey Phillips
5/19/2018 08:43:50 am
RQ (Mabry and Lundy).
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Jeffrey Phillips
5/19/2018 07:15:19 pm
RQ (Kumar)
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Jeffrey Phillips
5/20/2018 08:55:18 pm
RQ (Drescher, Chapt. 4).
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Jan for Jeffrey
5/25/2018 02:08:38 pm
RQ (Drescher, chapt. 4).
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rebecca rosher
5/29/2018 05:44:51 pm
RQ:1
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Jan
5/31/2018 09:16:05 pm
Becky, I am delighting in your delight! This heart-mind set of delight, I believe, is so important in spiritual guidance situations, especially with Spiritual Independents. This phrase of yours, "Collectively, spiritual independents independently accept and reject notions of the Spirit to define their understanding of God," grabbed me. It's so very true and SIs would delight in this, I believe.
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rebecca rosher
5/29/2018 06:03:44 pm
RQ3-5
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Jan
5/31/2018 09:26:51 pm
Another excellent reflection, Becky. In terms of working with SIs, I would say that one of our earliest conversations should be around language, terms, etc. so that we are on the same page with them, and not using words that don't mean anything to them, or push their buttons, or cause harm (or even expectations). It's an interesting conversation to have with a seeker; just a "let's lay it out on the table" kind of conversation. More delight!
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Barbara Buckley
5/30/2018 02:02:05 am
I have really enjoyed all that I have read.. Dreschers research is fascinating and her inclusion of so many personal stories in her writing was great. I felt like I “recognized” many of the people she interviewed, having heard similar comments over the years, even from people who were regular participants at my church. I appreciated the conclusions she reached about the substantive nature of the spiritual paths of many of the NONEs. Overall the readings help me to hold the legitimacy and meaningfulness of this path in a new way.
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Jan
5/31/2018 09:30:27 pm
Barbara, lovely. So glad to know that Drescher's research and especially the stories touched you. It's interesting that it was almost as if you had heard some of these stories before. I had the same sense. It takes me back to Joseph Campbell and the hero's journey - the heroine's journey (more like Estes advocates in her studies). There are common threads here and we are wise to notice them so we can be fully present to all who come.
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Jeffrey Phillips
5/30/2018 07:30:11 am
RQ (Drescher, chapt. 5).
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Jeffrey Phillips
5/30/2018 07:32:32 am
RQ (Drescher, conclusion)
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Jeffrey Phillips
5/30/2018 07:35:33 am
Drescher invites us – lovingly – to consider this new reality as an opportunity rather than a problem, and for that I am thankful.
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Jan
5/31/2018 09:24:03 pm
Jeffrey, I have so enjoyed reading your comments here. I am grateful that YOU are thankful for Drescher and her work. J and I are too. There is so much here for us to ponder and take into our hearts. You have fleshed it out well and I have appreciated reading how you are making meaning of this with your own theology, and then how to be with SIs (Nones) wherever they may find themselves.
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