Western     Mission         Cluster

Consultation III December 8-10, 2000 Spirit in the Desert Retreat Center, Carefree AZ

Presentations:

Life-Long Learning: What is it? How does it relate to our Mission?

Dr. Bradley Hanson
Luther College, Decorah IA

Dr. Patricia Killen
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA

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"Irony and Promise: Theological Education for Faith Formation
and Life-Long Learning in the Twenty-First Century" 

"Learning the New Skills of Institutional Collaboration"

Dr. Michael Gilligan
Henry Luce Foundation, New York NY

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Advance Reading Assignments for Participants:

All participants are asked to read in advance
A Graceful Life: Lutheran Spirituality for Today
by Bradley Hanson (Augsburg, 2000)
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Other suggested reading:
Patricia O'Connell Killen, "Assisting Adults to Think Theologically," in James D. and Evelyn E. Whitehead,  Method in Ministry, revised edition (Sheed and Ward, 1995), pp. 103-111; and, Patricia O'Connell Killen, "The Practice of Christian Community," St. Luke's Journal of Theology 34, no. 2 (March 1991): 115-130.  Also recommended, Patricia O'Connell Killen and John de Beer, The Art of Theological Reflection (NY: Crossroad, 1994), especially chapters 1 and 3.

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