Course Description

Am I able to hold my bundle of emotions (thoughts, feelings, visceral experiences and urges) so that I do not simply react to situations but respond in a way that reflect that I am a follower of Christ?

Perhaps we struggle with this in stressful situations, with anger, sadness, anxiety and other emotional experiences in our day-today living. There is hope. We learnt from neuroscience that it is possible to regulate our emotions through new experiences.

As part of our self-care, we can tap on Christian spiritual disciplines to create new emotional experiences that make space for God in our life. In this space we open ourselves to be more aware of God’s presence, to notice and hold our inner experiences with more openness, to discern with greater clarity what God is saying to us through his Word in our situation, and to allow the Holy Spirit to enable us to act in a way that brings greater love, praise and service to God.

This course is experiential; it is for anyone who desires to experiment with embracing the Christian spiritual disciplines in their ordinary living towards greater emotional well-being. May we receive and experience God’s grace in our emotional self-care.

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  • Location

    Onsite at BGST

    BGST Address:
    50, Kallang Pudding Road,
    #07-01, AMA Building,
    Singapore 349326

  • Dates

    (Saturdays)
    Jul: 15, 29
    Aug: 12, 26
    Sep: 9

    Registration Close Date
    Jul 12, 2023

  • Time

    9:30am–12:30pm

Lecturer

Ms Seah Chiew Kwan

Associate Lecturer

Ms Seah Chiew Kwan is a graduate from BGST (Grad Dip CS, MCS) and TCA College (MA Counselling). She was a facilitator for Core Clinical Skills with TCA College, School of Counselling for 2 years and a lecturer with Singapore Polytechnic for 20 years. She is an Associate Lecturer with Tung Ling Bible School for the Silence and Solitude module since 2015. Besides facilitating silence & solitude retreats and workshops for churches and small groups, she also offers professional counselling as a private practitioner. Her passion is integrating psychotherapy and Christian spirituality in her work and ministry.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    General

  • 2

    Welcome and Lesson Handouts

    • Shalom :)

    • Session 1 - Course Plan Handout CS105 AY2223S1

    • Session 1 - Handout CS105 AY2223 S1

    • Session 1 - Homework Liturgy of the Ordinary Chap 10 - Tish Harrison Warren

    • Session 1 - Homework Mindfulness and Christian Spirituality Chap 10 - Tim Stead

    • Session 1 - Homework Sacred Chaos Chap 14 n 16 - Tricia McCary Rhodes

    • Session 1 - Reference Text - ACT made simple 2nd Ed Chap 1 by Russ Harris
  • 3

    Readings before Lesson 2

    • Session 2 - Handout CS105 AY2223 S1

    • Session 2 - Homework As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Eugene Peterson Chap 1 and 2

    • Session 2 - Homework Keeping the Sabbath Wholly by Marva Dawn Chap 3 n Chap 4

    • Session 2 - Homework Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Barten Chap 2 Solitude

    • Session 2 - Homework Subversive Sabbath by Swoboda - Chap 3 Sabbath and Health
  • 4

    Readings before Lesson 3

    • Session 3 - Handout CS105 AY2324 S1

    • Session 3 - Homework Compassion Chap 7 Nouwen McNeill Morrison

    • Session 3 - Homework Desert Mothers by Mary Earle - Chap 7 Practice of Humility

    • Session 3 - Homework God Many Splendored Image by Nonna Verna Harrison - Chap 4 Virtues and Humility

    • Session 3 - Homework Ruth in Five Smooth Stones for Pastoral Work by Eugene Peterson

    • Session 3 - Homework The Gift of Being Yourself by David Benner Chap 1 Knowing Self and God
  • 5

    Readings before Lesson 4

    • Session 4 - Handout CS105 AY2223 S1
  • 6

    Evaluation

    • Evaluation Form