Spiritual Disciplines for Self-Care CS105-SCK-22-S1
Experiment with embracing the Christian spiritual disciplines towards greater emotional well-being. [This is a 1.5 credit, elective course]
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.
Ms Seah Chiew Kwan
CS105 Course Synopsis
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CS105-AY2223S1 Session 1 Handout
CS105-AY2223S1 Session 2 Handout
CS105-AY2223S1 Session 3 Handout
CS105-AY2223S1 Session 4 Handout
Beloved Prayer
Session 1 Homework Sacred Chaos Chap 14 n 16 - Tricia McCary Rhodes
Session 1 Homework Liturgy of the Ordinary Chap 10 - Tish Harrison Warren
Session 1 Homework Mindfulness and Christian Spirituality Chap 10 - Tim Stead
Reference Text - ACT made simple 2nd Ed Chap 1 by Russ Harris
Session 2 Homework Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Barten Chap 2 Solitude
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 Subversive Sabbath by Swoboda - Chap 3 Sabbath and Health
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
Session 4 Homework Compassion Chap 7 Nouwen McNeill Morrison
Session 4 Homework Desert Mothers by Mary Earle - Chap 7 Practice of Humility
Session 4 Homework God Many Splendored Image by Nonna Verna Harrison - Chap 4 Virtues and Humility
Due: 9 July 2022-Reflection Reports #1 on Spiritual Discipline Practices
Due: 9 July 2022-Reflection Reports #1 on Readings
Due: 16 July 2022-Reflection Reports #2 on Spiritual Discipline Practices
Due: 16 July 2022-Reflection Reports #2 on Readings
Due: 30 July 2022-Reflection Reports #3 on Readings
Due: 30 August 2022-Reflection Reports #3 on Spiritual Disciplines Practices
Due 1 Nov 2022-Final Integration Report
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