2009 - 10 Classes at The Center
Paths to God: Insights on the Nine Ways of Spiritual DevelopmentWith Dale Rhodes of Enneagram Portland September 30 – November 18, 2009 $75 General, $40 Trinity Members Using the Enneagram* as our guide, this eight-week class will explore various paths we follow as we grow in spirit. Beginning with the finest assessment text available, we will use videotaped interviews, exercises, and teachings from the world’s wisdom traditions to lay the foundation for understanding your type and the spiritual gifts and practices associated with it. The programs will also support your understanding of the worldviews of those important to you. There will be plenty of time for self-reflection, and time that will be participatory and experiential; students will identify their own type and share their perspectives on worldview throughout the programs. People from all walks of life have found these narrative workshops to be practical, fun, and deeply transformative.
*The Enneagram is an ancient and reliable personality system recorded for spiritual guidance by the early church fathers. It is a sacred psychology that describes how one may better know the self, others and God. Enneagram teaching recognizes the nine major personality styles that manifest among us, and identifies the gifts, challenges and spiritual practices that are associated with each type. Because the Enneagram is such a fundamental and powerful way to understand personality, it provides numerous, often immediate, practical applications for personal development and spiritual growth - a helpful resource for anyone on a spiritual journey of inquiry and discovery. |
Dale Rhodes is a mentor & spiritual director who enhances his private practice with the resources available in personality typology and spiritual traditions. He has an MS in Human Services Administration from Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, an MA in Spiritual Traditions and Ethics from Marylhurst University, and a Certificate in Spiritual Direction from Mercy Center for Contemporary Spirituality. He is currently completing certification in the MBTI (Myers Briggs). A certified trainer of the Enneagram in the Narrative Tradition, he facilitates a vibrant monthly learning community locally through Enneagram Portland |
Sacred Dance:
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Jane Rickenbaugh. M.A. is a dancer and choreographer who has taught at Clackamas Community College, Marylhurst University, Warner Pacific College, Mt.Angel Abbey and Monastery of the Ascension in Idaho. Suzanne Cerddeu is a hospice worker and has accompanied sacred dance for many years. Susanna M. Lundgren, singer, artist & art historian, has taught for 15 years at local colleges.
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Through Mediterranean Eyeswith Dr. Richard L. Rohrbaugh, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Lewis & Clark College January 20 - Feburary 10, 2010 The New Testament was not written for 21st century Americans. Rather, it speaks the language, metaphors and issues of the ancient Mediterranean world. In the same way, Jesus spoke primarily to and about Mediterranean peasants. It was their lives that provided virtually all of the material for the stories he told. So how do Christians from the Mediterranean world understand Jesus’ stories? Do they see the same things in them we do? Or do they pick up things we miss? In this class we will look at four stories in the Gospel of Luke in order to ask: How do stories of Jesus look through Mediterranean eyes? The stories we will explore are those of Zacchaeus (Luke 19), the Prodigal Son (Luke 15), the Pounds/Talents (Luke 19) and the Great Banquet (Luke 14).
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The Beast, the Antichrist and 666 – All Mysteries Explainedwith Dr. Paul Anderson, Professor of Biblical & Quaker Studies, George Fox University A great deal of speculation continues to arise within Christianity and beyond as to the identity of such biblical adversaries as “the Beast,” “the Antichrist,” and 666. Yet how should believers interpret such biblical references authentically in later generations? Speculation runs rampant today, but a rich history of projected villainization has extended for over a millennium. This class will invite an update on the latest speculation, including a look at how these terms have been used and misused within Christian history, but it will finally focus on the literal and historical meanings of these texts for their first-century authors and audiences. That being the case, four crises in the Johannine situation are identified with meaningful applications extending to every generation. But attender, beware! Everything you’ve heard about these villains is likely to be wrong; this class will attempt to get at the biblical truth on these matters as an alternative to speculation. Feb. 24 “The Beast, the Antichrist, and 666—The Latest Speculation—Who? What? When?” Mar. 3 “Projected Villainization throughout Christian History—Who these Villains Were Thought to Be” Mar. 10 “Acute Crises in the Johannine Situation I—Enemies Outside the Church—Implications for Today” Mark. 17 “Acute Crises in the Johannine Situation II—Enemies Within the Church—Implications for Today” Paul N. Anderson is Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies at George Fox University, where he has taught since 1989, other than a year of teaching at Yale Divinity School (1998-1999). Author of over 160 essays, Paul’s books include The Christology of the Fourth Gospel (third printing, 2010), The Fourth Gospel and the Quest for Jesus (2006), and John, Jesus, and History (co-editor, Vol. 1, 2007; Vol. 2. 2009). He is a founding co-chair of the John, Jesus, and History Group at the national Society of Biblical Literature meetings, and he has chaired the Quaker Theological Discussion Group since 1996. He edited Evangelical Friend from 1990-1994 and has edited Quaker Religious Thought since 2000. He served on the pastoral team at Reedwood Friends Church and as Pastor of Clackamas Park Friends Church before completing his Ph.D. at the University of Glasgow. |
Paul N. Anderson, Ph.D. is Professor of Biblical and Quaker Studies, Director of the George Fox University Congregational Discernment Project and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.
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Richard L. Rohrbaugh is the Paul S. Wright Professor of Religious Studies (Emeritus) at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, where he has taught for the past 29 years. He holds an M. Div. from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, an S.T. D. from San Francisco Theological Seminary, and is a James Purdy Scholar, a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the Catholic Biblical Association, and the American Schools of Oriental Research, under whose auspices he was an area supervisor in archaeological excavations at Tel Aroer (1980) and Tel Dan (1986).
