09.14.07
Amagi 2008
The JAPAN WOMEN’S CONFERENCE At AMAGI SANSO
JANUARY 25-27, 2008
Friendships for Growth
Finding Spiritual Direction
This retreat includes worship, teaching, quiet spaces for individual reflection and opportunities for small and large group sharing. Come to savor the gift of friends God has already given you and consider the kinds of friendship which God seems to invite you to now.
Speaker: Jeannette Bakke, PhD
Jeannette A. Bakke, Ph.D., D. Min., Author of Holy Invitations: Exploring Spiritual Direction, Baker Books 2000, (Chinese translation published in 2005) is a consultant in Spiritual Formation and Spiritual Direction, a retreat leader and spiritual director. She is a graduate of Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation, Washington, D.C. Jeannette was Professor of Christian Education at Bethel Seminary from l978 to l994 where she is currently a Faculty Associate and teaches a course in Spiritual Direction. She has been part of a team, which developed and taught professional courses for Navy, Marine and Coast Guard chaplains in the areas of Spiritual Direction and Spiritual Development. She recently taught in the Upper Room Academy for Spiritual Formation. Jeannette is on the Editorial Board of Conversations: A Journal for Authentic Transformation.
Jeannette and her husband Stan live in White Bear Lake and attend St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi.
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