Registration Open for 2010 Caroline Lynch Forum on Healing
Fall Conference Dates and Topic Set
Historic WEOI Meeting held in San Antonio, Texas
New Articles in the Oates Journal
Please share this free eNewsletter with others and encourage them to subscribe!
The Oates Institute Remembers Pauline Oates
Pauline Rhodes Oates, First Lady of the Wayne E. Oates Institute, passed quietly Sunday evening, January 31, 2010 at the age of 90.
Pauline was born in North Carolina at Mays Crossing. As a young woman she met Wayne E. Oates at Peachtree Baptist Church where he was the pastor and they were married May 30, 1942.
Registration Open for 2010 Caroline Lynch Forum on Healing
On Thursday, April 8, 2010, 12:00 – 1:30 pm at St. Matthews Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky (3515 Grandview Avenue), Dr. Jane Thibault will be the keynote speaker at the Caroline Lynch Forum on Healing. Dr. Thibault's presentation is entitled Activating Spiritual Resources in a Time of Cancer. As an author, trained spiritual director, and professor in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine at the University Of Louisville School Of Medicine, Dr. Thibault is a very popular presenter.
Compassion Fatigue: Caring for the Caregivers is the topic for this year's annual online conference at the Oates Institute. The dates for the conference, which will combine online presentations with real time as well as asynchronous discussions, will be November 10-19, 2010.
Wayne E. Oates Institute board members gathered February 11 and 12 for our first ever national board meeting. Board members living primarily in Louisville, Kentucky, joined new board members in San Antonio, Texas, for this historic meeting.
As a result of this time together in San Antonio, WEOI Board Chair Jan Shockley said, "The bonding that happened as a result of our being together for an extended time was invigorating and exciting! The freedom to brainstorm as we looked to the future brought fresh ideas and approaches. The new board members brought great energy as they shared their ideas. All of these points reinforced our decision to expand our board to the Texas area."
"A Little Niebuhr Is good for the Soul" by Robert Ferguson, Ph.D.
When, some months ago now, I heard President Obama refer to Reinhold Niebuhr as his favorite philosopher/theologian, my heart strangely warmed. I remembered all too well those sessions from my own graduate classes where we debated Professor Niebuhr’s thought with Dr. Glen Stassen, our own professor, who tended to favor H. Richard Niebuhr, Reinhold’s brother. I thought of his works such as The Nature and Destiny of Man (sic) or Moral Man, Immoral Society. I felt relieved that our president was at least acquainted at some level with the thinking of one who had helped to shape a generation of theological and even political thought in our country. (Read more...)
"Nature and Nurture: Products But Not Prisoners of Our Past" by Wilson Wayne Grant, M.D.
Throughout the twentieth century students of human development debated, at times, heatedly, the relative significance of various determinants of human personality and behavior. The larger debate danced around the question: Is it nature or nurture that determines the character and actions of the person? Decade after decade the pendulum has swung back and forth from one viewpoint to the other as myriads of scientists have jumped into the debate with their own sets of data. (Read more...)
"The Pilgrimage Continues" by Jane Thibault, Ph.D.
Some time has elapsed since my last column; the effects of the chemo caught up with me in October and I was exhausted for the next three months. The good news is that my last PET scan showed that I am in remission. However, because the chance of staying in remission for 18 months is 50-60%, my oncologist sent me to Vanderbilt Medical Center to discuss stem cell transplant and a Phase 2 clinical trial of a drug used for multiple myeloma. The drug trial would have meant 48 more weeks of chemo, so, after much agonizing deliberation I decided to just ‘sit tight’ (as the oncologist phrased it) and live with the knowledge that there is a 40 to 50% chance of the lymphoma NOT returning within a year and a half. I feel well now and want to take full advantage of this new-found quality of life, so hope is the active verb at this stage. (Read more...)
"We Are Each Other's" by Jeanne Tessier, M.A., BCC
Suicide is a black hole in life's fabric. Suicide is a failure of hope, of faith, of trust in the human family. Suicide sucks light from the world. Consider these real human stories:
"Elegance and Authenticity: A Tribute to Pauline Oates" by C. Roy Woodruff, Ph.D.
A few weeks ago we lost a lovely lady and a dear friend who had lived a long and active life, Pauline Oates. The wife of Wayne E. Oates, a well-known and respected professor, author, and mentor to many, including myself, Pauline seemed happy to walk in the large shadow that he cast, knowing she was loved and honored. Yet, her own inner light was too bright to remain in anyone’s shadow without shining through with an identity and purpose all her own. Wayne and Pauline are two of the most significant others in the lives of myself and my wife, Kay. We met them at a formative time in our lives, and they became lifelong friends. That relationship with Pauline continued, and in some ways deepened, after Wayne’s death, and we are grateful for what she shared with us simply by being who she was, and we loved her for it. (Read more...)
Please note: One easy way to support the Oates Institute is by making your Amazon.Com purchases through the WEOI Bookstore. When you do this, the Oates Institute receives a 6% referral fee from Amazon.
Lifelong
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
is published by the Wayne E. Oates Institute and distributed to friends and colleagues interested in collaborative, compassionate, and comprehensive care for the whole person. As a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, this work is supported through individual contributions, memberships, grants, and product sales.
To contribute to this work, click here. For more information about the work of the Oates Institute you may call 502-459-2370 or email
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
.
Please share this eNewsletter with friends and colleagues. Encourage them to go to http://www.oates.org to sign up and receive future copies of Lifelong Learning @ Oates.Org
Pauline Rhodes Oates, First Lady of the Wayne E. Oates Institute, passed quietly Sunday evening, January 31, 2010 at the age of 90.
On Thursday, April 8, 2010, 12:00 – 1:30 pm at St. Matthews Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky (3515 Grandview Avenue), Dr. Jane Thibault will be the keynote speaker at the Caroline Lynch Forum on Healing. Dr. Thibault's presentation is entitled Activating Spiritual Resources in a Time of Cancer. As an author, trained spiritual director, and professor in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine at the University Of Louisville School Of Medicine, Dr. Thibault is a very popular presenter.
When, some months ago now, I heard President Obama refer to Reinhold Niebuhr as his favorite philosopher/theologian, my heart strangely warmed. I remembered all too well those sessions from my own graduate classes where we debated Professor Niebuhr’s thought with Dr. Glen Stassen, our own professor, who tended to favor H. Richard Niebuhr, Reinhold’s brother. I thought of his works such as The Nature and Destiny of Man (sic) or Moral Man, Immoral Society. I felt relieved that our president was at least acquainted at some level with the thinking of one who had helped to shape a generation of theological and even political thought in our country. (
Throughout the twentieth century students of human development debated, at times, heatedly, the relative significance of various determinants of human personality and behavior. The larger debate danced around the question: Is it nature or nurture that determines the character and actions of the person? Decade after decade the pendulum has swung back and forth from one viewpoint to the other as myriads of scientists have jumped into the debate with their own sets of data. (
Some time has elapsed since my last column; the effects of the chemo caught up with me in October and I was exhausted for the next three months. The good news is that my last PET scan showed that I am in remission. However, because the chance of staying in remission for 18 months is 50-60%, my oncologist sent me to Vanderbilt Medical Center to discuss stem cell transplant and a Phase 2 clinical trial of a drug used for multiple myeloma. The drug trial would have meant 48 more weeks of chemo, so, after much agonizing deliberation I decided to just ‘sit tight’ (as the oncologist phrased it) and live with the knowledge that there is a 40 to 50% chance of the lymphoma NOT returning within a year and a half. I feel well now and want to take full advantage of this new-found quality of life, so hope is the active verb at this stage. (
Suicide is a black hole in life's fabric. Suicide is a failure of hope, of faith, of trust in the human family. Suicide sucks light from the world. Consider these real human stories:
A few weeks ago we lost a lovely lady and a dear friend who had lived a long and active life, Pauline Oates. The wife of Wayne E. Oates, a well-known and respected professor, author, and mentor to many, including myself, Pauline seemed happy to walk in the large shadow that he cast, knowing she was loved and honored. Yet, her own inner light was too bright to remain in anyone’s shadow without shining through with an identity and purpose all her own. Wayne and Pauline are two of the most significant others in the lives of myself and my wife, Kay. We met them at a formative time in our lives, and they became lifelong friends. That relationship with Pauline continued, and in some ways deepened, after Wayne’s death, and we are grateful for what she shared with us simply by being who she was, and we loved her for it. (
