Upcoming Courses
Your Brain On Gratitude: How a neuroscientists used his research to heal from Grief
This course will run from December 16th – December 22nd. “Your brain on gratitude: How a neuroscientist used his research to heal from grief” a reflection on an article by Liz Tung discussing Glenn Fox’s use of his learning about gratitude to move through his grief after the loss of his mother. Templeton Foundation Newsletter…
Read MoreNudging Empathy: Harnessing Motivation to Create Sustainable Empathic Choices
This course will run from December 16th – December 22nd. C. Daryl Cameron, an assistant professor of psychology at Penn State, argues there’s a good case for seeing empathy as a renewal resource. He is currently leading a three-year project designed to test whether simple experimental manipulations can change people’s levels of empathy. Templeton Foundation…
Read MoreFeelings in Spiritual Care
This course will be starting Tuesday, September 10th. Overview: Spiritual caregivers are presented with all forms of spiritual distress. Each spiritual caregiver has developed techniques or ways of relating to persons suffering from various spiritual issues such as grief, loss, loneliness, guilt, shame, any much more. Ways of relating and providing care differ from one…
Read MoreSpiritual Care in Long Term Care: Best Practices
Starts August 2019 Spiritual concerns are important to most people, particularly in older years and at the end of life. Long term care spiritual caregivers are challenged to deliver quality care to large populations of aging people without many resources. The research in this area is scant and spiritual caregivers are left to discover best…
Read MoreSpiritual Care of LGBTQ Persons
Course begins July 9th While better understanding and some acceptance of LGBTQ persons has occurred in society, there is still much to be learned in order to extend respectful spiritual care. Spiritual caregivers have a responsibility to educate and advocate for persons of all walks of life and provide leadership in healthcare teams and faith…
Read MoreSpiritual Care of Diverse Populations
Facilitator: Jose Albovias, M. Div., Th. M. Overview: Diversity is not just a new word in our vocabulary, it is a new way of life. Spiritual caregivers are faced every day with persons from different cultural backgrounds, which includes different faith orientations and “Nones”. Unconscious cultural biases create challenges and opportunities in providing effective spiritual…
Read MoreSpiritual Care Research 101
A special introductory interview with Judith R. Ragsdale, M. Div., Ph.D, Sr. Director of Pastoral Care, Associate Professor, Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati, OH, Facilitator, Rick Underwood, M. Div., D. Min., M.S. Certified chaplains are required to take CEUs in research. Many outstanding clinical chaplains have not had training in reading and understanding…
Read MoreIssues in Spirituality and Palliative Care
Registration Deadline, June 4th, Start date, June 11th Issues in Spirituality and Palliative Care, Facilitator, Dina Carroll, M. Div., Spiritual Care Manager, Hosparus, Louisville As the best practices continue to emerge in the field of Palliative Care, spiritual caregivers have much to offer. This seminar will be an opportunity to examine and discuss some of…
Read MoreHoly Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others (Book Study)
Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others, a book written by New York Times Best Selling Author, Barbara Brown Taylor will be discussed during our three-week collaborative learning seminar. The course is a three-week online seminar course that begins on May 14. Taylor tackles the questions, worries, and concerns that arise when we…
Read MoreGrief and the Healing Arts
This course begins in Mid-March 2019. Facilitated by Gail Henson, Ph.D., Professor Emerita of Communication at Bellarmine University, Current civic volunteer with refugees and immigrants and Hosparus. “With sighs and groans too deep for words”: sometimes the Spirit of God moves in us wordlessly, particularly as we or those whom we serve wrestle with grief. …
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