Spiritual Growth Workshops

Any of the topics listed below are available for your Spiritual Growth retreat or workshop.  All are supported by slides.

Spiritual Growth

  • Spirituality, What is it?
    • Some definitions of the Sages
  • Creation Spirituality
    • Creation: The Original Blessing
  • Contemplation
    • It’s role in our active lives
  • Spiritual Well-being
    • How do I nurture my Spirituality
  • Spiritual Healing
    • How do I heal Spiritual wounds?
  • Approach to Spirituality in the World
    • Are they compatible?
  • We can Learn
    • What we need; An Eight Point Program
  • Stepping Stones on the Sacred Quest
    • Using all of life’s experiences
  • Moments of Spiritual Growth and Healing
    • Every one and opportunity for Growth
  • Seek the Sacred
    • Finding my way
  • Socrates on Spirituality
    • Some useful ancient Wisdom
  • Spiritual Path
    • Life’s Journey
  • Spiritual Growth and Enlightenment
    • How do I grow? How do I respond to the Holy Spirit?
  • Obstacles to Spiritual Growth
    • Turning stumbling blocks to stepping stones
  • Longing and Loss in Life
    • The role of longing and loss on life’s journey
  • Our Precious Present
    • The Gift of Life and Spiritual Growth in the Now
  • Business Lessons I had to Unlearn
    • Axioms of Business I needed to unlearn for my Spiritual Growth
  • Rules for being Human
    • Suggestions for reaching a fullness of our humanity
  • Some Thoughts on Sacrifice
    • Sometimes, we use sacrifice to control others
  • Life Consents
    • The consents we must make to Grow in Life
  • Indigenous American Wisdom
    • Wisdom of the American Indians
  • Happiness
    • Thoughts on this illusive goal
  • Male Spirituality
    • Different than female?
  • Forgiveness
    • Lack of it stifles Spiritual Growth
  • Mother Theresa’s Simple Path
    • Where does it begin? End?
  • Mysteries of the Rosary: A daily Life Guide
    • Not just historical events
  • Bread of Life
    • It is us
  • Jesus and Zen
    • Enlightenment
  • Cracking Open the Beatitudes
    • Unreasonable challenges? Irrelevant rewards?
  • Moving My Light out from under the bushel 
    • Overcoming my sense of unworthiness
  • Everything Belongs
    • Spirituality unites; religions tend to divide
  • Climbing the Mountain of Life
    • Suggestions for continued Growth on life’s journey up the mountain
  • Bridging the Gaps in Life, Becoming a Whole Person (New)
    • The process of healing our dis-integration.

Church

  • Early American Catholicism
    • The growth of our country and our religion
  • What is this thing we call Church
    • What is Church—really?
  • Denial
    • The role of denial in our lack of Spiritual Growth
  • Effective Dissent
    • Dissent is essential for growth, if effective
  • An Earth-shattering Mission Statement
    • Living it grows the Church
  • Ordination: What It’s Really All About
    • A look at the history and mis-interpretations of Ordination
  • I Love My Church, BUT OH MY GOD! 
    • What We Tolerate, We Cannot Change
  • Movin’ On; No Longer Stuck in Guilt, Grief, Anger (NEW)
    • Exploring the traps of guilt, grief and anger while reviewing the false notions to be jettisoned in order to grow spiritually.