From spiritualdevelopmentcenter at lists.search-institute.org Tue Oct 30 10:15:26 2007 From: spiritualdevelopmentcenter at lists.search-institute.org (spiritualdevelopmentcenter@lists.search-institute.org) Date: Tue Oct 30 10:29:23 2007 Subject: News from the Center for Spiritual Development Message-ID: <47274A8E.3070200@search-institute.org> = 30 October 2007 = = *Discussion Boards* */Post of the month: /* "Stories help to engage children's imagination. [Children] are close to = spirit. We just need to open a door or window and let them into that = world, and invite that world into their hearts. " --- David Gene, Glastonbury, CT, USA Join the Discussion! ** * *Listen: An Interfaith Panel on Family and Spirituality <#Listen>* * *An Interview with Center Advisor Shiva Khalili, Tehran, Iran <#Interview>* * *Fast Facts: Youth Workers on the Priority of Spiritual Development* <#FastFacts> * *New Blog on Spiritual Pluralism by Gene Roehlkepartain <#Blog>* *Insights & Research* *Listen: An Interfaith Panel on Honoring Spiritual Issues in Our Work = with Families* Listen in on a discussion of family and spirituality among a group of = experts with racial, gender, occupation, and faith-tradition diversity: = Michael Jerpbak, PhD, Associate Professor, Youth & Family Studies, = Crossroads College, moderator; Taslima Khaled, Academic Advisor, = Metropolitan State University; Frank Goodwin, Fond du Lac Human Services = Men's Advocacy Program; Dr. Judson Reaney, pediatrician, Park Nicollet = Medical Center; Kristen Stuenkel, parent educator and coordinator for = Early Childhood programs, Columbia Heights; Umo Udo, chaplain at St. = Joseph's Home for Children. From an April 2007 conference in = Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, organized by Minnesota Council on Family = Relations, with Search Institute. Hear the panel = *An Interview with Center Advisor Shiva Khalili, Tehran, Iran* Muslim scholar Shiva Khalili shares her research and her Muslim = worldview, and challenges scholars in this emerging field to be up front = about their personal assumptions, theories of person, and faith/worldview. Read the interview = *Fast Facts: Youth Workers on the Priority of Spiritual Development* See the statistics from the Common Ground study, in which 1,300 youth = workers from both secular and faith-based organizations answered = questions about the priority of spiritual development in their work, = their interest in learning more, and their commitment to joint training. Get the facts = *Community* *Conversations Along the Way* Co-Director Gene Roehlkepartain's monthly musings describe how in groups = of people of different faith traditions, we struggle to find = commonalities while also respecting and capturing distinctives within = different traditions, cultures, and life experiences. Read the blog Search Institute 615 First Avenue NE, Suite 125 Minneapolis MN 55413 612.399.0235 spiritualdevelopment@search-institute.org = Copyright =A9 2007 Search Institute. All rights reserved. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related