News from the Center for Spiritual Development

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*Discussion Boards*

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"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! <http://spiritualdevelopmentcenter.org/Forum/>

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    * *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 =

<http://www.spiritualdevelopmentcenter.org/Display.asp?Page=3Dlistenwatch>

*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 =

<http://spiritualdevelopmentcenter.org/Display.asp?Page=3DKhalili>

*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 =

<http://spiritualdevelopmentcenter.org/Display.asp?Page=3DFastFact6>


	*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 <http://spiritualdevelopmentcenter.org/blog/qryTopics.asp>



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