Rethinking Work:
Mythic Themes and Soul Passages in Our Work Lives
Why is it that we do not often think of our work as an arena of soul building? On vocation: His own father told him: “Your job is to find what the world is trying to be.” To do so requires the long view, intuition, listening, patience with your own ways.” Early Morning, Kim Stafford For most of us work is one of the central dramas of our adult lives. It is the crucible out of which we find expression for our gifts and talents, meet financial necessities, craft our personal destiny, and give voice to that which matters most. We also know that work can bring great pathos, including anguish (and not just in times of economic crisis). As we work with imperfect institutions and organizations, bump up against our own and others’ shadows, engage in struggles about power and matters of meaning, we are engaged in soul work. This includes learning to adapt and change, growing beyond primitive emotions like fear and scarcity, finding our creativity and resilience, finding authenticity between our inner and outer lives, and shaping learning organizations willing to live on the edge.
In this class we will:
• Name the questions we are living, together and individually, in relation to work
• Reflect on the relationship between our work and our souls
• Consider together the attributes most needed in work environments today
• Listen for what it is we as individuals, and our world together, want to become
• Ponder the possibilities in our occupations, vocation, and avocation(s)
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PRESENTER: Julie Neraas is an ordained Presbyterian minister, a spiritual director, and associate professor in the graduate Liberal Studies program at Hamline University where she has taught since 1991. Julie serves on the Wisdom Ways Advisory Committee. |
WHEN: Saturday, October 17, 9:30 am-12 pm
WHERE: Carondelet Center, 1890 Randolph Ave., St. Paul
COST: $35
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