Spiritual Directors International (SDI) Conference: Seeking Connection~Across Generations

Join Rev. Felicia Parazaider as she presents at the SDI Conference March 14-17.  She will be presenting a talk on the challenges and possibilities we face creating a nonviolent movement across the generations at this historic moment and leading a workshop on how we can create this Revolution of Love.  For full schedule, list of speakers, and workshops, go to SDI website for schedule.

From SDI: #SeekingConnection2019 — https://www.sdievents.org/ –will feed you spiritually – in a way only it can. 22 workshops, 7 full-day seminars, a 4-day interspiritual retreat, an indigenous-inspired spiritual journey in the stunning Pacific Northwest … and 12 dynamic speakers from across the generational and spiritual spectrum.

Welcome to the Public Square of Spiritual Companionship, where all people enter with their spiritual tradition or inclination intact. Come as you are, but come ready for transformation.

Passing the torch
means
those giving
and those receiving
are equally bathed in light.

WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN US

~ Experience a community of integrity. (Meet new spiritual companions & seekers.)

~ Learn from other generations & traditions. (Workshops & Institutes.)

~ Witness transformative wisdom. (Our speakers.)

~ Discover through body, place & spirit. (Spiritual journey, Retreat.)

~ Celebrate our global contemplative calling. (Listen, dialogue, discern, create.)

~ Be spiritually replenished. (Join us.)

This is about deep listening and accepting others as they are. This is about being whole and building community.

WHAT WILL IT BE LIKE?

~ Welcoming. Experiential. Contemplative. Practical. Challenging. Comforting. Creative.

~ “Like diving into a pool of kindness”, according to one participant.

~ Think of Seeking Connection 2019 as an opportunity to create paths of compassion to link our diverse generations.

~ Think of this conference as a chance to meet and engage with courageous and innovative spiritual companions from around the world.

~ When we are connected, we are complete.

~ “Across Generations” is a way to build community with integrity .

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WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE

Spiritual companions and seekers over 73 – You want to help grow the global movement of spiritual direction. You’re willing to share your own contemplative and companioning experience. You welcome the fresh insights of those who follow in your footsteps.

Spiritual companions and seekers 53-73 – Grounded in a calling, or searching for truth anew, some call you a “Baby Boomer.” But that’s just a label. In fact, in spiritual terms, you are only blossoming. Your curiosity is a tiger. You yearn to learn from diverse perspectives.

Spiritual companions and seekers 6 months – 53 You long to be connected to (and honor) the truth of those who have gone before. You seek change within so that you may spark and support change without. You are learning that purpose, resilience, joy and community all rely on discernment, that deep listening is the foundation of true community.

More information: https://www.sdievents.org/
Video: What’s it like? — https://youtu.be/pT2IPEyGwtU
Special invitation to build commmunity: https://www.sdiworld.org/blog/invitation-create-community-sdi-conference-2019
25 Seconds Can Change Your Life — https://www.sdiworld.org/events/conferences/25-seconds-can-change-your-life