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AVEL Maritime Conference List - videos on spirituality |
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AVEL VIDEOS
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SPIRITUALITY
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BREAKTHROUGH 2002 - KILLIAN NOE
Theme Speaker: Sunday June 9, 2002 at the Breakthrough Event which ran from June 6-10, 2002 at the University of Waterloo, Ontario.
Killian Noe is an engaging and inspiring speaker who shares her life experience and faith journey with humor and honesty. Listeners are sure to be challenged to examine their own ways of living faithfully in light of Killian's story.
DISCOVERING EVERYDAY SPIRITUALITY series
An 8-part series with Thomas Moore (Care of the Soul). Profiles people who have reclaimed and nurtured the sacredness of everyday life.
4 videos, with 2 parts on each. Each part is 25 minutes.
STORY (1 & 2) Stories have the power to heal and set free.
PLACE (3 & 4) Discovering the spiritual geography of our lives.
ACTIVITY (5 & 6) Activities enhance, deepen our spiritual lives.
RITUAL (7 & 8) Rituals give order and meaning to our lives.
FAITH, HOPE AND CLARITY
10 30-minute programs on 3 videos. Interfaith dialogues among representatives of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
GENTLE BUT RADICAL
Profiles Chung Hyun Kyung, the Korean feminist theologist. Her philosophies have their origins in, among other traditions, Korean Shamanism and Confucian ritual. (32 minutes)
HILDEGARD (48 minutes)
Hildegard of Bingen was one of the most remarkable women of the Middle Ages - an Abbess, a visionary, mystic and composer.
IMAGES FOR REFLECTION: Very Special
This video is designed as an inspirational tool for individual reflection or for use in a conference or discussion group setting. Each of the seven segments, three to six minutes in length provides for a creative, beautiful, and contemplative reflection. May be used to begin or end a gathering. When you can’t escape to the great outdoors, "Images for Reflection" brings the beauty of the natural world to you. In this collection of seven video segments, tranquil music accompanies inspiring sights and sounds highlighting:
• The Mystery and Magic of Water
• A Southwest Meditation
• Our Nourishing Earth
• A Day at the Wetlands
• The Song That Waits to be Learned
• Kinship of All Life
• Earth’s Children.
LISTENING TO SOUL PAIN
This video is meant to raise awareness of the effects of trauma on the human spirit and emphasize that complete healing requires attentions to the spiritual concerns which surface in the wake of the experience. (25 minutes)
(A) PLACE TO PRAY: CONVERSATIONS ON THE LORD’S PRAYER: (25-27 mins per program)
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Based on the book by the same title by Roberta C. Bondi).
Some of us feel our prayers aren’t going anywhere and that we never experience the presence of God. But can the too-familiar phrases of the Lord’s Prayer help? Roberta Bondi, teacher, writer, and student of the ancient church, thinks so and shares what the beloved phrases mean to her and how they’ve changed her life. In this series, she talks about each of the phrases and with four others discusses a range of personal and social issues, all connected to the Lord’s Prayer. (seven programs on three videotapes.)
PRAYING IN THE MIDST OF LIFE
Led by Ron DelBene, this is a series of six videos designed to help strengthen personal prayer life. Each program is approximately 23 minutes long. The six programs involve the following topics:
1. Our Questions About Prayer
2. Finding God
3. Knowing God's Will
4. Praying the Scripture
5. Learning the Breath Prayer
6. Retreating at Anytime
SACRED STORIES
Frederick Buechner, Maya Angelou and James Carroll share their personal stories and give insights into the use of story in revealing God’s presence in our lives. Four 20-minute segments on one video.
SEARCHING FOR SPIRITUALITY
A five-part series with Joan Chittister in conversation with six others who explore ten attributes that form a Christian spiritual life. She refers to the teachings of the desert fathers and mothers of 1700 years ago because they struggled with the same issues that plague us. There are 5 programs on 2 videos, apx. 24 mins each:
Video 1:
Program 1 - Seeing God in Others (openness & love of the stranger)
Program 2 - Finding God in Daily Life (dailyness & work)
Video 2:
Program 3 - Understanding Others as God Understands us (compassion & community)
Program 4 - Falling Into the Presence of God (prayer & lectio)
Program 5 - Receiving Others Kindly (humility & justice)
SEASONS OF THE SPIRIT
Stories of people in various seasons of their lives are linked with the seasons of Advent, Christmas, Lend and Easter. In four parts on one video. (52 minutes)
SEVEN STORYTELLERS OF FAITH
There are seven videos (28 minutes each)
1. John Dominic Crossan
2. Robert Fulghum
3. Madeleine L’Engle
4. Brian Wren
5. Tex Sample
6. Janet Wolf
7. Terry Waite
SISTER KAY (A National Film Board film, 48 mins)
A story of courage and vision, Sister Kay profiles a remarkable individual who became one of the most influential women in the Catholic Church. The film travels from the Canadian Prairies to the Vatican, to the centre of the Middle East conflict in Jerusalem. Sister Kay emerges as an inspiring leader who promotes reconciliation among people of all faiths. She was instrumental in ending the Church’s policy of trying to convert Jews to Christianity
WRESTLING WITH ANGELS
A 6-part series on two videos, each session 26 minutes. Each session features a well-known author commenting on stories from ordinary people who have faced deep struggles with some of life’s really tough questions.
Part 1:
GUIDANCE (Tony Campolo)
WHY ME? (Philip Yancey)
PRAYER (Richard Foster)
Part 2:
FORGIVING (Lewis Smedes)
DOUBT (Madeleine L’Engle)
LOVE (Keith Miller)
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