Transcript DANCING WITH CHANGE: Spirituality During Times of Change Dr. Richard McCorry

DANCING WITH
CHANGE: Spirituality
During Times of Change
Dr. Richard McCorry
Dancing with Change
INTRODUCTIONS
Program Hopes
1. To identify better where each of us is personally
with regard to change and its effects.
2. Provide us with a new and positive way of looking
at change so it works to our advantage.
3. To have some tools/metaphors to invite others to
see change differently.
4. To give us a way to encounter the presence of God
in the midst of transition and change.
The Old Farmer from Hawaii
Dancing with Change
Change
Responsiveness
Survey
“The one unchangeable
certainty is that nothing
is unchangeable or
certain.”
John F. Kennedy
35th President
Dancing with Change
“Perhaps the
only person
who likes change
is a wet baby.”
Anonymous
Stages of Change
• Beginning
• In Between
• End
Spirituality
• We all have a spirituality
• Spirituality with any depth must struggle
with the issue of suffering and death
• One of the ways Christian spirituality
resolves questions about suffering and
death is by the Paschal Mystery
Paschal Touchstones for
The Stages of Change
• Beginning - Good Friday
• In Between - Holy Saturday
• End - Easter Sunday
Paschal Cycle
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Good Friday
Easter Sunday
40 Days
Ascension
Pentecost
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Death
New Life
Time to Adjust
Letting Go
New Spirit to live
the new life
— Describe Your Situation —
• On your reflection handout describe a
current situation in which you are having
difficulty dealing with change.
• When you look at the change, what
thoughts, feelings, and emotions surface
for you?
— Describe Your Situation —
• Often what arises with change for us is a
sense of fear. Can you identify any fear
you have/had about this change?
• Are there any obstacles/barriers you have
encountered in yourself or others
concerning the change?
— Describe Your Situation —
• Do you find that your initial reaction to
the change is your usual reaction to most
changes you encounter?
“There is nothing
in this world
constant, but
inconstancy.”
Jonathan Swift
English Writer
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Featuring
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Characters Who Represent The People
We All Work With and Live With Everyday
— Including Ourselves
Understanding Through Animation
Who Moved My Cheese?
The Movie
The End
...or is it...
A New Beginning?
Move With
The Cheese
And Enjoy It!
What can you use from the story to
apply to your change struggle?
What might God be bringing forth
from this change which is positive?
Any Darwinian will tell you, when
challenged by change, the fatal response
is denial.
Author Unknown
The ‘LEAP’ of Faith
•L = Learning
•E = Experience
•A = Action
•P = Prayer
The ‘LEAP’ of Faith
“O Lord, remember not only the men and woman of
good will, but also those of ill will. But do not remember
all of the suffering they have inflicted upon us: Instead
remember the fruits we have borne because of this
suffering, our fellowship, our loyalty to one another, our
humility, our courage, our generosity, the greatness of
heart that has grown from this trouble. And when our
persecutors come to be judged by you, let all of these
fruits that we have borne be their forgiveness."
The ‘LEAP’ of Faith
FAITH