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92 CF 603 Skill Development in Soul Care This course complements on CF 513 The Practice of Soul Care to enhance competency in both individual and group spiritual direction. Emphasis is given to the development of specific soul care skills and practical ministry application. Prerequisite: CF 513 The Practice of Soul Care. Offered spring semesters. Two hours. CF 604 Readings in Patristic Spirituality Engages the wisdom for formation and soul care as presented by leading patristic spiritual authorities in the Christian tradition. Emphasis is on readings from the original sources informed by their respective historical and biographical backgrounds. Offered fall semesters, odd years. Two hours. CF 606 Scripture, Formation, and Soul Care Explores the role of Scripture as the primary text for spiritual formation and soul care. The formative power of psalm-praying, lectio divina, and imaginative meditation on Scripture will be studies and experienced. The Lukan parables as dynamic sources for understanding and offering soul care are examined. Offered fall semesters. Two hours. CF 607 Incarnational Spirituality: Knowing God through Jesus Provides an opportunity to explore their image of God and the sources from which that image comes, primarily from His revelation in Jesus Christ. Students are challenged to encounter the living Jesus through Gospel stories and to guide others into this experience. Offered fall semester, even years. Two hours. CF 608 Redemptive Suffering Explores the universal phenomenon of human suffering with attention to God's purposes for suffering in the lives of committed Christians. God-honoring responses and the transformational outcomes of suffering are explored. Offered summer session, odd years. Two hours. CF 609 Mystical Theology of the Eastern Orthodox Church A survey of the principal theological themes of the Eastern Orthodox Church and their relation to Christian spirituality. Emphasis is on the inner connection between the gospel and the spiritual life, as interpreted through the Greek church fathers and ecumenical councils from the second to the fourteenth centuries. Special attention is given to the desert fathers and mothers, and a classic collection of orthodox spiritual writings known as The Philokalia. Offered intersession session, even years. Two hours. CF 610 Readings in Evangelical Spirituality This course engages the wisdom for formation and soul care as presented by leading Christian spiritual authorities in the Christian tradition from the Reformation to the present, with an emphasis on reading the original sources informed by their respective historical and biographical backgrounds. Offered fall semester, even years. Two hours. CF 611 Christian Formation and Soul Care Intensive This study provides live engagement with and participation in formational exercises and appropriate academic reading. Reflections, discussion, and interactions with the retreat director nurture life and ministry integration. Additional fees for food and lodging. Two hours.