Groundings is a monthly lecture series offered September through May by Sacred Ground in collaboration with Loyola Spirituality Center and the Ignatian Spirituality Center at Saint Thomas More. Groundings is open to anyone interested in deepening their spirituality, their capacity for deep listening, and their contemplative engagement in our world.
Join us as Rev. T. Michael Rock invites us to explore how we can use Spiritual Direction as one tool for processing societal and personal traumatic events. Think of this as using a spiritual lens to look at the events that are happening personally and communally.
In the sacred relationship of Spiritual Direction, people often find a way to make meaning of a traumatic experience or experiences that often don’t make much sense.
Rev. T. Michael Rock has been an ordained minister, liberation theologian, and educator in the United Church of Christ and is currently a professor of Contextual Education and Spiritual Formation at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities. T. Michael also guides the Contextual Education and Spiritual Direction programs for United, and shepherds our chapel services. He has served as a Spiritual Director and teacher of Spiritual Direction for more than 20 years and has 30 years of congregational leadership serving UCC congregations in Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Throughout his career, T. Michael has volunteered as a trauma-informed chaplain for prisons, police, at George Floyd Square, the World Trade Center, Occupy Wall Street, and other places of tragedy, violence, and transformation. T. Michael is also an activist on the local and national level and an experienced trainer in nonviolence, civil disobedience, and sexuality education.
Registration is requested for planning purposes. A $20 suggested donation to help cover costs may be paid at the door or online.
We are happy to be able to offer a live Zoom link to those who are unable to attend this event in person. Please request the zoom link when you register.