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Meet CG's Resource Persons for Winter 2012


Jim Kenney - 8/9/2010 12:12:31 PM

resource persons

Jim Kenney, Doctoral work, Comparative Religions, Northwestern University; Executive Director, Common Ground; Executive Director, Interreligious Engagement Project (www.iep21.org); Project Coordinator, the Peace Council; author, Thriving in the Crosscurrent: Clarity and Hope in a Time of Cultural Sea Change. (Available at CG or through www.amazon.com.)
 
Lauri Kamm, Administrator, CG; BS, Business Management, Husson College, Bangor, Maine; licensed real estate broker; Certified Property Manager. (contact@cg.org)
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Laura Bernstein, MA, University of Chicago; rabbinical studies, Hebrew Seminary of the Deaf; leader and composer of interfaith chants; author of poetry and articles on spirituality; co-author of Healing the Jewish-Christian Rift.
 
Herbert W. Bronstein, regular CG faculty; Senior Rabbi Emeritus, North Shore Congregation Israel; ­editor, Liturgies for the Reform Movement; lecturer, Lake Forest College; scholar of comparative religions; Trustee, Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions.
 
Tom Hoberg, regular CG faculty; Ph.D., Literature, University of Chicago; Professor of English, Northeastern Illinois University.
 
Rosemary Hurwitz, MA, PS, Loyola University; twenty years experience in career consulting and in leading retreats for Discovery weekends; over ten years studying the Enneagram, receiving her certification in 2001; www.spiritdrivenliving.com.
 
Fatima Ahmad Imam, Ph.D., University of Toronto; M.Phil, History, Aligarh University, India; Assistant Professor of History, Lake Forest College.
 
Kenneth James, diplomate Jungian psychoanalyst in private practice in Chicago;  he received his Ph.D., Northwestern University; Diploma in Analytical Psychology, C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago; holds the rank of professor emeritus after thirty-three years of university teaching; currently the Director of Student Services at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.
 
Carl Jerome, founding teacher, North Shore Meditation and Dharma Center; Lay Renunciate and Senior Dharma Teacher, Mid-America Buddhist Association; meditation teacher, Cancer Wellness Center, Northbrook; blog: http://northshoremeditation.blogspot.com/.
 
Harold Kasimow, Ph.D., Religious Studies, Temple University; Professor Emeritus in Religious Studies, Grinnell College, Iowa; student of Abraham Joshua Heschel; author of many books, including No Religion Is an Island: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Interreligious Dialogue and Beside Still Waters: Jews Christians, and the Way of the Buddha; Holocaust survivor.
 
Jerrol Leitner, M.A., Theology, St. John University, Collegeville, MN; M.A., English, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL; retired; 40 years teaching English and Theology; former English department chair, St. Viator High School, Arlington Heights.
 
Robert McClory, regular CG faculty; M.A., Journalism, Northwestern University; STL, Theology, St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein; Professor Emeritus, Medill School of Journalism; author of several books, including the forthcoming Radical Disciple: Fr. Michael Pfleger, St. Sabina Church and the Fight for Social Justice.
 
Betsey Means, co-founder – with Eileen Vorbach – of WomanLore, offering a variety of one-woman performances based on significant historical figures; a professional actress who has performed with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare on the Green, Blue Rider Theatre, Chicago Children's Theatre, and others.
 
Lee Minnerly, M.A. in anthropology: former general manager; U.S. Baha'i Publishing Trust; teaches adult education classes on astronomy and culture at the Newberry Library in Chicago and the College of Lake County; archives assistant, Webster Institute for the History of Astronomy, Adler Planetarium and Museum.
 
Jeff Mishur, owner of Art Excursions, Inc., providing art-related tours and lectures in Chicago and nationwide;  member, Illinois Humanities Council's Road Scholars Speakers Bureau; has taught Art History and Art Appreciation at the university level for more than fifteen years.
 
Evan Moffic, regular CG faculty; Stanford University; Hebrew Union College; Senior Rabbi, Congregation Solel.
 
Ahmad Sadri, regular CG faculty; Ph.D., New School for Social Research; College Professor of Islamic World Studies, Lake Forest College; author of several books, in Persian and in English, including Max Weber’s Sociology of Individuals.
 
Nancy Tuchman, Ph.D., Aquatic Ecology; Associate Provost for Research and Professor of Biology, Loyola University; special focus on human impacts on the structure and function of freshwater aquatic ecosystems.
 
Madeleine Van Hecke, regular CG faculty; Ph.D.; licensed clinical psychologist; former professor of psychology, North Central College, Naperville; author, Blind Spots: Why Smart People Do Dumb Things and The Brain Advantage (Prometheus Books, published 2010).
 
John Wasik, MA, the University of Illinois-Chicago; author of 13 books including The Cul-de-Sac Syndrome: Turning Around the Unsustainable American Dream; has lectured across the U.S. and has appeared on NBC, NPR, PBS, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, FOX, and on radio stations across the world; his column for Bloomberg News reaches readers on five continents. For more, visit www.johnwasik.com. 
 
Georgene Wilson, regular CG faculty; D.Min., St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein;  a Franciscan sister living as a neighborhood anchoress (a contemplative solitude minister); author of several books on spirituality and service.
 
Georgene Wilson, regular CG faculty; D.Min., St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein;  a Franciscan sister living as a neighborhood anchoress (a contemplative solitude minister); author of several books on spirituality and service.
 

 


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Common Ground now offers three different programs focused on spiritual practice. We're very happy to present Laura Bernstein, Carl Jerome, and Rosemary Hurwitz, spiritual guides with great experience, insight, and skilled teaching.

MEDITATION
Every other Monday, 7:00-8:30 pm
Laura Bernstein
Free-will offering goes to CG. 

Eknath Easwaran was one of the 20th century's great meditation masters. Our ongoing satsang (spiritual community) studies his profound, pluralistic teachings (known as the 8-point program) and practices "passage meditation," a unique method of stilling the mind and translating spiritual ideals into daily living. Contact Laura before attending your first session (LJBernstein@comcast.net).

MINDFULNESS MEDITATION
Every Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm
(when CG is in session; check with the office if you have questions)
Carl Jerome

Free-will offering goes to CG. 
A weekly drop-in class. Everyone welcome. Each class includes a period of mindfulness meditation and meditation instruction. Also, there will be a discussion of the insights that arise from watching our breath and about how to apply them directly to relieving our daily stress.

THE ENNEAGRAM
2nd and 4th Friday of each month, 11:00 am to noon.
(when CG is in session; check with the office if you have questions)
Rosemary Hurwitz
Free-will offering goes to Rosemary and to CG. 

NOTE: THE REMAINING FEBRUARY SESSION WILL BE FEBRUARY 24. THE MARCH SESSIONS WILL BE MARCH 2 AND 16.


What is the Enneagram?  The term is derived from the Greek and refers to the “nine-pointed” star-like figure within a circle which represents 9 universal personality types. Left to us by seekers and mystical thinkers well over two thousand years ago, it has within it, a powerful compass which leads us to our essence, and can help us know and anchor our purpose. In this ongoing course, you will gain an in-depth understanding of your own type and of the profound “wellness map” that lies within. You’ll also learn about all of the 9 types, and deepen compassion as you come to understand the “lenses” that others look through.  Known worldwide, accepted by diverse faiths, the Enneagram is a profound tool for transformation and relationships.