Karen Brennan

Lawrence has been given the great opportunity to hire an Associate Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life.  This is an important role for the whole Lawrence community, allowing for a more creative and extensive approach to community and spiritual and religious life.

We invite any member of the LU community to meet with the candidates.  There are scheduled times for students, faculty, and staff to meet each candidate.  Please consider taking time to join your peers in interviewing the candidates and considering their fit with and contributions to spiritual and religious life at Lawrence.   Please see below for the appropriate and available times.

CANDIDATE 1
Staff Welcome: Thursday – May 17 at Sabin House  3:30-4:30pm
Faculty Welcome: Friday – May 18 at Sabin House  10-10:45am
Students Welcome: 
Thursday – May 17 in Andrew Commons  5:30-6:30pm
Friday – May 18 at Sabin House 11:15am-Noon

CANDIDATE 2
Staff Welcome: Tuesday – May 22 at Sabin House  9-10am
Faculty Welcome: Monday – May 21 at Sabin House  1-1:45pm
Students Welcome: 
Monday – May 21 at Sabin House  4-5pm
Tuesday – May 22 at Sabin House 11am-Noon

CANDIDATE 3
Staff Welcome: Wednesday – May 23 at Sabin House  11-11:45am
Faculty Welcome: Wednesday – May 23 at Sabin House  8-9am
Students Welcome: 
Tuesday – May 22 at Sabin House  8:30-9:30pm
Wednesday – May 23 in Andrew Commons  Noon-1pm

Meditation

Tranquility Possibility.
Practice smiling to your suffering with peace.

The Meditation Room at Center for SRL and can be reserved or used for drop-in when there is a need for a quiet space.  Students staff and faculty are welcome to visit the Center for SRL and the Meditation Room during break times as well as during academic terms.

Regular meditation at Center for SRL happens each Wednesday, 4:30pm.

Students: Learn to listen and speak about spiritual and religious diversity

Be a member of Lawrence’s team at the Interfaith Youth Core’s Interfaith Leadership Institute Conference in Chicago, IL on August 3-5 and complete a 1 unit tutorial with Linda J. Morgan Clement, Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life.

A Field Experience in Interfaith Dialogue

Info session right after Reading Period.
Monday, May 7th at 11:30am in the Schumann Room (Andrew Commons)

Welcome rather than grieve the end of your weekend. 

Allow silence, chant, candles, song and scripture to punctuate your weekend with peace and ready you for what’s to come.

5pm Taize’ at All Saints Episcopal Church, Sunday May 6th.
All are welcome to this ecumenical Christian service.

Join with Hillel in prayer, song, and community as they celebrate Shabbat each Friday at Center for Spiritual and Religious Life / Sabin House.

Contact Hillel’s on campus student group or email Spiritual.religious.life@lawrence.edu with questions or for more information.

Take care of yourself

Yoga could do it, but if yoga isn’t your thing, maybe meditation is.  Alone or in a guided group, its a connective and centering time just for you.

Not a meditator?  Gotta set a voice to your brain baggage?  Check in with a staff counselor, friend, or a trusted adviser to let some clarity in.

Not vocal, but kinesthetic instead? Ditch the sofa and feel the warm sand volleyball court on your feet, the pavement under your wheels, and the sun on your skin.

Find a jam session, start a jam session, cook, dance, recite, walk, pray, close your eyes and listen while you drum, air guitar, air bow, strike a favorite chord, play a theater game, sing, play cards, do a handstand push-up, break out a board game, take up space.

Take a moment to simplify and breathe.  

Taize on Sunday

The Center for Spiritual and Religious Life transforms for a calming Ecumenical service of prayer, silence, song and chant. Enjoy the peacefulness of this prayer time.  As well as being a time for worship, it’s a calming and centering way to leave the weekend behind and refresh yourself for the midterm week.

Sunday 4/29 at 5pm – Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, Sabin House.

All are welcome.  

Mark your calendars for a look into Buddhism.

Ver. Dr. Tashi Tsering and Jay L. Garfield, PhD. will be speaking on campus Wednesday and Thursday, May 9-10.  In these lectures, Lawrence will will feature two esteemed presenters discussing ethics, Buddhism, and issues in cross-cultural philosophy.
Check the LU calendar for extended details.

May 9 at 5pm (Main Hall 201)
The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism

May 10 at 4:30 (Main Hall 201)
Buddhist Contributions to Contemporary Moral Reflection: Selflessness and Moral Responsiveness 

…and every Friday.

Visit the Center for Spiritual and Religious Life at the noon hour and find your quiet space to pray.