Going up the mountain: Learning to pray
Second Sunday of Lent – Year B – Mk 9: 2-10
The liturgy of the word of God for Sundays in Lent is very well thought-out and appropriately laid out. On the first Sunday of Lent, in all the three cycles, the central theme is temptations of Jesus. On the second Sunday of Lent, like today, the liturgy of the word invites us to focus on the transfiguration of the Lord. The meditation on the transfiguration during lent becomes for us a prediction of what lies at the end of Lent – the resurrection of the Lord. This is what perhaps it meant for the three apostles who were taken up the mountain only six days after (Mk 9:2) Jesus had told them about his impending suffering and death (Mk 8:31). This was important particularly […]
Month: February 2021
Foundational Course in Positive Psychology Online
PPAK001 – Foundational Course in Positive Psychology
offered by Positive Psychology Association of Kenya (PPAK).
www.positivepsychologykenya.org
Dates: From 1st to 5th March. Time – 5pm to 8pm – ONLINE
(Using a Learning Management System and Zoom live classes)
Costs: Ksh.5000/- | Ksh.4500 for members and returning students.
Certificate of participation will be provided for those who submit some simple assignments.
This is a basic course for a future Certificate in Positive Psychology.
Topics covered:
1.1. History of Positive Psychology
1.2. Models of Wellbeing:
Subjective, Psych, Social wellbeing, PERMA
2.1. Naming feelings & Layers of Affective States:
Feeling, Mood, Feeling, Emotions, Appetite
2.2 Correlates of Happiness:
Wealth, Age, Gender, Education, etc
3.1. Response to Negative Affect:
Stress, Coping, Resilience, Burnout
3.2. Posttraumatic Growth
4.1. Character Strengths as Ingredients of Wellbeing
Various models of Values and CS; Schwartz, Linley, African models, and VIA
4.2. Character Strengths Interventions
Mindfulness, Savouring, Gratitude, Forgiveness.
5.1. Positive Affective States 1:
Positivity, Intrinsic […]
1st Sunday in Lent Sermon – Year B Homily: Roadmap and Compass
“God does not provide us with a roadmap, but only a compass.”
1st Sunday in Lent – Year B (Mark 1:12-15).
Often as I wake up in the morning I get an inspiration. Usually it is in the form of a well-framed sentence. If I am fresh enough to pick it up, it stays with me for the rest of the day. I keep exploring it during the day, and sometimes I jot it down in my diary and use it for my talks and sermons. I call this phenomenon, ‘Twilight Wisdom’. A few days ago I woke up with this sentence: “God does not provide us with a roadmap, but only a compass.” I thought I would develop my Lenten reflections this year around this theme, and every Sunday try also to introduce […]
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sermon – Year B homily
5th Sunday in Ordinary time – Year B
“Everybody is looking for you” (Mk 1:29-39):
Being busy – restless or engaged?
The contemporary culture forces us to be busy. The more you are urbanised, the more you are likely to be busy. We keep inventing machines to save time, and yet we keep complaining all the time: there is no time! Whether our time is spent productively or not, we are simply busy. We are busy checking emails. We are busy talking on the phone. We are busy tweeting and chatting. When we are not busy, actually we are busy planning how to be busy. Are you a busy person? How do you feel about your busy-ness? Do you feel restless? Or, do you feel engaged?
The gospel passage of today describes the busy schedule of […]