Mac Legerton is an ordained minister in the Southern Conference of the United Church of Christ. He is a member of the national Guild for Spiritual Guidance and is a frequent speaker and retreat leader on issues of spiritual practice and social justice. He is a prolific writer, poet, musician, and dance instructor. He often incorporates music, dance, journaling, and other artistic expression in workshops and retreats.
He co-founded the Center For Community Action; a multicultural, community-based, nonprofit organization, CCA specializes in grassroots empowerment and multi-sector collaboration as the foundations of social change. He was recently selected as the recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Service to Rural Life Award of the Rural Sociological Society for his “outstanding contribution to the enhancement of rural life and rural people.”
Full-day Workshops
$600
Developing our Sacred Sense:
Living From the Inside Out
On the material level, we speak of our five senses. Our spiritual, or sacred, sense is our “sixth” sense. As we age, we become more conscious and aware of our spirit and the sacred sense of life. As a child, we naturally lived out of and expressed our sacred sense. As an adult, most of us developed patterns of living that focused on the material level of life, including our roles, responsibilities, duties, and daily tasks required to maintain and sustain our relationships and livelihoods. In our second half of life, we are presented with opportunities to re-focus and identify more with the presence and power of Spirit in our lives.
Through this workshop,
opportunities will be created for participants to experience and develop
a deeper sense of Spirit and sacredness. Ways of perceiving life
differently will not only be discussed, but also practiced. We often
view ourselves as standing between two worlds — the inner and outer, the
material and the spiritual — and feel like we have to choose one or the
other. This workshop will present an alternate way of perceiving and
experiencing our sacred sense: of standing in the presence of God and
living from the inside out. From this holy place, all our lifeways and
functions are fused and infused with the sacred sense of being more than
a spiritual person. Our identity gently shifts and sustains us as being
a personal spirit, embodied to express God’s love and tenderness.
Practicing the Presence of God
This workshop will assist participants in beginning and developing a meditation practice and assist practitioners in deepening their way of meditation. The second half of life is a time to create the balance and harmony that we have longed for.
The practice of meditation provides a way to be the
wisdom that we know is true, but have yet to fully experience and
comprehend. Through meditation, we learn to “rest in God” and
experience the stillness and comfort of the sacred presence in our
lives. As we develop a deeper sense of the Great Presence, we are
transformed and transfigured. Our own lives are changed and this
change is expressed in all our relations. The quality of our lives
and contributions is deepened and broadened. We become more open to
being guided and guiding.
In a highly practical and
interactive way, the workshop will provide experiences to learn,
develop, and deepen one’s meditation practice and moment-by-moment
living in the presence of God.