Center for Living Wisdom: Welcome

15.11.08

Welcome

It is my delight and privledge to welcome you the Center for Living Wisdom.

Spiritual health is the foundation of all well-being.

The years, the months, the days, the hours, the moments fly by and what gives direction, coherence, meaning to this phenomenon that we call living? . . .
I am conscious of a desire that screams for fulfillment--a need to leave the world, as my first hero Adlai Stevenson used to say, a little better than i found it.

What has helped me immeasurably to not just endure--but, indeed, embrace and rise above “the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” has been a lifetime habit of drinking from the fountain of the wisdom of the ages as set forth in the words and beings of many, many great souls from every mystical tradition and culture.

Starting with my early teenage years hanging around the synagogue, studying eastern philosophy in college, and seeking to further my studies by visiting and immersing myself in the spiritual wisdom of India, I developed the good fortune to develop a sixth sense for what was helpful to come closer to my own inner truth and joy and love. Also, I realized that, though each of us has our own unique path to individual ultimate fulfillment, there are commonalities in the infinite approaches so that we can learn from each other and can support each other as we traverse this life experience.

Our center for living, human wisdom is being developed for each of us to become truer our own experience and support each other through this humbling experience called life.

Richard Goldman
Founding Director

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Kalman Kaplan

Director of Biblical and Psychological Studies, Dr. Kalman Kaplan is a professor of psychology at Wayne State University and clinical professor of psychology in the department of psychiatry at the University of Illinois in Chicago College of Medicine. He is widely published in the areas of interpersonal relationships and the emerging field of biblical psychology. He lives in Southfield, Michigan and in Chicago, Illinois. He will be a Fulbright Fellow in 2006-2007 in the psychology department at Tel-Aviv University to pursue this work. Dr. Matthew Schwartz teaches history and near eastern studies at Wayne State University and is widely published in the areas of ancient history and biblical studies. He lives in Southfield, Michigan.

Elizabeth Jones

Assistant Director of Biblical and Psychological Studies, Elizabeth Recht Jones, M.Div., is Coordinator for the Program for Religion, Spirituality and Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine. Ms. Jones also serves part-time as Chaplain at Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, and has written two journal articles on the intersection of spirituality and health care. She helped edit the book A Psychology of Hope: A Biblical Response to Tragedy and Suicide, published in October 2008 by Eerdmans Press. She also facilitates spirituality groups on a regular basis. She has served as a pastor and held several church-related positions. She has volunteered in 12-step recovery programs for several years and is currently studying for a substance abuse counseling certificate. She earned her M.Div. degree from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in 2005, and is a member in the United Church of Christ.

"The Fruit of Her Hands: The Psychology of Biblical Woman"

By Psychologist Kalman J. Kaplan, Ph.D., and historian Matthew B. Schwartz, Ph.D. In much of Western literature and Greek mythology, women have an evident lack of purpose; a woman needs to either enter or leave a relationship in order to find herself and her own identity. Matthew Schwartz and Kalman Kaplan set out to prove that the converse is true in the text of the Hebrew Bible. Examining the stories of women in Scripture — Rebecca, Miriam, Gomer, Ruth and Naomi, Lot's wife, Zipporah, and dozens more — Schwartz and Kaplan illustrate the biblical woman's strong feminine sense of being crucial to God's plan for the world and for history, courageously seeking the greatest good for herself and others whatever the circumstances. Empowering, illuminating, and fascinating, The Fruit of Her Hands makes a singular contribution to the fields of biblical and women's studies.

"Biblical Stories for Psychotherapy and Counseling""

By Psychologist Kalman J. Kaplan, Ph.D., and historian Matthew B. Schwartz, Ph.D. To heal the rift between religion and mental health, “the book aims to take the wisdom of the biblical traditions and put it back into mental health,” said Kaplan. The sourcebook contains biblical stories that are applied to various mental health issues, like “self-esteem.” For patients, the stories are in no way meant to serve as a vehicle of proselytization, but, rather, to act as metaphors to help guide them in their lives.

"The Seven Habits of the Good Life: How the Biblical Virtues Free Us from the Seven Deadly Sins"

By Psychologist Kalman J. Kaplan, Ph.D., and historian Matthew B. Schwartz, Ph.D. In The Seven Habits of the Good Life: How the Biblical Virtues Free Us from the Seven Deadly Sins, the authors highlight seven biblical gifts—self-esteem, wisdom, righteousness, love, healthy appetite, prudence, and purpose—and present each one as an alternative to one of the seven deadly sins. Each gift gives readers a chance to enrich their lives by integrating concern for themselves with a healthy concern for others rather than punishing themselves for bad behavior.

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"The Fruit of Her Hands: The Psychology of Biblical Woman"

"Biblical Stories for Psychotherapy and Counseling""

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