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Thank you, ACPE!Dec 15, 2022
As most of you know, poetry is one of the most important sources of life for my soul. As this is my final article for ACPE, I want to offer two pieces I love from Julia Fehrenbacher. The first echoes my reflections on my time with you:
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International CPE Community of Practice Retreat ReportDec 12, 2022
The International CPE Community of Practice held a hybrid retreat from December 2nd until December 4th. Seventeen people attended in person, seven attended virtually, and 11 countries were represented. The intention of this retreat is to cultivate the relationships that we have not been able to achieve during the COVID pandemic, and it is also to experiment with CPE practice that can be culturally relevant to various cultural contexts.
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A Season of TransitionDec 5, 2022
November was a dynamic month at ACPE. The ACPE Board, Commissions, and Committees met in Atlanta in mid-November to do the work of the association. Information on those respective meetings will be posted online following the ACPE Board’s ratifying of the minutes at our December board meeting.
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Simple Foods at ThanksgivingNov 30, 2022
The weather was unseasonably warm at Bethany Beach, DE, this time of year, and we were able to walk on the sand every day under a clear blue sky. The sight and sound of the waves and birds, strangers greeting one another, and children biking filled in the spaces generally reserved for howling wind or rustling leaves in November.
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November 29, 2022 is Giving Tuesday!Nov 28, 2022
GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world.
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Executive Director Article: Exploring the Concept of Trust
Nov 18, 2022
Recently, I've been reading Who Can You Trust? How Technology Brought Us Together and Might Drive Us Apart by Rachel Botsman. Botsman, a professor at Oxford University’s business school, is a leading expert on trust. In this book, her research leads her to several important insights.
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Board of Directors Announcement of Executive Director Resignation
Nov 11, 2022
After almost a decade of service to ACPE, Trace Haythorn has announced that he will depart his role as Executive Director, effective December 31, 2022
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For your professional ethics edification in NovemberNov 4, 2022
Once a month the ACPE Professional Ethics Commission (PEC) posts a couple of statements from our Code of Professional Ethics for ACPE Members. Each posting is accompanied by a brief personal reflection from a member of the PEC discussing some ways this person lives these commitments*. November’s statements are:
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Changing Seasons
Nov 4, 2022
With every season comes the earth’s reminder that we live in an ever-changing and evolving world. The landscape looks different as the leaves fall and plants go dormant. As the days get shorter I feel this propensity to go inward. As the fall leadership meetings get underway in Atlanta, ACPE continues its journey of going inward. There continues to be good work happening as we move into new phases of our strategic planning process and anti-bias work. I want to share the board report I submitted for our ACPE Board meeting in mid-November:
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2022 ACPE Leadership ElectionOct 25, 2022
On October 26, 2022, at 3 pm eastern, ACPE emailed ballots to eligible voters via SimplyVoting for its annual election for the association's board, commissions, and committees. Polls will close at 3 pm eastern on November 9, 2022.
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Member Reflection: Thin PlacesOct 24, 2022
The Celtic saints often referred to somewhere as a 'thin place'. This referred to when the spiritual atmosphere of a location made it easy to connect with God, almost as though there is no barrier between heaven and earth. I have often reflected on this and have determined that my “thin places” are in the wild spaces of nature, where craggy mountains are smothered with tall evergreens and winding waters tumble over stacks of smooth rocks. My thin place is also in the Holy Temple, a place of stillness where I feel God’s love, and where my thoughts of loved ones who’ve passed are so intensely drawn towards heaven I wonder if perhaps their attention and caring are called down to meet me there.
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The Gifts in the ChallengeOct 19, 2022
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2 …make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. II Peter 1:5-7
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Executive Director Article: Looking AheadOct 17, 2022
Last week, I was invited to attend a conversation hosted by the American Psychiatric Association Foundation in Washington DC. The attendees were a wonderful mix of psychiatrists, academics, clergy, and nonprofit executives. I was there in my role with the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab, though I was certain to keep ACPE at the table as well. This was not the first meeting of the group, though the attendees included several first-timers like me.
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Join us at Kanuga on October 28-30! In-person and Virtual Options are AvailableOct 12, 2022
For over 40 years pastoral counselors have gathered in late October at Kanuga Conference Center in the mountains of western NC. This gathering, this group of people, this place has been a professional home for many of us.
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2022 Gathering of Spiritually Integrated PractitionersOct 10, 2022
Join us in-person at Kanuga or online Oct 28-30, 2022
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Strategic Planning Update
Oct 3, 2022
On Wednesday, September 28, and Thursday, September 29th, a group of 10 ACPE Certified Educators and 2 ACPE Psychotherapists met at the Georgia Tech Hotel to move into our next phase in the strategic planning process.
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Accreditation Commission – National Site Team Chairs (NSTC) Needed for 6-Year ReviewsOct 3, 2022
The Accreditation Commission is in search of Certified Educators willing to serve as NSTCs for Six-year Reviews starting in 2023. The NSTC model has served ACPE well and is a key element in the relational model of accreditation that fosters mutual accountability.
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For your professional ethics edification in OctoberOct 3, 2022
Once a month the ACPE Professional Ethics Commission (PEC) posts a couple of statements from our Code of Professional Ethics for ACPE Members. Each posting is accompanied by a brief personal reflection from a member of the PEC discussing some ways this person lives these commitments*. October’s statements are:
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The Origins of SufferingSep 28, 2022
The first month of residency at Connecticut Valley Hospital corrected a lot of preconceptions about mental health institutions. Dr. Dori Laub, whose passion for his personal interest in preserving the stories of those suffering in the Holocaust taught me about humanity and inhumanity – and their intersection in psychiatry.
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Rooted Vision: A Conversation with the Curriculum Committee about the 2023 Annual ConferenceSep 26, 2022
Members of the Anti-Bias Working Group (ABWG) met with ACPE Certified Educator Beth Jackson-Jordan, as a representative of the Curriculum Committee’s conference planning group. The group is currently planning the Annual Conference in New Orleans, May 22-25, 2023.