Attentiveness : Being Present

Are you too busy for God?

It sounds sacrilegious, but that’s how many of us feel. In this study, authors Susan Pendleton Jones and L. Gregory Jones help us examine our busy lives and learn how to be present with ourselves, with each other, and with God. Topics include:

• Listening to the Right Voices
• Keeping Time
• Self-Awareness
• Listening Alone, Listening Together

As part of the study, you will read from this study & reflection guide, considering the ideas presented and recording your thoughts and responses. Then, in weekly group meetings, you will share your thoughts and hear the insights of others. Each meeting will include a video exploring the topic of attentiveness through interviews, mini-documentaries, personal testimonies, dramatic readings, and Scripture.

For more information, go to www.livingthegoodlifetogether.com.

Susan Pendleton Jones, a United Methodist elder, is Director of Special Programs at Duke University Divinity School, where her responsibilities include teaching, mentoring students for ordination, and coordinating the Teaching Congregations program. She is a frequent retreat leader for lay and clergy groups. Her travel on behalf of the Divinity School includes pilgrimages to Africa, Russia, France, Palestine/Israel, and Korea.

The Reverend Dr. L. Gregory Jones is Executive Vice President and Provost at Baylor University.  Prior to that he was senior strategist for leadership education at Duke Divinity School and Ruth W. and A. Morris Williams Jr. professor of theology and Christian ministry where he served as senior strategist for the Fuqua-Coach K Center on Leadership and Ethics at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. A noted scholar, teacher, and church leader, he is the author or editor of more than a dozen books, including the acclaimed Embodying Forgiveness.