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Carolyn Kees
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“God hugs you.
You are encircled
by the arms
of the mystery of God.”
- Hildegard of Bingen
“And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his
glory, the glory as of a father’s only son, full of grace and truth…From his
fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.”
- John 1: 14, 16
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“I beg you…to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try
to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are
written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which
cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the
point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then
gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.”
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Carolyn R. Kees, a Lutheran lay woman, prepared for the ministry of spiritual
companionship at the Institute of Spiritual Companionship in Chicago, IL. She
was later named as the Executive Director of that program and served in that
capacity as well as practicum supervisor until her retirement in 2006. She
completed study for the Masters of Pastoral Studies degree in spiritual formation
at Loyola University at Chicago. A registered nurse for over 35 years, she
focused on empowering people for informed self-care and integrating their faith
and health. While in Chicago, she also completed training as a presenter for the
Enneagram, a personality typology often used in spiritual direction.
Carolyn and her husband Bill have recently moved to Chico, CA. where they
delight in being closer to family, participating in prayer ministry (including weekly
Centering Prayer), choir and Taize worship in their home congregation, and
exploring ways in which they can combine their gifts by providing retreats and
workshops together.
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