Pittman McGehee

 

The Miraculous in the Mundane:
finding a healthy spirituality in the 21st century
 
Pittman McGehee, a widely known lecturer and educator who specializes in the work of Carl Jung, returns to the McMichael Lecture Series at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Fayetteville for a lecture on Friday evening, October 3, and a workshop on Saturday, October 4. He will also preach on Sunday, October 5.

“Spirituality is the deep human longing to translate the transcendent into the immanent through experience and reflection upon it,” McGehee said. In his Friday evening lecture, “The Miraculous in the Mundane: finding a healthy spirituality in the 21st century,” McGehee will explore  his thoughts about the nature of healthy and unhealthy religion and address why God is an experience and not a concept. The 7:00 p.m., October 3, lecture will be preceeded by a reception at 6:00 p.m. provided by St. Spatula’s Guild.  All are welcome.  There is no admission charge and childcare will be provided in the parish nursery.

The Saturday workshop, titled “The Religious Nature of the Psyche,” will feature a lecture, discussion and experiential exercises. McGehee will explore  with participants how a healthy religious viewpoint can be an invaluable resource in one’s journey to wholeness.

 

McGehee is a Diplomate Jungian Analyst and director of the Institute for the Advancement of Psychology and Spirituality.  He is also the Carolyn Faye Professor of Analytic Psychology at the University of Houston.  A native of Fort Smith, he received his Master of Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary and was ordained priest in 1969.  A former Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Houston, he received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from the Episcopal Seminary of the Southwest.