JOHNSON Institute for Spiritual Gerontology and Maturing Adult Faith Formation
Dedicated to the lifelong spiritual development of today’s maturing people of faith
Working with maturing adults in a faith setting … read on
Spiritual Gerontology: Seeking God across the lifespan
As we mature our spiritual pace quickens.
OUR MISSION To educate persons of faith to go out into the vineyards and bring God into the very center of aging ... to hold up the light of Jesus Christ in a | | 
Richard P. Johnson, Ph.D., PCSG
Dr. Johnson is nationally recognized for his pioneering work in Maturing Adult Faith Formation and Spiritual Gerontology.
He is invited into many parishes, dioceses, and religious communities for consultation,
workshops, retreats, and other educational work. Dr. Johnson has given keynote addresses
and presentations in conferences including:
ACA, AADA, NACPA, NOCERC, LCWR, NFPC, NACSW, NACFLM and others.
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Those of us in the spiritual healing professions: pastoral counselors, spiritual directors, chaplains, healing coaches, and other professionals involved in spiritual counseling and healing can now find a means to bring advanced order to your work with clients and driectees.
The spiritual assessment instruments described here allow you to delve deeper into the spiritual lives of those with whom you work.
The Ageless in the Lord Profile (ALP)
Identifies and measures how you are currentl | JOHNSON Institute(JI) now offers TWO professional certificates:
1. Professional Certificate in Spiritual Gerontology (PCSG): For persons who currently work with senior adults, or would like to work with elders in a faith-based organization: skilled care facility, assisted living, retirement community, hospital, home care, hospice, spiritual direction, Christian counselors and social workers, chaplains, consecrated religious, priests, ministers, elder caregivers, family members … really anyone who would like to look through the eyes of Christ as they interact wi | 1. WHERE: Ohio Dominican University (ODU), Columbus, Ohio
WHEN: July 12 - July 16, 2010
INSTRUCTOR: Richard P. Johnson, Ph.D.
During the week of July 12, 2010, the Institute for Maturing Spirituality, in partnership with the Johnson Institute for Spiritual Gerontology and Ohio Dominican University's (ODU) Department of Theology, will offer two courses in Spiritual Gerontology for those who minister to mature adults, or who wish deeper spiritual understanding of the later years. The courses may be taken for personal enrichment or for graduate a |