[Magdalen] Morton Kelsey, a mentor in healing

[Ginga Wilder]

I found his book "Christo-psychology" very interesting.  Also, "The Other
Side of Silence".
Ginga

On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 8:09 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, Sally, I think Morton Kelsey is pretty widely known here, at least in
> Episcopal circles.  He was a priest and the author of a number of books.
> He also led workshops, and I had the good fortune to attend one at the
> Church of the Saviour-an ecumenical church--in D.C. He always asked to have
> a woman concelebrate to the Eucharist, and I got to do that at the two
> services. The thing I remember most is that he requested non-alcoholic
> wine. The C of S only uses grape juice, so I'm not sure which he ended up
> using, but we talked about that, and he explained that he always insisted
> on the non-alcoholic wine, even in Episcopal churches, out of concern for
> those who might be struggling with addiction.
>
> His books include "The Other Side of Silence: Meditation for the Twentieth
> Century" (which I loved), "Dreams: a Way To Listen to God," "Companions on
> the Inner Way: the Art of Spiritual Guidance," "Healing and Christianity,"
> and a number of others. I think his writing was somewhat supplanted by
> Henry Nouwen's. I remember him as a gentle, kindly man.
>
>
>
> > On Apr 23, 2015, at 1:02 AM, sally.davies at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > Our church has organised a seminar on healing this week, presented by
> > Alexanter Venter from the Vineyard Fellowship who does a lot of lay
> > training in this area.
> >
> > We were off to a good start last night - friendly, relaxed presenting
> > style, and interesting scholarship behind it as far as I can tell with my
> > own limited knowledge.
> >
> > He mentioned the difference in worldview between Western and Eastern,
> > especially in terms of what we can know and whether this is more based on
> > experience/relationship or more in objective knowledge/rationalism.
> >
> > For me, it's a very key issue because it comes up all the time in the
> > course of our work; and as a trained health professional working in a
> > medical environment but also with an interest in "wholistic"
> understandings
> > of health and healing, I feel very caught in the midst of it - especially
> > considering that many of our cultures here in South Africa are very much
> > not in the "Western" mindset.
> >
> > I am decidedly not amongst those who will routinely rubbish "Western
> > rationalism" because I find (in Western contexts at least) that forays
> into
> > the other worldview can have unintended and often dangerous consequences.
> > But nor can we dismiss the other framework, not least because it's the
> > typical framework of all Scripture as well as many Christian Saints and
> > scholars from that day to this.
> >
> > Along the way, the presenter mentioned an American priest called Morton
> > Kelsey (I think that's the name) whom he credited as a mentor and an
> > inspiration in the ministry of healing.
> >
> > He's also worked alongside John Wimber for a season, which must have been
> > an amazing experience (he did a very funny impression of an
> > African-American worship leader singing "Cain killed Abel with the leg
> of a
> > table" which he'd actually heard during his time in the USA).
> >
> > I was wondering if anyone here knew Morton Kelsey or knew of him?
> >
> > Sally D
>