Love and Justice

Facing the dilemma of the forgiving process

Wednesday,
January 3th

16.00 Meeting of the groupleaders
17.00 Arrival
18.00 Dinner
19.00 Welcome and introduction to the Conference Planning group
20.00 Group session 1
21.30 Evening prayer

Thursday,
January 4th

8.00 Attunement for the day with your voice Sigrid Zörgiebel-Schaefer
8.15 Breakfast
9.00 Lecture: „The one who is forgiven much, loves much“. Forgiveness as approached by clinical psychology of religion - a psychodynamic perspective Dr. Kari Halstensen, Oslo
10.30 Tea- and Coffee-break
11.00 Group session 2
12.30 Lunch
15.00 Afternoon coffee
15.30 Group sessions 3 + 4
18.00 Dinner
19.30 Evening prayer
20.00 Cultural evening

Friday,
January 5th

8.00 Attunement for the day with your voice Sigrid Zörgiebel-Schaefer
8.15 Breakfast
9.00 Lecture: (Biblical) Women, violence and the limits of forgiveness Dr. Anne Sörman, Stockholm
10.30 Tea- and Coffee-break
11.00 Group session 5
12.30 Lunch
15.00 Afternoon coffee
15.30 Group sessions 6 + 7
18.00 Dinner
19.30 Evening prayer
20.00 Open singing, Music, dance and conversation

Saturday,
January 6th

8.00 Attunement for the day with your voice Sigrid Zörgiebel-Schaefer
8.15 Breakfast
9.00 Lecture: „As we also forgive…“ Forgiving: condition or consequence Bent Falk, Kobenhavn
10.30 Tea- and Coffee-break
11.00 Group session 8
12.30 Lunch
15.00 Afternoon coffee
15.30 Group session 9
18.00 Communion, Festive Dinner and Evening including improvisations, dance and playing

Sunday,
January 7th

8.15 Breakfast
9.00 Leaving rooms
9.30 Final Group session
10.30 Plenary session
11.30 Farewell and blessing
12.30 Lunch and departure

Speakers

Dr. Kari Halstensen

lives in Oslo, Norway. She has worked as a clinical psychologist and researcher at Modum Bad Psychiatric Center since 2005. She holds a PhD in psychodynamic therapies and in clinical psychology of religion. In addition to classical psychodynamic therapies, she is also trained in trauma therapy and group analyses.

Dr. Anne Sörman

lives in Stockholm. She is a minister in the Swedish church, and PhD of Theology, Åbo Akademi Finland 2022. Her dissertation „Mellan vinge och kropp – en undersökning av fem bibliska berättelser“ deals with violence in biblical narratives. She is also a writer and has published some thirteen books in various genres, among them three novels.

Bent Falk

has worked as a psychotherapist and Gestalt therapist in private practice in Hellerup since 1982. He has been teaching and supervising healthcare professionals since 1980 and is the author of several books and articles. He is also a former hospital chaplain at Sankt Lukas Stiftelsen and former pastor in Nykøbing Falster parish.

You can download the invitation flyer including the program here.