JULIE NERAAS

 

 

Author of Apprenticed to Hope: A Sourcebook for Difficult Times, and the forthcoming: Hope and the Poetic Voice, Julie Neraas is an educator, spiritual director, public speaker, and retreat leader.

 

An ordained Presbyterian clergywoman, she is well schooled in a variety of subjects, particularly: hope, work and vocation, and tending the spiritual life as a busy person.

Julie has been a faculty member in the Graduate Liberal Studies Program at Hamline University in St. Paul, since 1991.
 

She has translated a number of her courses into retreats and workshops, including:

 

- The Great Stories: Mythic Themes in the Soul’s Journey

- Prophets and Mystics: The Heritage of Hope

- Pilgrimage Home: An Interdisciplinary Study

- Spiritual Autobiography

- Religious Traditions in Dialogue

- Twelve Spiritual Texts of the 21^st Century

- Weaving Together Life and Livelihood: Work and Money.

 

She has worked with many non-profit organizations, colleges and universities, and churches.

Some of her topics and clients include:

 

The Heritage of Hope                            

• - Staff and Volunteers at The Center for Victims of Torture, Minneapolis

• - American Association of University Women, Minneapolis/St. Paul

• - The Jung Institute of Minnesota

• -  Stephen Ministers: The Catholic Diocese of Minneapolis/St. Paul

 

Hope and Loss

- Parent Group: Minneapolis Chapter of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

 

Hope and Chronic Illness

- Masters in Theology Program: The College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

Hope and Spiritual Formation

- The Academy of Spiritual Formation: Iowa Chapter and Minnesota/Wisconsin Chapter

 

Spiritual Renewal/Leadership

- The Shannon Institute for Renewing Development Community Leadership

- Brandywine Pastoral Counseling Center, Wilmington, Delaware

 

Work/Life Balance

- Minnesota Council on Foundations

- Office of Service Learning, the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul

City Planners, Minnetonka, Minnesota

 

Civility, Community and the Common Good

- Management Program, Metro State University, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

Weaving Together Life and Livelihood: Perspectives on Vocation and Money

- Career Development Leaders: Minnesota Colleges

-  Spirit at Work Program Wisdom Ways, College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

Spirituality and Vocation

- Faculty at Alma College, Michigan

- Faculty at Union College, New York

- Faculty and Staff, Hamline University with the Lilly Foundation

- Students and Mentors, the College of Wooster, Ohio

- Students, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

 

Keynote Speech on Vocation

- Hamline University Founder’s Day

 

Rethinking Work at Midlife

- Co-sponsored by United Theological and Hamline University, Minneapolis, Minnesota