Willy Hernandez Title:  “A Spirituality of Waiting in our Journey”

Workshop Description:

 

The spiritual journey upon which we all embark necessarily entails the experience of waiting upon the Lord expressed in a variety of ways. During the workshop, participants will pinpoint their particular journeying reality according to the cyclical seasons of life, practice the ancient art of Lectio Divina in community as a meditative means of ‘seeing’ while waiting, and seek to enter into a deep communion with the Trinity through an imaginative exercise utilizing an icon.

Presenter:

 

Willy Hernandez graduated with a Ph.D. in Practical Theology with a special concentration in Spirituality/Spiritual Formation from Fuller Theological Seminary where he also serves as an adjunct professor in Christian spirituality. While doing his doctoral work, Willy underwent a two-year training at the Academy for Spiritual Formation sponsored by the Upper Room Ministries and also pursued further studies in the area of Christian spirituality at both the University of Notre Dame and Loyola Marymount University.  A trained counselor and spiritual director, he regularly conducts ecumenical retreats and does spiritual direction utilizing the insights of both the Benedictine and Ignatian traditions. Willy, his wife, Juliet, and their two teenagers, Jonathan and David, are active members of Evergreen Baptist Church, a multi-ethnic American Baptist church in Los Angeles.