LETU TO HOST SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS WEEK SEPT. 8 – 12, MARK MCMINN TO SPEAK
(Longview, Texas)—LeTourneau University will host its annual Spiritual Emphasis Week to focus on “Living Christian Virtues in an Age of Technology” during several sessions Monday through Friday, Sept. 8-12, featuring guest speakers that are open to the public.
The events will be held in the S.E. Belcher Jr. Chapel and Performance Center, 2100 S. Mobberly Ave., in Longview. All are free.
Kicking off the week on Monday, Sept.8, will be noted psychologist, author and professor of psychology Mark McMinn who will speak about an integrative approach to counseling and psychotherapy at a 10:50 a.m. chapel service, as well as a 6:30 p.m.presentation that evening. The evening session will count as continuing education credit for counselors and there will be a fee. McMinn will also hold seminars at LETU’s Dallas site on Tuesday.
McMinn received his undergraduate degree from Lewis and Clark College and a PhD in clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University. McMinn taught at George Fox from 1984 to 1993 before leaving to help start the doctoral program in psychology at Wheaton College, where he later assumed an endowed chair position in the integration of psychology and Christianity. He returned to George Fox in 2006 and now serves as Professor and Director of Faith Integration in the Graduate Department of Clinical Psychology. Dr. McMinn is a licensed psychologist in Oregon, a fellow and former president of APA's Division 36, Society for the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, and author of various trade books, professional books, journal articles and book chapters. His current research interests include the integration of psychology and Christianity, positive psychology (especially pertaining to food), and technology in psychology practice. Mark writes software, including apps for mobile devices. Mark is married to Lisa Graham McMinn, a sociologist, speaker and writer. Mark and Lisa run a small Community Supported Agriculture farm where they use sustainable farming practices to grow fruit and vegetables, tend chickens, and keep honeybees
Author and psychologist Dr. Doreen Dodgen-Magee will speak about technology and how it affects our brains, relationships and fellowship in the church during chapel service at 10:50 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10. She will also speak again at 7 p.m. Wednesday, 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, and again at 10:50 a.m. Friday, Sept 12. She also will be hosting a “powered-off zone” where students will be encouraged to put away their phones, laptops and ipads and interact more personally with one another.
Dodgen-Magee is a licensed psychologist in Portland, Oregon, maintaining both an individual therapy practice and a national public speaking docket. She has twenty-three years of experience working with adults dealing with issues of loss, depression and anxiety, relationships, and life transitions and has a sub-specialty consulting with parents experiencing difficult child-related dilemmas. She is an author, as well as a frequent guest lecturer in professional, medical, and parenting circles and offers continuing education for psychologists, medical professionals, educators, and administrators.
Her public speaking style is engaging, quick paced, research based, and continually up-to-date as she tries to keep a finger on the pulse of both popular cultural trends and scholarly discourse and research. She excels at creating hospitable spaces, both personally and professionally, allowing people to engage one another and themselves and investigate new ideas. She doesn’t just 'show up, give a talk, and leave.' She invites connection between herself and the audience in multiple ways. She gets the audience active, offering opportunities to apply what they’ve just learned. She investigates the culture into which she is stepping to speak and personalizes every talk to meet the specific needs of each audience.
LeTourneau University is a Christ-centered, interdenominational institute of higher learning founded in 1946 and today offering a wide array of undergraduate and graduate degree programs in aviation, arts sciences, business, education, engineering and nursing.
Claiming every workplace in every nation as its mission field, LeTourneau University graduates are professionals of ingenuity and Christ-like character who see life’s work as a holy calling with eternal impact. For additional information, visit www.letu.edu.
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