CONTEMPLATIVE TEACHER. SPEAKER. SCHOLAR.
AMY ODEN
Illuminating ancient wisdom for contemporary life.
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW: THE PRACTICE OF CHRISTIAN MINDFULNESS
Check out Amy's latest book, Right Here, Right Now: The Practice of Christian Mindfulness (2017). Looking over the popular landscape of mindfulness movement, you might never know that mindfulness is part of Christian tradition. In this book Amy traces ancient mindfulness practice throughout Christian history and offers step-by-step instructions for practicing mindfulness today.
ABOUT AMY
Dr. Amy G. Oden is a working professor, teaching church history and Christian spirituality for several seminaries. She has served on the faculties of Oklahoma City University, Saint Paul School of Theology and Wesley Theological Seminary where she also served as Dean. She holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Southern Methodist University and a baccalaureate in Letters from University of Oklahoma.
Born and raised on the prairies of Oklahoma, Amy has found her spiritual home under the wide-open sky. Her passion is to introduce spiritual practices that can ground and nourish lives for justice in the world.
Amy teaches theology, history of Christianity and spiritual formation, walking with students in learning. She has won teaching awards and is in demand as a speaker.
Amy is a spiritual director, companioning people as they listen for God in day-to-day life.
She has published 4 books that all focus on bringing voices of ancient wisdom to inform and illuminate contemporary life.
Job Institute Course
PODCASTS AND INTERVIEWS
Spiritual Encouragement for Busy Pastors Holy Roast Podcast
Listening for the Way That Leads to Life Academy Podcast
Monk in the World Guest Post, Abbey of the Arts
Learning as Discovery, Wabash Podcast
Howard Thurman and The Sound of the Genuine, Wabash Podcast
Deep Dive Spirituality Podcast Interview
Igniting Imagination Podcast Interview
Expanding Imagination, A Muscle the Church Needs, Wesleyan Investive Podcast
Tradition in Practice, Academy for Spiritual Formation Podcast
Conversations on Teaching and Spirituality, Wabash Podcast
Breathing Room: Teaching, Learning and Our Common Life, Wabash Podcast Dialogue on Teaching
Hospitality as Christian Practice with Imago Dei Community
Spiritual Encouragement and Mindfulness During Chaos, Church of the Resurrection, Women’s Ministry Podcast
Mustering Spirituality and Imagination, Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning, Webinar
ARTICLES ONLINE
WorkingPreacher.org Commentaries
Ministry Matters, Intentional Spirituality
Welcoming the Political Stranger, The Upper Room
OTHER BOOKS
Ancient Wisdom for Life Today
2008
Amy's second book on hospitality, God’s Welcome offers wisdom on the challenge of welcoming the stranger for communities today
2001
Amy has published two books on the radical practice of hospitality in Christian tradition. The first one, And You Welcomed Me: Sourcebook on Hospitality in Early Christianity, documents the early Christian practice of welcoming the stranger through primary source writings.
1994
Her first book, In Her Words: Women’s Writings in the History of Christian Thought (1994), highlights original source writings by women from across Christian history. While Amy believes it’s important to know what Christianity has had to say about women, it’s even more important to know what women have had to say about Christianity. This book offers a great starting place
Oden deftly lifts up a clear template for what lies at the core of all spiritual practice: mindfulness--a simple awareness within ordinary life of divine presence, here and now."
--Marjorie J. Thompson, author of Soul Feast
CONTACT
Get in touch with me for more information about speaking with your group or teaching in your community. You can use this form or contact me directly odenamy@gmail.com