Brought to you by Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary What is evangelism? How can we be formed as evangelists and form others? How do we build and articulate our understanding of God? Join us at “Evangelism Base Camp” – a place to gather, prepare, and equip ourselves for the journey. The Rev. Dr. Patricia …
View course details “Evangelism Base Camp ONLINE COHORT: Building Theology and Practices for the Journey”

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” (Mt 28:19-20) Are you wrestling with …
View course details “Re-imagining Adult Formation Online Cohort – Spring 2020 (via Zoom)”

Brought to you by Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary   Cohort Commitment: Participants should plan to dedicate one hour for online content each week and one hour for the Zoom session. Information: Convened by the Rev. Stacy Williams-Duncan, Rector at Little Fork Church and Founder, Learning and Change Strategist at ForTE! Consulting, and Sarah …
View course details “Digital Literacies for Ministry Online Cohort (E-Course)”

The Graduate Certificate in Adaptive and Innovative Ministry forms innovating leaders who listen to the Holy Spirit and to their communities, who convene and lead teams in discerning God’s work, and who maintain individual and community practices to renew their souls enabling deeper discernment in their own life and their community’s life and calling. Accompanied by a …
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By Patricia Campbell Carlson, Br. David Steindl-Rast, Margaret Wakeley   Faith, hope, and love abide, but the greatest of these is love: the surprise of all surprises, a choice to say “yes” to what life brings us. We speak of having a good life, having a bad life, giving life, losing life — expressions that …
View course details “Choosing to Love – 2020 (E-Course)”

By Patricia Campbell Carlson, Br. David Steindl-Rast, Margaret Wakeley Grateful living as a valid spiritual practice opens the door to what in the Christian tradition have been called the three “Divine Virtues.” They are good habits that have become second nature and connect us to the deepest reality of life, the divine spark within us. …
View course details “Trusting In Life – 2020 (Online)”

“Beauty is that which glistens on the edges of our yearnings and lures us into the depth of things.” — Patricia Adams Farmer, Embracing a Beautiful God Whether we are contemplating a work of art or the striking form of a red cardinal against a snow laden tree branch, the experience of beauty involves us …
View course details “Living with Beauty (E-Course)”

Do you yearn to see, listen and act more deeply from your spiritual heart?  Do you wish to develop or deepen a consistent daily spiritual practice? Give yourself the gift of spaciousness this New Year.  Join Tilden Edwards, Shalem’s founder and senior fellow, for six weekly sessions. With material designed specifically for this eCourse, Tilden …
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Overview Why am I here? What is mine to do? Who am I called to be? If these questions touch something that you are yearning for in your spiritual life, then join us for the refreshment, vitality and deepening in prayer that is made possible because we are together in this expanded form of spiritual …
View course details “Open Hands, Willing Hearts (Online)”

The Epistles of Paul remain largely untouched in today’s preaching and teaching, and if we hear about Paul at all it is often through Acts. To neglect Paul effectively shortens our New Testament. This course will help us take a fresh look at Paul the Apostle and his impact on the early Church. His letters …
View course details “Reclaiming Paul for Today (Online)”