This course introduces students to Paul the Apostle as a person, as a Christ-believer, as apostle-preacher-pastor-missionary, to the disputed and undisputed Pauline letter corpus in the New Testament, to major themes of Paul’s theologies, and to Paul’s role in the formation of early Christianity. These studies will be situated in the social, cultural, and theological …
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When we encounter our own lives and the lives of others, several questions about responsibility and requirement are raised. Such questions often demand not only careful discernment but also decisive action. Yet many often wonder whether certain actions are right or wrong, just or unjust, good or evil. Others are restrained from action, debilitated by …
View course details “Christian Ethics, ETH500”

This course will examine the history of Christian thought from the beginnings of the Common Era until the high middle ages, with special attention to the formative centuries of the patristic period. The course is designed to be primarily a history of Christian thought to enable future ministers and other Christian leaders to know the …
View course details “Ancient and Medieval Christianity, HIS500”

This course will explore the history of Christian churches in Canada and the United States.  The written histories of the churches will be studied in dialogue with the social context of such histories and the reflections of both church and context in popular culture.  The course will examine not only the writings and work of …
View course details “North American Church History, HIS600”

Quiet Day Zoom Event This is holy ground, the wisdom offered to us in the second half of life. Join us for a Quiet Day as we reflect on the themes of Home, God-at-home with us and the holy ground of growing older, with reflections on Moses and the burning bush and the start of …
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Quiet Day Zoom Event We have many losses sorrows, regrets and changes in our lives. We know the presence of grief after the death of a loved one. Do we give ourselves time to be with our grief? Do we even consider making a home for grief? We might not even allow ourselves to grieve …
View course details “Deepest Winter Work: Caring for Grief”

Please see the website for the online store for all video courses produced by Select Learning. This is a program which grew out of the Lutheran church in the USA (ELCA), and aims to offer quality theological learning experiences for personal, congregational and professional learning. Over the years, they appear to have accumulated a broad …
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Join Chuck McCorkle and Margaret Benefiel during the six Sundays of Advent into Epiphany, spending a quiet hour on Zoom exploring the Christmas Story as told by the Italian master Giotto. Utilizing the contemplative practice of Visio Divina, we will move from head to heart and ever closer to the divine as we explore this …
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This series is open to all. It may be taken as a group in a congregation or taken individually. These four online sessions will be led by Martha Harris, Outreach Coordinator of Gestalt Pastoral Care Associates, Inc. and Alexandra MacCracken, Gestalt Pastoral Care Minister and Trainer. Join us to prepare our hearts for the season …
View course details “Advent Series: Tending Our Souls and Preparing Our Hearts”

This Advent series unites the journey towards justice of 2000 years ago with our pilgrimage towards racial justice today. The Rev. Carla Wilson and The Rev. Kevin Barron will shepherd us through four evenings of prayer, study, and dialogue focused on the principles of “Restorative Justice” frequently used as a path toward healing and reconciliation …
View course details “Finding Our Way, following the north star to Racial Justice”