Do you yearn to explore a way of leading that is more aligned with your heart? Leadership is challenging, no matter the workplace.  Despite our best intentions, we all too often find ourselves acting in ways that feel out-of-step with our deepest longings.  With hearts wide open, we can see how to lead in a …
View course details “With Hearts Wide Open – Online Seminar on Contemplative Leadership”

Join Ryan Panzer and an engaged learning cohort live online. July 13, 20, 27, August 3 at noon CDT Via Webcast | LIVE ONLINE COVID-19 has led countless churches to do digital ministry for the first time. But knowing how to livestream a service is just the beginning. Now we need to make sure we …
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Course Description Poet. Warrior. Shepherd. Assassin. Worshipper. Adulterer. A man after God’s own heart, yet deeply flawed. Despite his shortcomings, everything about David—his character, his prayers, his relationships, his mistakes—demands full, prayerful attention. Enter into the David story, reflecting on the life of this real man and leader. Ponder the nature of David’s relationship with …
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Led by Roger Housden How do an artist’s paintings speak to our perceptions of self, beauty, vision, and meaning? This question has fascinated Roger Housden for years, and was the catalyst for his book How Rembrandt Reveals Your Beautiful Imperfect Self. Many of you know Roger from five popular Spirituality & Practice e-courses on poetry. …
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Transforming Questions Can we question our faith? Who is Jesus? Is prayer answered? How do I read the Bible? Why is there suffering? What is a baptized life? This pandemic has stirred up basic questions about life, faith, purpose, and God. In 11 sessions, we will seek to move deeper by engaging in some of …
View course details “Online Christian Formation Course”

How do you lead an organization stuck between an ending and a new beginning—when the old way of doing things no longer works but a way forward is not yet clear? Such in-between times are called liminal seasons—threshold times when the continuity of tradition disintegrates and uncertainty about the future fuels doubt and chaos. In …
View course details “How to Lead When You Don’t Know Where You’re Going – Live Online”

Are you stepping into unfamiliar territory where you must supervise others, or have you been supervising others for some time without a clear understanding of what you are doing? Supervision, especially in a faith-based environment, requires learning new skills—probably skills you did not learn during your professional formation. This class provides you with practical skills …
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What if we danced with the dark as holy? What might open up for us if we could face and remove the fears we have projected onto the dark? What actual fears are buried in our minds and hearts? Join a zoom call for an evening and consecutive full day with Reverend Rhetta Morgan to …
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By Thomas Moore We all go through dark times, as persons and as a society. They are often terrible in their pain and suffering. The COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be a dark night for millions of people all around the world. Yet such times can also offer significant rewards. How do you look to …
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Led By Wayne Muller Earlier this year, the whole world changed. Called out of a world we knew, we landed in “Time Out of Ordinary Time.” Everything was radically different; yet we didn’t even have a name for this universally shared human experience. Some people regarded it as a kind of holiday; others felt robbed …
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