An 8-week virtual pilgrimage on Thursday evenings in March and April 2022 The narrative arc of our Christian journey begins at the moment of creation and comes to its climax with the Resurrection of Jesus. The story continues from there with the post-resurrection narratives of Jesus consoling, healing, and commissioning the disciples to be apostles …
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(Also available: Introduction to Journaling November 18, 2021: 7:00pm-8:30pm, online, $57) Please note this is an Online Event that will be taking place over Zoom. Program Information: Journaling is a practice open to ANYONE. It’s how people have recorded their lives, loves, journeys, struggles and victories. It can be a vehicle for making notes about …
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The world turns on how we perceive one another. We can point to people, famous or not, who have made a difference in our lives. Sometimes, though, it is those who we would least expect, the ones who by their otherness become priceless blessings, who enable us to be our best selves. Dorothy Day, co-founder …
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10am Sundays, September 26-October 24, Trinity Commons and Online Join Trinity clergy and special guest Lindsay Boyer as they discuss forms of contemplation and how contemplative practice can benefit all aspects of our lives. September 26 Join Trinity’s Vicar, the Rev. Michael Bird, as he considers what it means to worship in this time and …
View course details “Prayer, Liturgy, & Contemplative Practice: Finding Our Footing in a Changed World”

Do you desire support and enrichment for your prayer life?  Do you wish to develop or deepen a consistent spiritual practice? Register now! Join Carole Crumley as she illuminates the introductory core prayer practices found in Tilden Edwards’ Living in the Presence. Weekly material will focus on nurturing presence through body, breath & mind (with audio …
View course details “Opening to the Spirit: Contemplative practices, guided meditations and shared reflections to deepen your prayer life.”

Discover varied methods for nurturing the spirituality of congregations. About this event This event is brought to you by the department of Lifelong Learning at Virginia Theological Seminary This online cohort will meet on four consecutive Thursday afternoons (Oct 7 – Oct 28) from 3 – 4:30 p.m. eastern. In 1971 Karl Rahner wrote, “The …
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The Reverend Canon Ian Mobsby One of the great challenges for all those involved in new forms of ministry, mission, fresh expressions of church, and forming missional communities is that it can be utterly exhausting. Missioners as activists are expected to make things happen often in very difficult contexts with scarce resources. Working in such …
View course details “Developing a Contemplative Prayer Life: A Twelve-Step Approach”

The Center of Addiction & Faith will hold its third Addiction & Faith Conference October 7-9, 2021 in Bloomington, Minn., to give faith communities tools for responding to the addiction crisis. Registration is open for in-person and virtual attendance at www.addictionandfaithconference.com. The Center grew out of the Fellowship of Recovering Lutheran Clergy. Founder Ed Treat was an …
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Spiritual Practices for Today provides an experiential introduction to classical Christian spiritual disciplines that nurture intimacy with God. Becoming familiar with some of Christianity’s rich spiritual traditions, and through personal experimentation with various classical prayer-forms and disciplines, students will be better equipped to develop a prayerful Rule of Life. Because significant components of this course …
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