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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Sometimes the questions interrupt you in the middle of the day. Other times they keep you up at night. You wonder if you’re using all of your gifts or skills. Maybe you worry that you’ve plateaued. There’s a restlessness that’s hard to shake—a need to get unstuck, and now. For a growing number of faith …
View course details “Bi-Vocational Ministry: An Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Gigs, and Side Hustles”

Free, with Jennifer Chinn, Senior Program Manager, Youth & Community Engagement at Trinity Church Wall Street In these odd times, it’s hard both to move and, at the same time, to find rest. How can we find perspective when our homes have become such busy spaces—our offices, classrooms, churches, and gyms? Join Trinity’s Jennifer Chinn, …
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You like to be productive, so you’ve learned to stay busy. It’s nice to feel needed, so you never say “no.” Your job is to care for everyone, so you neglect your own well-being. Until you can’t. Burnout makes it hard to manage much of anything well, and that includes our built-in biases and default …
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Calvin Theological Seminary, in collaboration with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and the Center for Excellence in Preaching, is offering courses designed to support your ministry leadership amidst the ongoing pandemic. These online mini-courses focus on key ministry challenges you face today. With a commitment of about four hours per week for three weeks, each …
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Mental Health Professionals are trained to treat issues hindering mental wellness from a starting point of diagnosing what is wrong to make interventions, a noble and helpful calling. Christian faith adds much by casting a vision for human flourishing grounded in God’s intent for those created in His Image. Christ who is the image of …
View course details “Pastoral Response to Mental Health Practicing for Heaven: 1-Day Seminar”

Music can move and transport us in profound ways. During the pandemic, this may be some of the only safe “travel” many of us have been able to engage in. In this Circle of Trust®, we will offer two musical pieces as a springboard to explore the inner landscapes and outer horizons that emerge for …
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How might we live “whole” and “hearted” in these particular and uncertain times? Using metaphor from the natural world, poetry and passages from various wisdom traditions, music and the visual arts, and listening and sharing, we will spend time in quiet and community to explore the question, “How can I live wholeheartedly in these uncertain …
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We have collectively come through a very difficult year, one that we could not have imagined 12 months ago. It has been filled with loss, sadness, disappointment and grief. We have each held this time differently in our lives. Join Elaine Sullivan and Jean Richardson as we explore “the work of grieving” as we sit …
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Christian leaders across Canada are struggling with how to navigate increasingly polarized conversations with their congregations, families and friends. How do we as Jesus followers converse with divergent viewpoints and engage in active listening with a Christlike posture? What skills do we as leaders need to acquire to tackle tough conversations? What parts of our …
View course details “Transforming Polarized Conversations: an essential toolkit for moving from entrenchment to engagement”