Online course led by Leah Rampy Join Leah Rampy to reflect on and gain support for contemplative leadership, a countercultural practice grounded in deep listening and compassion. Whether you are in a formal or informal leadership role, you’ll find practices and support to help you remain spacious, flexible and open to the True Leader, the …
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Contemplative Listening: The Foundation of Spiritual Friendship and Direction
Scripture resounds with God’s call to “Listen!” The discipline and gift of listening is core to the art of spiritual direction, as well as to friendship, church life, and civic engagement. Yet few professional and academic programs teach us how to listen well. It is a spiritual discipline in need of revival. In the midst …
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OPENING TO THE SPIRIT–introductory core prayer practices found in Tilden Edwards’ Living in the Presence.
Whether you feel like a beginner or want to explore new ways of praying, this 6-session online course can help support your spiritual life. The six experiential sessions include enrichment and support for your daily practice through Weekly course material, including brief video teachings led by Carole Crumley and guided meditations and reflections from Tilden …
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Walking with God: Puritan Practices and Spirituality
Puritanism was a devotional movement that continually returned to the necessity of a closer walk with God—and consistently taught how to practice that walk. Explore the principles and practices of Puritan spirituality and discover how their spiritual disciplines can deepen and transform your relationship with God today. In-Person, Online & Recorded: This course is being offered …
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Ministry from the Inside Out
“The success of an intervention depends on the interior condition of the intervener.” (William O’Brien) Is this true? If it is, it could be read to say, “The success of a church depends on the interior condition of its leadership.” How are we as leaders (whether paid or lay) – attending to our interior journeys …
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An Open and Relational God in an Open and Relational Universe
Our biggest questions about love, evil, climate, sexuality, purpose, and more need plausible answers. Open and relational theology offers answers that make sense and are livable. Drawing from scripture, philosophy, cultures, science, and more, this course wrestles with the biggest questions of our time. Available in person or via Zoom (synchronous only for Certificate and Degree …
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Transformations of Christian Worship in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Whether you worship at a megachurch in Korea, an Anglican cathedral, a small congregation on the prairies, or a Roman Catholic campus ministry, the way your community worships has been impacted by the multiple movements that have transformed Christian worship over the past century. In this course, we explore the liturgical movement, ecumenical movement, charismatic movement, …
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Communicating Communion: Thomas Merton and Christian Imagination in the Face of Social Crisis
Through this course we will focus on what Merton said about his public vocation as a Christian writer-monk in the face of social crisis, and how that communicative vocation continues in relation to present-day readers. This class takes place in intensive-format over 3 days – either in person at VST or via Zoom (synchronous):
A Spirituality of Race for Children and Youth (and Those Who Love Them)
This course will explore the history and development of race in North American contexts, including the role of Christianity. It will demonstrate the importance and execution of race conversation with children and youth. It will include personal practices to engage children, youth, and adults in productive work toward racial justice. Course will be taught in …
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Love & Desire
The guiding text for this course is the dominical command to love the Lord your God with all your heart, and all your soul, and all your mind, and all your strength, and to love your neighbour as yourself (Mark 12.20-31). How do we do understand this in today’s world with its conflicting demands and …
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