Join Our Next Webinar – April 29th 4pm EDT Every church is shaped by generational differences. This can take the shape of the often asked question of why an age group is not present (every generation in Canada has its own “culture”). Perhaps in the distant past yours was an immigrant church and the negotiation …
View course details “Building Intergenerational gaps within Ethnic Immigrant Churches”
Sharing Jesus in a Secular Age The challenges facing the church are deeper than just institutional decline. We live in a culture where not even belief in God is assumed—let alone Jesus, let alone church participation. How might the Holy Spirit be calling us to communicate the gospel in such a context? That’s what this …
View course details “Faithful Innovation Summit – Online”
In the contemplation of the earth, I know I am surrounded by the love of God. — Howard Thurman Shalem retreat day leader Lerita Coleman Brown has created this retreat day to further explore Howard Thurman’s life and contemplative witness and what it might mean for us in today’s challenging world. Centered on Thurman’s writing …
View course details “NEW Howard Thurman: The Writing of Jesus and the Disinherited”
There is in every person an inward sea… — Howard Thurman Would you benefit from taking a day this New Year to rejuvenate, recharge, and refocus? Join Shalem for a retreat day —ONLINE. Shalem retreat day leader Lerita Coleman Brown is featured in Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story. Consider the documentary while …
View course details “Howard Thurman: Overview and Links to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – Online Course”
God, what love-mischief can ‘We’ do for the world Today? ~Hafiz Shalem is now providing the course for free to help people ground during this unprecedented time of interruption in our lives. We’d love to hear from you if this course has been helpful in any way. Contact us at [email protected] . And if you’d like …
View course details “Holy Interruptions – Online Retreat”
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 – E-Course”
Wake up to the wonder that is all around you. Take a retreat day with Shalem—ONLINE. This is a time of awakening and connection. As we hold Earth and one another in prayer, we have an opportunity to stretch our contemplative awareness in new ways. Shalem’s online retreat day with staff member Ann Dean is …
View course details “Contemplative Earth Awareness – Online Retreat”
The United Thank Offering (UTO) and Bexley Seabury are moving The Theology of Gratitude Conference online in order to ensure the health and safety of all involved as well as to include more people in participating in the conference. The one-day live webinar conference will take place on April 24. Join online Please register here …
View course details “UTO’s, Bexley Seabury’s Theology of Gratitude Conference moved online, now free”
Should I choose this path rather than that one?” “What is the meaning of the experience I am having?” “How can I follow Christ more faithfully?” “What would that even mean?” As we celebrate the Resurrection, consider what “new life” might look like for you by taking time to sit with questions like these, and …
View course details “Listening to God: A One-Day Workshop on Discerning Vocation in Everyday Living – Online via Zoom”
Gather online via Zoom with fellow preachers for a day of renewal and engagement with scripture. The day will begin with online worship and will include the hallmarks of the seminary’s Deep Calls to Deep program: spirituality, imagination, embodiment, and community. Deep Calls to Deep staff – Professors Ruthanna Hooke and Mark Jefferson, as well …
View course details “Deep Calls to Deep: A Preacher’s Virtual Retreat for Holy Week and Easter in a Time of Crisis – Online via Zoom”