Courses
Join our instructor-led, online Zoom classes. See below for Courses in alphabetical order. We offer Courses when there is enough interest, or in partnership with church-based groups upon request. To be notified of future classes, fill out the form below to express interest and get on our email list, or do so on our Thinkific page.
Abortion Policy
Description: Examine the pro-contraception, pro-economic welfare, and pro-woman arguments. See more.
Sessions: Three Zoom sessions of 60 minutes each. Discussion format.
Homework: A one hour video before each session.
A Long Repentance
Description: How do Christian heresies contribute to America’s racial and political climate? Could Christian history have gone differently? Could it still? This series of blog posts explores how Christian (mostly Protestant) heresies started and continue to influence our modern political and racial challenges, including in housing, schooling, policing, and business systems. See the whole course or just the blog posts.
Sessions: Eight Zoom sessions of 1 hour each. Discussion format.
Homework: 10 - 15 minutes of pre-reading per class.
The Bible in the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Description: Examine three major biblical themes — land, enemies, and temple — and the role of Calvinist theology in the formation of Protestant Christian Zionism. Shared prosperity is a daunting task, but the Bible is not the obstacle. See more here.
Sessions: Four sessions of one hour each. Discussion format.
Homework: Readings of 45 - 60 minutes before each session.
Christian Restorative Justice and Human Trafficking
Description: Apply Christian restorative justice to the problem of human trafficking. See more.
Sessions: Four Zoom sessions of 2 hours each; lecture and discussion format
Homework: Light readings.
C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce
Description: Explore why hell is an acquired condition of eternal conscious resentment. See the course. Or see a bit more on the book and its background.
Sessions: Four Zoom sessions of 90 minutes each; combines discussion and short presentation
Homework: book readings with short videos.
The Enneagram and The Great Divorce
Description: The Enneagram is a tool for self-reflection and spiritual growth, used with discernment. We think it has a historic Christian source. Find out more here.
Sessions: Nine Zoom sessions of 90 minutes each.
Homework: A short video on each Enneagram Type; read small sections of The Great Divorce, per week.
It’s a Man’s World
Description: Explore the causes, effects and cure for gender hierarchy on topics including: moral responsibility; work and compensation; reproduction and parenthood; civic life; education; marriage; sexual agency. See more.
Sessions: Eight Zoom sessions of 60 minutes each.
Homework: Watch one video of one hour per week.
Jesus Heals Our Sin-Sickness
Description: Based on one of our Foundations: Jesus’ Healing Atonement. Wondering how to share about Jesus and your experience of him? This is a workshop in four sessions with take-home assignments. See more.
Sessions: Four Zoom sessions of one hour each; workshop and discussion format.
Homework: Light reading, activity based challenges.
Plantation Capitalism vs. Jesus
Description: We highlight twelve key relationships distorted when elites exploit people and the planet, and corrected by Jesus in his Jubilee Economy. See the series.
Sessions: Ten Zoom sessions of 90 minutes each. Discussion format.
Homework: 1 - 2 hours of video per session.
Reconstruction: Early Christianity
Description: Have you been deconstructing Christian faith and practice but wondering what we can know and invite others into? Wondering what early Christian thought and practice can teach us? You will be inspired by the early Christian record of abolition of slavery and women in leadership and many other things. See more info here.
Sessions: Ten Zoom sessions of two hours each; combines lecture and discussion
Homework: light reading.
Scapegoating as a Spiritual Formation Problem
Description: Why is it so easy for people — including Christians, especially Christians — to scapegoat people who are considered other for their own feelings of anxiety, anger, and disgust? See more about the course. See more about the overall topic.
Sessions: Four Zoom sessions of one hour each. Discussion format.
Homework: Readings of 45 - 60 minutes before each session.