Soul Tending: An Exploration of Spiritual Practices for Nourishment and Growth (Online)
September 11 – October 13, 2023
Course Description: Every living thing needs nourishment to support its health and growth, and our souls are no different. The challenges of life are often depleting and distracting to our spiritual health. Good soul tending requires experimentation with a variety of time-tested and newly discovered practices in order to discover those disciplines which feed the spirit and recall us to our true self in God. In this highly experiential course, participants will come to understand their own unique recipe for spiritual practices which sustain them. The course includes an exploration of the difference between belief and practice and a wide variety of spiritual disciplines from a broad spectrum of traditions will be explored. This course is open to everyone and may be taken for credit towards the Certificate in Spiritual Formation.
With: Rev. Liz Forney is a spiritual director, retreat leader, and teacher in the art of Contemplative Creativity. Liz earned her BA from Franklin and Marshall and her M. Div from Princeton Theological Seminary. She also has numerous certificates in spiritual direction, including from Columbia Theological Seminary, where she served as Associate Director of the Spiritual Formation program, and from the Shalem Institute, where she currently serves as part of the leadership team. She is the co-author of
What Is Your Pratice: Lifelong Growth in the Spirit with Norvene Vest, and facilitates courses for the Certificate in Spiritual Direction at CTS.
Schedule: This is an asynchronous course with a weekly Zoom session with the instructor.
Program Fee: $210