Fall and Spring terms. INT147 Group Spiritual Direction. This one-half credit course involves the discipline of daily prayer, journal writing, and students' reflection on the presence of God in their lives, in the setting of both personal devotion and a covenant commitment with other believers. The course seeks to enable students to notice how God is working in their lives and in the world through the Holy Spirit to nurture growth in grace in crisis times as well as in ordinary times. Group Spiritual Direction provides one particular and finite way of helping students place themselves before God in an intentional relationship, in faith that God's gift of sanctification may be at work in them through the Holy Spirit.
Credit is based on attendance.
Fall and Spring terms. INT263 Contemporary Theology and Education. This course brings the fields of theology and educational theory into explicit dialogue considering different contemporary approaches to theology and how they are contributing to the design and practice of Christian education today. May be taken as a theology or education elective by M.A. students. Through the use of contemporary and historical resources, the participants in this course examine a variety of approaches to spiritual formation in both personal and congregational life.