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These are the recordings from our weekly online gatherings supporting faith leaders across the church with a variety of topics related to being courageous leaders.

If you are interested in joining us live, you can find those details on our Events & Trainings page.

To answer some commonly asked questions about these gatherings:

"How can I prepare?" Courageous leaders pay attention and listen actively. We invite you to bring a spirit of curiosity and openness to these gatherings and to all aspects of your life. What are you noticing? What might you be missing? Where is Spirit moving? How are you being invited to participate in the work God is already doing, especially outside the walls of the building where the church gathers?

"What if I'm not a group person?" Courageous leaders take calculated risks. We invite you to take a small step outside your comfort zone and allow yourself to be seen and witnessed. We can almost guarantee that you will be pleasantly surprised by the loving, caring, and nurturing nature of community in this time together.

Courageous Leadership

Milestones Not Timelines

Children, Power Dynamics, and Radical Compassion

Practicing Community and Collaboration

From Trauma-Informed Care to Healing-Centered Engagement

Civic Life and Faith

Practicing Community and Collaboration at Critical Junctures

Courageous Collaboration at Critical Junctures, Part Two

Courageous Collaboration with God, Self, and Neighbor at Critical Junctures

No More Church As Usual

Choose Your Own Adventure (breakout rooms by topic)

Othering | What if there is no "other"?

Relational One to Ones

Division, Civility, and Compassion

Choose Your Own Adventure (breakout rooms by topic)

Advent Mash-Up, Take Three: The Dare of the Divine

Advent Mash-Up, Take Two: "Rrrruuuurrr"

Advent Mash-Up, Take One: No Matter What

Conflict in the Holy Land... and Coaching Skills?

A Simple Advent

Are You Feeling Lost, Overwhelmed, Exhausted, and/or Afraid?

Choose Your Own Adventure (breakout rooms by topic)

Preparing for the Next Presidential Election Cycle with your Congregation

What happens when Autism and Faith intersect?

What is Faithful Language for God?

Choose Your Own Adventure (breakout rooms by NEW TOPICS)

Raising Kids Beyond the Binary, Part Two

Just What is "The Gospel" Anyway?

Narrative Budget: Telling the Story of Your Church / Ministry

Our 150th Gathering!

What if Less is More in Creation Care?

Holy Disruption: Envisioning a New Kind of Young Adult Ministry

The Reformation's Unfulfilled Promise

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BREAKOUT ROOMS BY TOPIC)

Evangelism With a Twist

How Generational Stereotypes Hold Us Back

Questioning Our Assumptions

Empathy and the Enneagram

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BREAKOUT ROOMS BY TOPIC)

"Raising Kids Beyond the Binary: Celebrating God's Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children"

How to Harness Stress to Benefit You

Disability, Inspiration Porn, and the Perks of Being a Pirate

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BREAKOUT ROOMS BY TOPIC)

"Embracing God's Future without Forgetting the Past," Part Two

Living and Leading with Resurrection Faith

Where Your Heart Is

Mental Health, Illness, and Difficult Seasons

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BREAKOUT ROOMS BY TOPIC)

Our Shared History

Self-Love (Matthew 22)

Conflict and Resolution

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BREAKOUT ROOMS BY TOPIC)

"Embracing God's Future without Forgetting the Past"

Can "real church" be "short, loud, and wiggly?"

Story Telling Engagement

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BREAKOUT ROOMS BY TOPIC)

Join forces with your favorite folks for a full hour of festive frivolity!

Curiosity and Ambition

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BREAKOUT ROOMS BY TOPIC)

Grounded in Love

How Gratitude Rewires Your Brain

Communal Discernment

PTSD and Companionship

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BREAKOUT ROOMS BY TOPIC)

Christian Minimalism: Focus on What Matters Most

Design for Belonging

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BREAKOUT ROOMS BY TOPIC)

How to escape the cynicism trap

Empathy is not endorsement

Active Listening

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BREAKOUT ROOMS BY TOPIC)

Awareness and Dancing Bananas

Into the Unknown

Before the Fall

Embody the Word

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE (BREAKOUT ROOMS BY TOPIC)

Channeling the Energy of the Crowd: Explorations in Team and Group Coaching

Organizing for Mission

Innovation and Design Thinking

Organic Faith Communities