Instructor:
Dr. Jeremy Garber
Office Telephone:
303-765-1146
E-mail:
jgarber@iliff.edu
Course Description
The course invites students to explore the ongoing process of vocational discernment, with particular attention to how vocational journeys intersect with the experience of formal theological education.
Our quarter together is the ongoing process of vocational discernment, with particular attention to how vocational journeys intersect with the experience of formal theological education.
The texts for this course will weekly articles, the lives of the students and instructor, the lives of the mentors you choose as living conversation partners, and historical partners accessed through autobiography or oral history.
Course Structure
This course is designed in weekly " Modules. " All the things you need to know and do for the week are listed in the modules. This includes readings, assignments, lectures, and discussions.
Through our work together over the quarter in a small group setting, we will attend to the following four purposes:
Date | Day | Details | |
Sep 11, 2018 | Tue | Week 1: Introduce yourself | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 11, 2018 | Tue | Neafsey Reading | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 11, 2018 | Tue | Welcome from the instructor | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 15, 2018 | Sat | Choose Your Historical Partner | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 15, 2018 | Sat | Week 1: Engage Spiritual Depth Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 15, 2018 | Sat | Neafsey Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 18, 2018 | Tue | Mahan Reading | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 22, 2018 | Sat | Week 2: Iliff Core Values | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 22, 2018 | Sat | Choose Your Living Mentor | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 22, 2018 | Sat | Week 2: Engage Spiritual Depth Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 29, 2018 | Sat | Week 3: Your Vocational Timeline | due by 05:59AM |
Sep 29, 2018 | Sat | Week 3: Engage Spiritual Depth Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 06, 2018 | Sat | Week 4: Learning About Iliff | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 06, 2018 | Sat | Week 4: Engage Spiritual Depth Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 13, 2018 | Sat | Week 6: Your Historical Partner | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 20, 2018 | Sat | Week 6: Engage Spiritual Depth Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 22, 2018 | Mon | Week 6: Your Historical Partner | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 23, 2018 | Tue | Weems Reading | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 27, 2018 | Sat | Week 7: Reading Biography Theologically - Challenges on the Journey | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 27, 2018 | Sat | Week 7: Engage Spiritual Depth Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Oct 30, 2018 | Tue | Week 8: Mentor Interview | due by 05:59AM |
Nov 03, 2018 | Sat | Week 8: Reflecting on Your Living Mentor's Vocational Journey | due by 05:59AM |
Nov 03, 2018 | Sat | Week 8: Telling Someone Else's Story | due by 05:59AM |
Nov 03, 2018 | Sat | Week 8: Engage Spiritual Depth Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Nov 06, 2018 | Tue | Discernment Readings | due by 06:59AM |
Nov 10, 2018 | Sat | Week 9: Comparing and Contrasting Your Living Mentor and Historical Partner | due by 06:59AM |
Nov 10, 2018 | Sat | Week 9: Comparing and Contrasting Vocational Journeys | due by 06:59AM |
Nov 10, 2018 | Sat | Week 9: Engage Spiritual Depth Discussion | due by 06:59AM |
Nov 17, 2018 | Sat | Week 10: Your Vocation and Orientation | due by 06:59AM |