St. Francis in the Foothills

Pastor Jim's
Online Classes
 

Watch Pastor Jim and members of the congregation discuss topics ranging from thought provoking books to the spiritual and mystical.

Learning to Dance in the Rain - A Class on Hope in the Parables of Jesus

It's the End of the World as We Know It - A Study of Apocalyptic Literature

The Four-Fold Way - Walking the Paths of Warrior, Teacher, Healer and Visionary

Troublesome Bible Passages - Scripture that Troubles and Confounds Us

Fear – Essential Wisdom for Getting Through the Storm by Thich Nhat Hanh

The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Finding God in the Movies

Maya Angelou and The Freedom Poetry of Advent

Convictions by Marcus Borg

Revolutionary Love by Michael Lerner

Christian Mystics and Mysticism - A Special Class with John Wilson

The Listening Path by Julia Cameron

Dusk Night Dawn by Anne Lamott

Loss Grief and Transformation  - A Special Class with Rev. Frank Williams
 
Propositions by Bishop Spong

The Book of Joy – by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu

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In April 2015, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama had a conversation that looked back on their long lives to answer one question: How do we find joy in the face of life’s inevitable suffering? We get to listen in as these two brilliant, spiritual giants explore the nature of true joy and confront each of the obstacles to joy.

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

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With this book, subtitled Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, we are given a stirring call of conscious to join the ranks of white antiracist thinkers who are thinking deeply about how the intertwined threads of social destiny and political prescription bind our white identity to moral neutrality and cultural universality. This book challenges us to social maturity as we both face the world we’ve made, and seek to remake it for those who do not have our privilege.