<< Back to academic calendar Listening for Moral Experience: Reflective Practice for Health & Religious Professionals November 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm For the last twenty years, Virginia L. Bartlett, PhD, has listened to the stories of patients, families, chaplains, and medical professionals as a clinical ethicist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events November UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion November 12 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CST Writing Creativity and Soul by Sue Monk Kidd (2025)In a season when many caregivers and spiritual leaders are carrying exhaustion, this book offers creativity as soul care rather than performance. Sue Monk Kidd explores writing, […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events December UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion December 10 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CST How the Stars Get in Your Bones by Jan Richardson (2025)December invites tenderness, blessing, grief, and light. Jan Richardson’s work holds all of these with extraordinary care. Through poetry, image, and reflection, she companions readers […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events Session 1: Uncovering your money story January 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm OnlineWe begin with reflective, spiritually grounded work. Participants will explore the formative experiences—familial, cultural, and religious—that shaped their current beliefs and behavior around money, worth, and ministry. Through guided journaling and small-group sharing, we’ll explore the […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events January UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion January 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CST Embracing Hope: On Freedom, Responsibility & the Meaning of Lifeby Viktor E. Frankl (2024)At the turn of the calendar year, we engage profound questions of meaning, freedom, responsibility, and hope. Frankl’s reflections emerge from both […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events Session 2: The true cost of spiritual connection January 18 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm OnlineMany spiritual directors have never calculated what it actually costs to offer this work sustainably. In this session, we move from story to numbers—without losing the soul. You’ll learn to distinguish fixed costs (platform fees and professional memberships), […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events Session 3: Accessibility without apology January 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm OnlineMany spiritual directors have never calculated what it actually costs to offer this work sustainably. In this session, we move from story to numbers—without losing the soul. You’ll learn to distinguish fixed costs (platform fees and professional memberships), variable costs (marketing, […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events February UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion February 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CST Queering Contemplation: Finding Queerness in the Roots and Future of Contemplative Spiritualityby Cassidy Hall (2024)This month we explore contemplation through the lenses of queerness, embodiment, liberation, and expansive spirituality. Cassidy Hall invites readers to question […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events March UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion March 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CST Restoring the Kinship Worldview: Indigenous Voices Introduce 28 Precepts for Rebalancing Life on Planet Earthby Four Arrows and Darla Narvaez with multiple voices (2022)As spring begins, we widen our lens beyond individual spirituality toward relationship, […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events Supervision Connection: Research and Practice March 16 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Do you supervise others as part of your ministry? What makes for a “good” supervisee/supervisor relationship? How does this component affect formation for ministry? Rev. Jules Taylor shares their research on the landscape of supervision practices, focusing […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events April UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion April 8 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CDT Sage Warrior: Wake to Oneness, Practice Pleasure, Choose Courage, Become Victoryby Valarie Kaur (2026)Valarie Kaur weaves activism, spirituality, embodiment, grief, joy, and collective liberation into a compelling call toward courageous living. This book asks how […]