<< Back to LIGHT Events Trauma-Informed Healthy Boundaries: Day Two April 10 @ 9:00 am – 12:30 pm With Kathryn House ($145)Workshop for leaders who want to engage the significance of healthy boundaries for professional and personal lives and articulate how they can create and sustain boundaries in their own contexts of vocational significance. Fulfills […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events Wealth in a Post-Imperial Faith: Part Three April 16 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Join the Global Connections Office at the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Leadership Institute for Growth, Healing, and Transformation at Meadville Lombard for this three-part series focusing on wealth in North American Unitarian Universalism. We’ll […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events Commissioning of the Spiritual Direction Formation & Certification Program May 2 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CDT The commissioning class, trustees, and staff invite you to virtually witness, celebrate, and bless the 3rd Commissioning of the Spiritual Direction Formation & Certification program at LIGHT, Meadville Lombard Theological School’s lifelong-learning institute. After […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events Responsible Leadership Summer Series Workshop 1 Ministry in Motion: Leading Volunteers in Faith Communities June 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm CDT Ministry often depends on volunteers—but how do faith leaders inspire, coordinate, and sustain the people who make ministry possible? “Ministry in Motion: Leading Volunteers in Faith Communities” […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events Pilgrimage in Kildare, Ireland July 12 – July 16 Connecting with the Inspiration and Creativity of Brigid, Goddess and SaintFacilitated by: Angie Pierce Jennings and Nicole KirkArriving Sunday, July 12, with facilitated programming July 13, 14, 15. Departure July 16.RegistrationEarly Bird Registration extended to Friday, April 17: $1,000Regular pricing for […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events Responsible Leadership Summer Series Workshop 2 Strategic Governance Through an Equity Lens July 21 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am CDT How can faith communities ensure that their governance practices reflect their deepest commitments to justice, dignity, and shared leadership? “Strategic Governance Through an Equity Lens” invites religious and lay leaders to […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events September UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion September 10 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CDT Give Me a Word: The Promise of an Ancient Practice to Guide Your Year by Christine Valters Paintner (2025)We begin the year with the ancient practice of receiving a “word” for the year ahead. Paintner […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events Responsible Leadership Summer Series Workshop 3 Ethical Financial Decision Making September 26 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm CDT Financial decisions in faith communities are never only about numbers—how can leaders ensure their financial practices reflect love at the center? “Ethical Financial Decision Making” invites religious and lay leaders to explore how […]
<< Back to LIGHT Events October UU Spiritual Direction Book Discussion October 8 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm CDT Walking in Wonder by John O’Donohue (2018)As autumn deepens, we turn toward beauty, imagination, and the sacredness woven through ordinary life. O’Donohue’s reflections and blessings invite us into a spirituality of presence and wonder. This […]
<< 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 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 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 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 […]