Friend,
Have you ever gotten yourself caught in a loop? You know the one where the very thing you need feels exhausting just thinking about it? Please tell me I’m not alone.
I can’t count the number of times I’ve gotten caught in this loop over the past five years.
Breaking that cycle has proved me wrong time and time again. Peeling myself off the couch to see the friends with whom I so desperately needed to laugh. It was digging out those fancy clothes to become immersed with the healing power of music at the concert hall. Or gathering together with colleagues at a conference to be reminded why we devote ourselves to this thing of transformation.
This fall, you are invited to carve out some space for yourself. Maybe joining one of these groups is the very thing you need the most as we move through a critical and consequential season.
It truly is better when we go together.
Beyond the Book
Embodied Practice Designed for White People
A book about justice is only powerful if it is a catalyst for actual change. Jennifer Harvey’s new book “Antiracism as Daily Practice” sets the table for meaningful conversation among white folks seeking to live in a way that grows racial justice. Led by the author and NEXT Church Coaches, join other white folks from across the country to discuss the content of Dr. Harvey’s new book and engage its actionable reverberations over 6 cohort sessions.
Envisioning and Enacting Collective Flourishing
A Coached Journey for People of Color
What does it look like to build the spaces and the world we truly need – together? Participants will explore the liberatory journeys of people of color in the past and present through readings, videos, and other engaging materials. Following this grounding work, the group will consider how to navigate power dynamics and their own participation in systems and structures of harm to create revolutionary outcomes: moves toward genuine community, healthy self-and-other accountability, and embodied care and awareness that can buoy us collectively in challenging times.
Enneagram and Leadership
Building Your Inner Team
In conversation with the Enneagram, we can celebrate the strengths God has given us, identify our personality challenges, and put deeper self-understanding into action. The aim of the cohort will be to identify natural gifts and reflexive tendencies, develop instinctive capacities, identify underused strengths, learn how to approach conflict with awareness, and begin to apply the concepts in participants’ leadership contexts.
On the Journey Together,
Jen James
Director of Programs and Operations
