Spirituality Program at Columbia Theological Seminary

Spirituality Program at Columbia Theological Seminary The Certificate in Spiritual Formation offers to people of all denominations and all stages of life an exploration of spirituality and mission.

The Center for Lifelong Learning offers four leadership programs that lead to certification. Most certification courses are offered on the seminary campus, in Decatur, GA, with scheduling convenient for working participants. There are no academic prerequisites for admission to the programs, and there is no time limit on completion of the coursework. Most courses are open to participants who do not wish to complete a certification program.

๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ is designed as an immersive and practice-based experience that roots prayer a...
03/28/2026

๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ is designed as an immersive and practice-based experience that roots prayer as a way of life, not another thing to do.
You're invited to use this course to discern if other contemplative spirituality programs at the Center for Lifelong Learning might align with your growth and spiritual development.
https://events.ctsnet.edu/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x7772abcd

๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข: ๐„๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌSeptember 27-October 2, 2026Kintsugi, the centuries-old Japanese art of repairin...
03/24/2026

๐Š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข: ๐„๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐ž๐ง๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ
September 27-October 2, 2026

Kintsugi, the centuries-old Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer and gold, offers a profound metaphor for healing. Participants will discover how their wounds and imperfections can be celebrated rather than hidden.
https://events.ctsnet.edu/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x7753abcd

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ: ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐Ž๐๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„Learn to cultivate and integrate contemplative spiri...
03/16/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ: ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ƒ๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐‹๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐Ž๐๐‹๐ˆ๐๐„
Learn to cultivate and integrate contemplative spiritual practices into
daily life through Centering Prayer, Logging, Spiritual Reading, The Active Prayer, Lectio Divina, The Welcoming Prayer, Sabbath, and Holy Listening.
https://events.ctsnet.edu/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x7696abcd

Learn to address grief and move toward healing through the spiritual practice of writing. The course is designed exclusi...
09/25/2025

Learn to address grief and move toward healing through the spiritual practice of writing. The course is designed exclusively for group settings and offers a variety of creative prompts that invite the Holy Spirit to provide wisdom and new life after loss.

Contemplative Living II builds upon the lessons learned in Contemplative Living I to enhance your understanding of what'...
09/25/2025

Contemplative Living II builds upon the lessons learned in Contemplative Living I to enhance your understanding of what's blocked you from broadening your relationship with God, others and, even yourself. It will help you assess your life's spiritual location while embracing living life as daily prayer.

Immerse yourself in the beauty of Ghost Ranch during your first week after Easter, paying closer attention to the voice ...
09/18/2025

Immerse yourself in the beauty of Ghost Ranch during your first week after Easter, paying closer attention to the voice of God for renewal and reflection. Nestled under the Puerto de Cielo (Gateway to Heaven) and the iconic Cerro Pedernalโ€”made famous by Georgia O'Keeffeโ€”Casa del Sol provides a setting many experience as a "thin space," where the Divine feels near.
https://www.ctsnet.edu/events/landscapes-of-renewal-desert-spiritualities-of-the-southwest/

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ: ๐…๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ-๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐š...
09/15/2025

๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ: ๐…๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐„๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ-๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐‘๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“
๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ซ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ-๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ' ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.

This retreat is an opportunity to deepen one's contemplative journey in the contemporary world.

It offers two tracks: a five-day track, recommended for individuals with an established and regular practice of Centering Prayer, and an eight-day track, ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ and previously participated in an intensive retreat.

In addition, you'll encounter a sacred rhythm of silence, solitude, and prayer, with opportunities to join the Benedictine Sisters for Mass and optional prayer times. A ๐Š๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ง language track is also available for the five-day retreat.

https://www.ctsnet.edu/events/contemplative-retreat-five-or-eight-day-centering-prayer-retreat-2025/

Trees offer ancient, applicable spiritual and ecological wisdom for today. Existing before our human family, they posses...
09/12/2025

Trees offer ancient, applicable spiritual and ecological wisdom for today. Existing before our human family, they possess a wealth of knowledge on universal lessons such as being in a community, navigating challenges, processing grief, expressing gratitude, and maintaining hope and resilience.
https://www.ctsnet.edu/events/the-spiritual-wisdom-of-trees-2/

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