This module will explore what it means to grieve and lament, we will learn how to help others in their time of sorrow and loss. Special attention will be paid to the Psalms as a resource for encouragement for those dealing with death.

This session describes a number of ethical concerns that relate to individual people, systems, and values. It reviews the dominance of individual autonomy over concern for persons made vulnerable by disability, poverty, and mental illness. It points out problems in the governance of MAiD, including low accountability in reporting and monitoring. Finally, it reveals how values in the public medicine have changed to accommodate MAiD.

Spiritual Formation Certificate

We are all creative as we have a creative God who instilled beauty into our souls. Our inner artist yearns to be participants in the healing of the world by bringing images, words and actions that inspires others and attract people to God’s amazing love.

Disability, Theology and Spiritual Formation Certificate

This is an introductory program in Disability Theology. Students will examine the realities of living with a disability in contemporary society and their theological and spiritual implications. These modules will also delve into a practical theology regarding living and working with individuals with disabilities and their incorporation into our spiritual communities.

This module will explore the impact of death and loss upon the family system. You will explore death and the family life cycle, looking at how families react to loss. A special emphasis will focus on how children understand death and express their grief.

This session considers end of life care from a Christian perspective, emphasizing the God-given value of human life and the moral responsibility we have to treat vulnerable people with compassion. We close with open conversation exploring how we can encourage our faith communities to engage more frequently in conversation on dying and death.

Spiritual Formation Certificate

We as Christian believers trust in an incarnate God – a God who came in the flesh to live and dwell among us. How wondrous is this!! We like Jesus, live enfleshed – we walk this path of faith, in and through our bodies. Our body is wondrous, our body is wise (essential for discerning our path) and in and through our body we give witness to and participate in, Christ’s ways in the world. To commune with God fully and deeply and with each other, the earth and our very self, requires that we connect with our bodies.

Disability, Theology and Spiritual Formation Certificate

This is an introductory program in Disability Theology. Students will examine the realities of living with a disability in contemporary society and their theological and spiritual implications. These modules will also delve into a practical theology regarding living and working with individuals with disabilities and their incorporation into our spiritual communities.

This module will explore various issues at the end of life including ethical decisions that need to be made, the necessity of a living will, how to say 'goodbye', sing 'vigil', learning the signs that the body is shutting down and rituals and beliefs that make a difference. You will learn how to walk alongside both the individual who is dying and the family as they deal with death and loss.

Spiritual Formation Certificate

The believer is in a real battle. There tends to be two extremes when it comes to demons, the devil, and spiritual warfare. One extreme—everything is the devil. It is all the devil’s fault. The other extreme is the antithesis. The devil and demons are non-existent and I need not concern myself with them.