Daryl Van Tongeren, Ph. D is the Professor of Psychology and Director of the Frost Center for Social Science Research at Hope College. His contribution to our series What the World Needs Now is Humility.

Lead Teacher Brad Ruggles addresses What the World Needs Now with mettā, a Pali word, most often translated as loving-kindness, but also as universal goodwill or compassion.

Guest Teacher Sarah Kornfield visits this week and adds Surrender to the list of What the World Needs Now. Her teaching title is Men Don’t Retreat: Masculinity and Sovereignty in White Evangelicalism.

Our new series What the World Needs Now continues with Lead Teacher Brad Ruggles focusing on Balance.

C3 Lead Teacher Brad Ruggles is back to kick off a new series, What the World Needs Now. In our first week, Refuge, we’ll look at the growing need for safe spaces, where individuals can explore life’s deep questions without expectations or judgement.

C3 Core Teacher Michael DeWilde is back for the second week in a row. This week’s teaching is Part Two: Hot Button Issues in Ethics.

C3 Core Teacher Michael DeWilde joins us for the first of two consecutive visits with his talk: Hot Button Issues in Ethics.

This week’s Gathering brings our third Guest Teacher for October, Foster aka AutoPilot, who is one of the co-founders and a teaching artist with The Diatribe, one of Grand Rapids’ premier arts and culture non-profit organizations. He is a professional orator whose work is infused with joy and humor.

This is the last week of our series Meaning Matters: 12 Words/12 Months, and we’re pleased welcome Fable the Poet (Marcel Price) once again as our Guest Teacher as he discusses What is Sacred.

Kent Dobson is back this week with his second teaching about Silence in the series Meaning Matters: 12 Words/12 Months.