THE SEASONS ARE CHANGING IN EVERY WAY
Greetings!

One of the things I love about being on a college campus is watching the seasons turn, but in this case it's not what you might imagine. Instead of having spring to summer to winter to fall, around here we have move-in to Homecoming to second semester to Commencement. Right now we're celebrating having a good freshman class that's adding energy and fresh voices to our surroundings.

In my job, though, I am privileged to see this energy and fresh excitement practically every week when we start new online courses. I also don't have to wait until there's snow on the ground to see the pride of completion or wait long for the eager anticipation of the next group of learners.

Of course, that's only one reason that, after 15 years, I still love BeADisciple.com. I also appreciate the interaction with learners and instructors around the world, and the way this keeps my own faith fresh as I watch their discoveries and new depth of knowledge.

I love the seasons, both in nature and in the academic year, but in BeADisciple I don't have to grow weary of summer heat or winter cold. The next spring is as close as the next enrollment!
Lisa Buffum
Director of Online Education, BeADisciple.com

PS I am holding an instructor training course in September. If you would like to teach with us in 2022, maybe this is a good time for you to be trained! You can learn more about instructing through BeADisciple here: https://www.BeADisciple.com/begin
This Month's Featured Courses
How to Fight Racism
This study will offer the opportunity to come away with a clear model for how to think about race in productive ways and a compelling call to dismantle the social system based on skin color. Jemar Tisby's book, How to Fight Racism:Courageous Christianity and the Journey Toward Racial Justice, the course will offer hands-on suggestions supported by real-world examples of change
Blessing Book: Cultivating Resilience for Your Spiritual Journey
So many Christians spend their lives in pursuit of the next spiritual high while ignoring the reality that God is ever-present in their ordinary days.  “Blessing Book” introduces a process that is about coming home to oneself and to God.
Learners in this course will cultivate a sense of presence to life and to God that strengthens the spiritual journey of everyday life.
This is done through making art as a spiritual practice, cultivating active presence to life and to God, and embodiment practices that refresh and nurture body, mind, and soul.
A New New Testament
This course will lead you to the spiritual richness of meaning in the New Testament with the companion of a new look at the New Testament. 
“A New New Testament” is the controversial work of a group of 19 scholars referred to in the book as the New Orleans Council. Edited by Hal Taussig, who also wrote extensive introductory matter, “A New New Testament” includes 10 “recently discovered works” that the council chose as being ancient manuscripts that complete and update the standard Christian New Testament.
Leading Missional Small Groups
Do you want to learn more about small groups that provide support and accountability in our faith walk? This two week course teaches the Wesleyan way to form missional communities and congregations. It is based on the conviction that just as holiness of heart leads to holiness of life, it is communities of holy love that participate in God’s mission in the world.
We will learn the missional foundations set by John and Charles Wesley in the beginnings of the Holy Club, what it means to be missional, why we are called to be missional, how the means of grace shape us to serve missionally, what a missional community looks like, and how to organize one.