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V PP MG SG H R CC
Introduction to the Iona Collaborative
Iona Initiative Introductory Video                
How to be an Awesome Mentor Cynthia Kittredge CE P95          
Facilitation for Mentors Robert Pace CE P106            
Reading List - Summer 2020                  
Iona español
Videos en español   NEW            
Biblical Interpretation
Introduction to Biblical Studies
Introducing the Professors

Cynthia Kittredge
Steve Bishop
Jane Patterson
John Lewis

Year 1 A1.1.1            
The Hermeneutical Circle

Cynthia Kittredge
Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.1.2      
Biblical Chronology

John Lewis

Year 1 A1.1.3    
The Second Temple Period

Cynthia Kittredge

Year 1 A1.1.4    
Exile as the Definitive Experience for Israel

Cynthia Kittredge

Year 1 A1.1.5    
The Hermeneutical Circle as a Pastoral Practice

Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.1.2        
The Pentateuch
Creation

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.6.1      
Patriarchs, Matriarchs, and Covenant

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.6.2    
Moses and Jesus I & II

Steve Bishop
John Lewis

Year 1 A1.6.3      
Leviticus: Sacrifice and Holiness

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.6.4      
Study of Genesis 1: Two Accounts of Creation

Steve Bishop

NEW        
Study of Genesis 22: The Binding of Isaac

Steve Bishop

NEW        
Study of Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5: The Ten Commandments

Steve Bishop

NEW        
Study of Leviticus 16: Day of Atonement

Steve Bishop

NEW        
Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History
Deuteronomistic History

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.3.1      
The Book of Deuteronomy

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.3.2      
Theodicy in the Deuteronomistic History

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.3.3      
Israel and the Gods of Canaan

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.3.4      
The Deuteronomistic History and the New Testament

Cynthia Kittredge

Year 1 A1.3.5    
Study of Deuteronomy 6: The Heart of Deuteronomy

Steve Bishop

NEW        
Prophets; The Restoration
Prophecy in the Ancient Near East

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.4.1      
Prophetic Imagination

Cynthia Kittredge

Year 1 A1.4.2    
The Prophet's Relation to Power

Steve Bishop
Cynthia Kittredge

Year 1 A1.4.3    
Poetry in Prophetic Literature

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.4.4      
The Persian Period: Restoration and Temple

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.2.1      
Restoration and Torah

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.2.3      
The Persian Period: Scripture and Canon

Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.2.5      
Psalms and Wisdom Literature
Reading List

Steve Bishop

NEW            
Reading the Shape of the Psalter

Steve Bishop

NEW      
Reading Psalms of Lament

Steve Bishop

NEW      
Reading Psalms of Thanksgiving

Steve Bishop

NEW      
Reading Psalms of Praise

Steve Bishop

NEW      
Reading Enemies of the Psalms

Steve Bishop

NEW      
Reading Wisdom in the Ancient Near East

Steve Bishop

NEW      
Reading Wisdom in the Book of Job

Steve Bishop

NEW      
Reading Wisdom in the Book of Ecclesiastes

Steve Bishop

NEW      
Hellenistic and Roman Periods
Daniel, Zechariah, and Introduction to Hellenism

Steve Bishop
John Lewis

Year 1 A1.4.5      
Hellenism and 2 Maccabees

Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.5.1      
Wisdom in Second Temple Period

Cynthia Kittredge

Year 1 A1.5.2      
Qumran and John

Cynthia Kittredge
Steve Bishop

Year 1 A1.5.3      
The Apocalyptic Worldview

Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.5.4    
Messianism, Redeemer Figures, and Angels

Cynthia Kittredge
John Lewis

Year 1 A1.5.5      
Introduction to the Roman Context

Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.7.1      
Jesus and Torah

John Lewis

Year 1 A1.2.4      
Study of Apocalyptic Texts

John Lewis

NEW        
The Gospel of Mark
The Gospel of Mark I

Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.7.2      
The Gospel of Mark II

Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.7.3      
The Gospel of Mark III

Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.7.4      
Historical Jesus, Synoptic Problems, and Q

John Lewis

Year 1 A1.7.5      
Introduction to Mark's Gospel

Cynthia Kittredge

NEW        
Study of Mark 3: Levels of Conflict in Mark

Cynthia Kittredge

NEW        
Study of Mark 5: Raising the Daughters

Jane Patterson

NEW        
Study of Mark 6: Two Kinds of Power

Jane Patterson

NEW        
Study of Mark 7: Jesus, the Jewish Teacher

Jane Patterson

NEW        
Study of Mark 8-9: Listen to Him!

John Lewis

NEW        
Mark's Ending(s)

Cynthia Kittredge

NEW        
Poems Inspired by Mark's Gospel

Cynthia Kittredge

NEW          
The Gospels of Matthew and Luke/Acts
The Gospel of Matthew I

John Lewis

Year 1 A1.8.1    
The Gospel of Matthew II

John Lewis

Year 1 A1.8.2    
The Gospel of Luke I

Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.8.3    
The Gospel of Luke II

Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.8.4    
Acts of the Apostles

John Lewis

Year 1 A1.8.5      
Preaching Luke in Lent

Jane Patterson

NEW        
Matthew's Pastoral Practice

John Lewis

NEW        
The Gospel of John
The Gospel of John I

Cynthia Kittredge

Year 1 A1.9.1      
The Gospel of John II

Cynthia Kittredge

Year 1 A1.9.2      
The Gospel of John III

Cynthia Kittredge

Year 1 A1.9.3      
Study of John 8-9: I AM the Light of the World

Jane Patterson

NEW          
Paul and Pauline Literature; Final Things
Paul and the Second Temple

Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.2.2      
The Apostle Paul I

John Lewis

Year 1 A1.9.4      
The Apostle Paul II: 1 & 2 Corinthians

John Lewis
Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.9.5      
The Apostle Paul III: Romans

Cynthia Kittredge

Year 1 A1.10.1    
Deutero-Pauline Epistles

John Lewis

Year 1 A1.10.2    
Canon, Parting of the Ways

John Lewis

Year 1 A1.10.3    
Bible and Ethics

Steve Bishop
John Lewis

Year 1 A1.10.4    
Bible in Theological Reflection

Jane Patterson

Year 1 A1.10.5    
Engaging Scripture with Imagination Cynthia Kittredge Year 3 P97          
Introduction to the Letters of Paul

John Lewis

NEW        
Paul: Grace

John Lewis

NEW        
Paul: Gospel

John Lewis

NEW        
Paul: Faith and Faithfulness

John Lewis

NEW        
Paul: Justification and Righteousness

John Lewis

NEW          
Paul: The Church

John Lewis

NEW        
The Cross of Christ in Paul I: The Execution of the Messiah

Jane Patterson

NEW        
The Cross of Christ in Paul II: A Jewish Way of Making Sense of the Crucifixion

Jane Patterson

NEW        
The Cross of Christ in Paul III: The Cross as a Moral Pattern

Jane Patterson

NEW        
Church History
Introduction to the History of Christianity (12-week course)

Dan Joslyn-Siemiatkoski

NEW      
The Early Church

Dan Dunlap

Year 2 A2.1      
The Imperial Church

Dan Dunlap

Year 2 A2.2      
The Medieval Church

Anthony Baker

Year 2 A2.3      
Pre-Reformation Christianity in England

Anthony Baker

Year 2 A2.4      
Continental Reformation

Anthony Baker

Year 2 A2.5      
English Reformation

Michael Russell

Year 2 A2.6      
English Church Development 17th-19th Centuries

Michael Russell

Year 2 A2.7      
Christianity in the Modern World

Link Hullar

Year 2 A2.8      
The American Episcopal Church

Link Hullar

Year 2 A2.9      
The Church and Contemporary Society

Andy Doyle

Year 2 A2.10      
Anglican Studies
Pre-Reformation Christianity in England

Anthony Baker

Year 2 A2.4      
English Reformation

Michael Russell

Year 2 A2.6      
English Church Development 17th-19th Centuries

Michael Russell

Year 2 A2.7      
The American Episcopal Church

Link Hullar

Year 2 A2.9      
Contemporary Anglican Spirituality

David Ottsen

Year 2 P63        
Parish Administration: Episcopal Church Organization and Structure

Bill Bennett

Year 2 P37      
The Protestant Mainstream and its Challenges

Howard Miller

CE P103          
The Episcopal Response and American Denomination

Howard Miller

CE P104          
The Episcopal Response and the Global Anglican Crisis

Howard Miller

CE P105          
Theology and Ethics
Christology, Trinity, and Ethics

Anthony Baker
Scott Bader-Saye

Year 3 A3.1    
Theology: Systematic and Moral

Anthony Baker
Scott Bader-Saye

Year 3 A3.2    
Creation, Anthropology, and Election

Anthony Baker
Scott Bader-Saye

Year 3 A3.3    
Sin and Liberation

Anthony Baker
Scott Bader-Saye

Year 3 A3.4    
Holy Spirit, Salvation, and Virtue

Anthony Baker
Scott Bader-Saye

Year 3 A3.5    
Ecclesiology and Politics

Anthony Baker
Scott Bader-Saye

Year 3 A3.6    
Sacraments, Sex, and Marriage

Anthony Baker
Scott Bader-Saye

Year 3 A3.7    
Eschatology and Violence

Anthony Baker
Scott Bader-Saye

Year 3 A3.8    
Trinity, Economy, and Ecology

Anthony Baker
Scott Bader-Saye

Year 3 A3.9    
Saintly Lives

Anthony Baker
Scott Bader-Saye

Year 3 A3.10    
Homiletics
Original Homiletics Content
Homiletics I

Sam Todd

Year 1 P06    
Homiletics II

Jeff Fisher

Year 1 P09      
Homiletics III

Micah Jackson

Year 1 P12      
Homiletics IV

Micah Jackson

Year 1 P24      
Episcopal Preaching Foundation Content
EPF Written Resources and Reading List (all courses)

 

NEW          
Introductory Files for Preaching Curriculum

 

NEW              
Facilitator Files for Preaching Curriculum

 

NEW              
Suggested Modules for Preaching Curriculum

 

NEW              
Year One - Preaching Excellence Cirriculum

 

NEW              
Session 1: Introduction to the Iona Preaching Excellent Program

 

NEW            
Session 2: The Personal Authenticity of the Preacher

Stephen Smith

NEW      
Session 3: What is a Sermon?

Thomas G. Long

NEW      
Session 4: Why Preach and What to Preach

Thomas G. Long

NEW      
Session 5: Transparency and Technique

Christine Parton Burkett

NEW        
Session 6: Encountering the Word

Thomas G. Long

NEW      
Session 7: The Claim of the Text

Thomas G. Long

NEW      
Session 8: The Focus of the Sermon

Thomas G. Long

NEW      
Session 9: The Function of the Sermon

Thomas G. Long

NEW        
Session 10: The Well-Rounded Reader

Rob Wright

NEW        
Year Two - Preaching Excellence Cirriculum

 

NEW          
Session 1: Introduction to Texts & Contexts

 

NEW        
Session 2: The Art of Preaching

Jana Childers
Rob Wright

NEW        
Session 3: Preaching in the Context of Liturgical Experience

Rob Wright

NEW        
Session 4: Then & Now

Kim Jackson
Rob Wright

NEW        
Session 5: The Word Aloud

Christine Parton Burkett
Jana Childers

NEW        
Session 6: Reading Scripture Alive

Christine Parton Burkett

NEW        
Session 7: The Preacher's Week

Kim Jackson

NEW        
Session 8: Manuscript and Memory

Christine Parton Burkett
Jana Childers

NEW        
Session 9: The Shape of a Sermon

Christine Parton Burkett
Jana Childers

NEW          
Session 10: The Preacher's Sabbath

Kim Jackson

NEW        
Year 3 - Preaching Excellence Curriculum

 

NEW              
Session 1: Introduction to Preaching to Feedback

Steven Smith

NEW        
Session 2: The Privilege of Preaching

Rob Wright
Jana Childers

NEW        
Session 3: Preaching in the Margins

Kim Jackson

NEW        
Session 4: Preaching the Seasons and the Saints

Gerald Liu

NEW        
Session 5: The Human Shofar

Christine Parton Burkett 

NEW        
Session 6: Parables, Letters, Psalms, and Stories

Stephen Smith
Kim Jackson

NEW        
Session 7: The Church in the Public Square

Kim Jackson

NEW        
Session 8: When You Don't Feel Like Preaching

Stephen Smith

NEW        
Session 9: Preaching at Baptisms

Stephen Smith
Thomas G. Long

NEW        
Session 10: Celebraiton of Preaching and the Road Ahead

Webinar

NEW        
Preaching Curriculum Resources

 

NEW              
Videos for Preaching Curriculum

 

NEW              
Embodying the Text

Jana Childers

NEW            
The Journey of a Preacher

Kim Jackson

NEW            
A Theology of Preaching

Gerald Liu

NEW          
Theological Themes

Gerald Liu

NEW            
The Lectionary and the Preacher's Spiritual Life

Gerald Liu

NEW            
Preaching and the Hebrew Bible

Gerald Liu

NEW            
Bishop Wright Introduces Himself

Rob Wright

NEW            
A Bishop's View

Rob Wright

NEW            
Selecting a Lectionary Text

Rob Wright

NEW            
Preaching and the Sacraments

Rob Wright

NEW            
A Bishop's Encouragement

Rob Wright

NEW            
Liturgy and Music
Daily Office

Sam Todd
Jody Burnett

Year 1 P03
Enactment E02
       
History and Theology of the Book of Common Prayer

Nathan Jennings

Year 1 P15      
Familiarity with the Book of Common Prayer

Doug Earle

Year 1 P21          
Introduction to the Holy Eucharist

Sam Todd

Year 1 P18      
Holy Eucharist II and Prayers of the People

Nathan Jennings

Year 1 P27        
Liturgical Theology

Nathan Jennings

Year 2 P66        
Leonel Mitchell's Praying Shapes Believing

Nathan Jennings

CE P99          
Theology of Marriage

Nathan Jennings

Enactment E04          
Church Year: Advent - Holy Week

Nathan Jennings

Year 2 P47          
Church Year: Eastertide, Ordinary Time, and the Nativity Cycle

Nathan Jennings

Year 2 P51          
Liturgical Planning

John Bentley

Year 2 P35a        
Liturgical Planning and Leadership

Jody Burnett

Year 2 P35b      
The Servant in the Liturgy

Lillian Hyde
Mary Lenn Dixon

Year 2 P43    
Music for Small Vital Congregations

Linda Patterson

Year 2 P41
Year 2 P45
     
Hymns of Thomas Ken, Caroline Divines

Clint Capers
Mark Crawford

Year 2 P53
Year 2 P53b
     
Christian Initiation (Baptism/Confirmation)

John Bentley
John Newton

Year 2 P54
Year 2 P54b
     
Hymns and Poems: Lutheran and Wesleyan

Kevin McClure

Year 2 P55      
Worship Practicum

Doug Earle

Year 2 P58          
Baptism

Jody Burnett

Enactment E01          
Holy Eucharist

Jody Burnett

Enactment E03          
Pastoral Ministry and Offices
New Additions for 2021-2022 Academic Year
Holy Listening for Pastoral Care

Dave Scheider

NEW          
Pastoral Crisis Care

Dave Scheider

NEW          
Referral Process for Pastoral Care

Dave Scheider

NEW          
Brief Pastoral Counseling

Dave Scheider

NEW          
Prayer and Liturgy in Pastoral Care

Dave Scheider

NEW          
Original Content
Introduction to Pastoral Care

Danielle Tumminio

NEW          
Trauma

Danielle Tumminio

NEW          
The Sacramental Rite of Reconciliation

John Bentley
Nathan Jennings

Year 2 P60
Year 2 P60b
     
Hospital Visits

Lillian Hyde

Year 1 P13        
Preparing for End of Life

Lillian Hyde

Year 1 P16        
Addiction and Recovery

Bill Wigmore

Year 2 P32        
Ministering to the Sick and Dying; Burials

John Bentley
Kathy Lyon
Margaret Waters

Year 2 P39
Year 2 P39b
Year 2 P39c
     
Ministry to the Homeless

Robert Flick

Year 2 P52        
Disaster Relief

Gill Keyworth

Year 2 P47        
Healing Liturgies

Lillian Hyde

Year 3 P64        
Ministry to Older Adults

Helen Appelberg

Year 3 P65      
Marriage: Preparation, Conduct of Service

Henry Strobel

Year 2 P56        
Healing the Healers

Odyssey Impact

NEW        
Spiritual Practices
Anglican Spirituality Toolbox

Nathan Jennings

NEW            
Ignatian Spirituality

Rebecca Hall

NEW            
Holy Women and the Spiritual Life

Robin Neville

NEW            
Spiritual Autobiographies

Sam Todd

Year 1 P02          
Rule of Life

Victoria Anne Mason
Kathleen Phillips

Year 1 P05a
Year 1 P05b
     
Stages of Faith: Journaling

James Fowler

Year 1 P08        
Lectio Divina

Gerald Sevick

Year 1 P18          
Spirituality of the Senses

Victoria Anne Mason

Year 1 P27        
Contemplative Prayer

Dorothy Gremillion

Year 1 P20          
Celtic Spirituality

Sylvia Maddox

Year 1 P23      
Reading Icons

Mary Green

Year 1 P26        
The Labyrinth Experience

Sheila Gerth

Year 1 P29          
Desert Spirituality

Mary Earle

Year 2 P38      
Monasticism: Benedict and Francis

Robert Flick

Year 2 P42        
Pre-Reformation Mystic: Julian of Norwich

Sylvia Maddox

Year 2 P46      
Spanish Mystics: Ignatius, Teresa, and John of the Cross

Sylvia Maddox

Year 2 P50      
Spirituality in the Modern World: Evelyn Underhill, CS Lewis

Leslie Hay

Year 2 P59      
Spirituality in Digital Culture

Heidi Campbell

Year 3 P67      
Theological Reflection

Sam Todd

Year 3 P94          
Awareness and Discernment

Mary Lenn Dixon

Year 3 P79      
Experiential Christian Formation

John Lewis
Jane Patterson

Year 3 P84
Year 3 P86
       
Theory and Practice of Ministry
Orientation/Introduction to Priesthood/Diaconate

Sam Todd

Year 1 P01        
Clergy Vesture

Sam Todd

Year 1 P04          
Title IV Disciplinary Canons

Mary MacGregor

Year 1 P19          
Introduction to Diakonia

Mary Lenn Dixon

Year 2 P34          
Field Work Review

 

Year 2 P30        
Conversations with the Bishop

 

             
Sacramentality and Justice

Mary Lenn Dixon

Year 2 P36      
History and Theology of the Diaconate

Gregory Buffone

Year 2 P40        
Spirituality of Ordained Ministry

Mary Lenn Dixon

Year 3 P77        
Contemporary Diaconate

Mary Lenn Dixon

Year 2 P48      
Prophetic Voice

Glennda Hardin
Linda Shelton

Year 3 P89        
Various Field Work Sessions

 

             
Congregational Life and Leadership
Asset-Based Community-Led Development (ABCD)
Introduction to the ABCD Video Series

Nandra Perry

NEW            
Module 1: What is ABCD?

Nandra Perry

NEW            
Module 2: Tools and Techniques

Nandra Perry

NEW            
Module 3: Designing an Effective ABCD

Nandra Perry

NEW            
Module 4: ABCD Inside Your Church

Nandra Perry

NEW            
Module 5: Theology of ABCD

Nandra Perry

NEW            
Parish Leadership (First Time in Charge)
Vestry 101

Kathleen Russell

NEW            
Getting to Know the Congregation

Kathleen Russell

NEW            
Annual Meeting & Bishop's Visit

Kathleen Russell

NEW            
Navigating Sunday Mornings

Kathleen Russell

NEW            
Funerals

Kathleen Russell

NEW            
Hospital Visitations

Dave Scheider

NEW            
Premarital Counseling

Dave Scheider

NEW            
Weddings

Kathleen Russell

NEW            
Leadership

Kathleen Russell

NEW            
Group Leadership Series
General Leadership Ideas in Church Groups

Rebecca Hall
Kathleen Russell

NEW            
Task-Oriented Groups

Rebecca Hall
Kathleen Russell

NEW            
Process-Oriented Groups

Rebecca Hall
Kathleen Russell

NEW            
Missional Ministry
Missional Theology

Jason Evans

NEW        
Missional Church History

Jason Evans

NEW        
Evangelism

Jason Evans

NEW        
Community Engagement

Jason Evans

NEW        
Missional Communities

Jason Evans

NEW        
Financial Statements as Spiritual Practice
Own and Owe

Steven Tomlinson

NEW        
Prudence

Steven Tomlinson

NEW        
Future

Steven Tomlinson

NEW        
Faithfulness

Steven Tomlinson

NEW        
Original Content
Congregational Leadership

Danielle Tumminio

NEW          
The Pastoral Relationship with the Congregation

Charles Cook

Year 3 P72      
Pastoral Leadership: A Trinitarian Approach

Charles Cook

Year 3 P85      
Pastoral Leaders in a Community of Faith

Charles Cook

CE P96          
Pastoral Leadership in the Modern World

Charles Cook

CE P98          
Church: Established or Intentional Servant Leadership

Charles Cook

Year 3 P87      
Congregational Seasons and Cycles

Charles Cook

Year 3 P83      
Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation

Charles Cook

Year 3 P80      
Creating Learning Experiences

Jane Patterson

CE P101          
The Vocation of All God's People

Jane Patterson

CE P102          
Foundations for Healthy Small Congregations

Mary MacGregor

Year 3 P90
Year 3 P92
     
Small Vital Congregations

Mary MacGregor
Chester Makowski
Judith Jones

Year 1 P14        
Parish Polity

Cecilia Smith

Year 1 P28          
Empowering the Laity

Victoria Anne Mason

Year 1 P22      
Parish Administration: Episcopal Church Organization and Structure

Bill Bennett

Year 2 P37      
Parish Administration: Nature of Groups

Bill Bennett

Year 2 P44    
The Leader as Catalyst for Spiritual Formation

John Newton

Year 2 P49        
Healthy and Unhealthy Conflict

Gaye Jones

Year 2 P73      
Responding to Unhealthy Conflict

Gaye Jones

Year 2 P75      
Leading Change

Mary MacGregor

Year 2 P76      
Leading as a Steward

Mary MacGregor

Year 2 P74      
Multicultural Engagement
Cultural Competency I-III

Denise Trevino

Year 1 P07
Year 1 P10
Year 1 P25