Braving Difficult Decisions: Guiding Others to Courage and Hope

Berkeley calls its members to become a life-long Christian community of faith, learning, and service, offering all we have for the sake of God and the gospel in transforming the church and the world. Berkeley actively seeks, welcomes, and supports students who represent the full diversity of Christ’s Church, and who value academic excellence, desire to grow in spiritual insight, and seek the skills necessary for effective ministry. Berkeley is particularly committed to a pedagogy and a formation program devoted to social justice and racial reconciliation.

Berkeley Divinity School at Yale

A four-week course for spiritual leaders addressing how to lead people through difficult decisions

October 7, 14, 21, and November 4, 2024, 12:00 am-2:00 pm ESTPeople often go to spiritual leaders for guidance when they are at a crossroads, are feeling an internal conflict, or have gone through a crucible experience or crisis. (And sometimes leaders find themselves in a similar situation needing help for the next faithful step!). This course provides a process that you can use to guide others who are trying to figure out what to do or to help yourself if you are trying to make a difficult decision or transition.Drawing from her own experience with difficult decisions and in conversation with spiritual leaders, historical figures, and everyday folks, Rev. Dr. Angela Gorrell maps out a process for working through the most challenging aspects of complex choices, listening to God and others, naming emerging possibilities, and choosing a wise way forward that you can return to time and time again as you and the people you care for face new challenges.Participants completing this course will be given the following: <ol><li>Insight into what makes difficult decisions difficult and why this matters for life &amp; ministry.</li><li>Specific ways to work through the most significant aspects of difficult decisions and transitions (e.g., powerlessness &amp; worry, difficult feelings, the past &amp; the future, contending convictions, risking relationships &amp; judgment etc.).</li><li>Inspiritional stories that will provide hope and courage.</li><li>Concrete exercises and activities to attend to God’s presence and the Spirit’s leading as well as others and one's life in order to figure out what to do.</li></ol>The Rev’d Angela Williams Gorrell, PhD is the author of a brand new book, Braving Difficult Decisions: What to Do When You Don’t Know What to Do, always on: practicing faith in a new media landscape and The Gravity of Joy: A Story of Being Lost and Found. Angela’s research has been highlighted in media sources such as the New York Times, NPR, and the Washington Post. She has 14 years of ministry experience and has taught at several schools including Yale University, Baylor University, and McCormick Theological Seminary, and Fuller Theological Seminary. She has provided consulting for numerous organizations including the US Army and the NBA. You can find her on Instagram @angelagorrell or on her website <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.angelagorrell.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cbrandon.nappi%40yale.edu%7C41293071e81d4e604e5508dcaffc37b7%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638578745017385790%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yjY0dzhwTQpL1cLHONRz1wnpX33rkcAoEN3rqn3IVhI%3D&amp;reserved=0" title="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.angelagorrell.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cbrandon.nappi%40yale.edu%7C41293071e81d4e604e5508dcaffc37b7%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638578745017385790%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yjY0dzhwTQpL1cLHONRz1wnpX33rkcAoEN3rqn3IVhI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.angelagorrell.com</a>.

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