The Center for Spiritual Development
In our eleventh year, The Center for Spiritual Development is a program and ministry of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland Oregon. We provide adult Christian education and biblical study, spiritual development and practice, public lectures and pilgrimage for a broad spectrum of spiritual seekers and clergy. While our identity is rooted in the Christian tradition, we
invite all serious seekers and lovers of God to participate in our programs.
The Center's mission is for those "beyond the gates" of Trinity parish
even as we nurture and are nurtured by our own Trinity community. - The Rev. Canon Marianne Wells Borg, Director
The Center provides learning opportunities through:
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Public Lectures with some of the leading theological voices today, including: Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Karen Armstrong, Huston Smith, Walter Brueggemann, Sr. Joan Chittister and John Shelby Spong.
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Spiritual Pilgrimages Led by scholars Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan they draw participants from across the nation and are rich opportunities to travel in community, learn about history and traditions of the past and reflect on how our faith shapes and informs our lives today.
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Summer Seminars Bringing together internationally know theologians and biblical scholars to explore our understanding of what it means to be Christian and church in the 21st Century.
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Classes & Multi-year Programs in Christian Education
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The Taize Service for Healing & Wholeness, is offered by The Center on 2nd Sundays at 7:00pm
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Through CD’s and DVD’s of our public lectures and Summer Seminars, some of the most vital and important theological and spiritual discussions of our time are available to inspire, inform and encourage.
The Center invites you to engage in the ongoing and dynamic interplay
of scripture, tradition, reason and experience, as we understand it
in our own Christian tradition and in the other great wisdom traditions
of the world. In sharing insights and experience, we hope to gain greater
understanding of what it means to live a compassionate life.
The starting place of our learning and questions is acknowledgment
of the Sacred. Join us as we ask questions, engage in dialogue, strive
for justice, pray and serve, live with gratitude and a sense of wonder.
In short, join us as we seek to live a fully human life.
For more information
on our programs in Christian education and spiritual development please contact the Center.
