We all face times of being in between, where we’ve left something behind but we don’t know exactly what’s next. This might be in-between jobs, major life decisions, or significant relationships, either through consequences of choices or unexpected circumstances. In these times we often feel out of control and unsteady in the chaos. Here you will find two resources to support you through this season: Check out our Online Course and our Retreat. Sign up for both and receive a discount on the registration cost.

The Thriving In Between Online Course:

This course offers ways to embrace the possibilities and potential benefits of being in between.  By leaning into this material, you will find a pathway through what feels like chaos but might instead be a meaningful period of powerful transformation.

Module 1: Introduction to Liminal Space (Being In-Between) - Looking deeply for understanding at times of transition and the threshold of change gives us insight into how to process it well with a mindset for wholeness. This module will cover the foundations of our understanding of change, as well as social and cultural influences, family of origin structures, and personality tendencies.

Module 2: The Posture of a Pilgrim -- On a sacred journey, we value movement toward an end goal but engage in the process of getting there as well.  Taking an attitude of a pilgrim on a journey, we expect there to be experiences along the way that shape us, as opposed to our simply enduring the passage of time toward our arrival.  We will work through how this pilgrim posture helps us let go of the need for results and receive, instead, the gifts each day brings. 

Module 3: The Posture of Hospitality – The potential for fully engaging the benefits of change lies in our honoring of thresholds.  Valuing boundaries, lines, and border crossings requires us to nurture the virtue of hospitality.  Hospitality is a posture of receiving, hosting, and serving.  In this module, we will walk through how taking the posture of hospitality toward God, ourselves, and the unexpected experiences that “drop in” whenever we find ourselves crossing thresholds has powerful implications for fully embracing and receiving the gifts of liminal passageways.

Module 4: The Posture of Mourning – Transitions, by definition, require a leaving behind of something that was previously known.  In this module we will look at how loss and liminality are traveling companions.  Sometimes the leaving may be done by choice and sometimes not.  It may be an excruciatingly painful ripping away of something or someone to which we are deeply attached or it may be a joyous unfettering of something unwanted.  No matter what is being left behind, the loss of it offers opportunities for valuable processing leading to growth, awareness, commitment, compassion, and renewed stability.

Module 5: The Posture of Revision – Removed from the structures that formerly defined us, we are given an opportunity to reexamine our identity, our beliefs, and our definitions of life, self, meaning, and God.  When we are operating in the center of comfort and safety, we are by definition staying true to the structures that have been built to define us, which in turn provide safe operating rules.  From the margins, we can see the structure for what it is and receive wisdom concerning our part in transforming it.

Module 6: The Posture of Readiness - Spiritual disciplines provide the best pathway to sustaining the energy to stick with the long hard journey through liminal space.  A posture of readiness requires preparation, intentionality, and execution, but begins with a heart set on dependence on a power greater than ourselves.  Liminality can become a black hole that creates inertia, but the posture of readiness prevents stalling out in the long haul. We will cover the disciplines of Simplicity, Listening, Wise Counsel, and Celebration.

Module 7: The Posture of an Adventurer – An adventurer is one who is willing to face risk and muster the courage to take on the coming changes and challenges.  An adventurer uses careful preparation and employs valuable training but when the time comes to go, they go.  This is a necessary posture for completing the process of liminal passages so that the season is not wasted on one who is unwilling to bring the change they have experienced into a new phase of life.

Length: 7 Weeks

Start Date: July 31, 2024, 5:00 PM (PST)

Registration Fee: $75; Bundled with the Thriving In Between Retreat - $350

The Thriving In Between Retreat:

Our annual retreat gathers in beautiful Pine, Arizona for a weekend of getting away enough to breathe, rest, process, and discover how to navigate and thrive in in-between seasons in life. Join with others who are seeking renewal and tools for moving forward and deeper into the work that God has designed for you for your transformation in the liminal places.

What you’ll receive:

• Opportunities to tell your story and hear the stories of others

• Quiet time to reflect using guided questions and journal prompts

• Hands-on, meaningful activities

• A welcome basket with treats and gifts to memorialize your weekend

• Practical, proven methods for thriving in liminal seasons

• Great food and fun!

When: September 13th - 15th, 2024

Where: House in Pine, Arizona

Cost: Early Bird (by July 31st) - $275. Regular Price - $300. Bundled with Online Course - $350 (early bird price: $325)

Last day to sign up: September 1st or when spots are filled.

Number of spots: 12