The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
~ Psalm 23:1-3 (ESV)
The rapid pace and chaos of grad school can easily take center stage drown out the thing which matter most in life: God. Taking time out to rethink, reflect, reorient, and relax, and reboot is a helpful reminder that there is something more and something greater than what academic culture presses onto us.
Veritas has, in recent years, joined with the graduate student chapter at Stanford for a fall retreat in the Santa Cruz mountains around Oct/Nov.
The winter conference is a regional gathering in Jan/Feb, and includes the graduate student chapters from Stanford, UC Davis and other campuses.
He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.
He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.
~ Psalm 23:1-3 (ESV)
The rapid pace and chaos of grad school can easily take center stage drown out the thing which matter most in life: God. Taking time out to rethink, reflect, reorient, and relax, and reboot is a helpful reminder that there is something more and something greater than what academic culture presses onto us.
Veritas has, in recent years, joined with the graduate student chapter at Stanford for a fall retreat in the Santa Cruz mountains around Oct/Nov.
The winter conference is a regional gathering in Jan/Feb, and includes the graduate student chapters from Stanford, UC Davis and other campuses.
Winter 2024: Feb 10-11, 2024 @San Damiano Retreat, Danville
Christian Mission in the University - how should Christians engage the university in our post-Christian society? We consider this question through a historical survey of the Christian foundations of the secular university, and a Biblical-Theological exploration of the paradox between victory in Christ and suffering in Christ.
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Tuininga, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and the History of Christianity, Calvin Theological Seminary
Fall 2023: Nov 4-5 @Redwood Glen Camp and Conference Center, Loma mar, CA
Spiritual Friendship - what kind of friendships are we called to foster in response to God's love for us? Do our relationships spur us on to love and good deeds?
Speaker: Mark and Lisa Scandrette, Director, ReIMAGINE; Adjunct Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary
Winter 2023: Feb 18-19 @Presidio Sports Basement, San Francisco, CA
Jubiliee: The Marriage Between Justice and Sabbath - we engage Leviticus 25 to explore the Biblical basis for integrating justice and faith, work and rest.
Speaker: Dr. Michael Karim, Adjunct Professor of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary; Intervarsity Christian Fellowship/USA
Winter 2020: Jan 31-Feb 2 @Redwood Christian Park, Boulder Creek, CA
Every Square Inch: Finding God's Design for our Lives - we form a Biblical theology of culture to help us engage in our studies, and discipleship in every aspect of our lives.
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Watkin, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, Monash University in Australia
Fall 2019: Nov 2-3 @Redwood Christian Park, Boulder Creek, CA
The Liturgical Soul: A Response to the Unyielding Call for Productivity and the Digital in Academic Life - through the lens of liturgy, we reflect on how intentionality in our daily routines can resist the relentless, all-consuming, exhausting impoverishment of academic and professional cultures, embracing the wholeness that Jesus promises.
Speaker: Dr. Felicia Song, Associate Professor Sociology, Westmont College
Winter 2019: Feb 1-3 @Redwood Christian Park, Boulder Creek, CA
Deeper Into the Trinity
Speaker: Dr. Bruce Hansen and Wendy Quay Honeycutt, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship/USA
Winter 2018: Feb 2-4 @The Salvation Army Redwood Glen Camp, Scotts Valley, CA
Christian Community: Agents of Shalom
Speaker: Dr. Robert Chau Romero, Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, UC Los Angeles
Winter 2017: Feb 3-5 @The Salvation Army Redwood Glen Camp, Scotts Valley, CA
Meaning of the Death of Jesus - New Testament understandings of the cross include covenant initiation sacrifice, passover sacrifice, day of atonement, sin offering, redemption fee in the slave market, destruction of the temple, and more. We bring these metaphors together for a more complete and profound understanding of the death of Jesus.
Speaker: Dr. Charles Yu, Pastor of Multicultural Ministry and Theology, Blackhawk Church in Madison WI
Fall 2016: Sept 16-18 @Redwood Glen Camp and Conference Center, Loma mar, CA
Free People: Meditations on our identity from the book of Hebrews and Genesis
Speaker: Carl Pascual, Minister of Community Life, Oakland City Church
Christian Mission in the University - how should Christians engage the university in our post-Christian society? We consider this question through a historical survey of the Christian foundations of the secular university, and a Biblical-Theological exploration of the paradox between victory in Christ and suffering in Christ.
Speaker: Dr. Matthew Tuininga, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and the History of Christianity, Calvin Theological Seminary
Fall 2023: Nov 4-5 @Redwood Glen Camp and Conference Center, Loma mar, CA
Spiritual Friendship - what kind of friendships are we called to foster in response to God's love for us? Do our relationships spur us on to love and good deeds?
Speaker: Mark and Lisa Scandrette, Director, ReIMAGINE; Adjunct Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary
Winter 2023: Feb 18-19 @Presidio Sports Basement, San Francisco, CA
Jubiliee: The Marriage Between Justice and Sabbath - we engage Leviticus 25 to explore the Biblical basis for integrating justice and faith, work and rest.
Speaker: Dr. Michael Karim, Adjunct Professor of Intercultural Studies, Fuller Theological Seminary; Intervarsity Christian Fellowship/USA
Winter 2020: Jan 31-Feb 2 @Redwood Christian Park, Boulder Creek, CA
Every Square Inch: Finding God's Design for our Lives - we form a Biblical theology of culture to help us engage in our studies, and discipleship in every aspect of our lives.
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Watkin, Senior Lecturer in French Studies, Monash University in Australia
Fall 2019: Nov 2-3 @Redwood Christian Park, Boulder Creek, CA
The Liturgical Soul: A Response to the Unyielding Call for Productivity and the Digital in Academic Life - through the lens of liturgy, we reflect on how intentionality in our daily routines can resist the relentless, all-consuming, exhausting impoverishment of academic and professional cultures, embracing the wholeness that Jesus promises.
Speaker: Dr. Felicia Song, Associate Professor Sociology, Westmont College
Winter 2019: Feb 1-3 @Redwood Christian Park, Boulder Creek, CA
Deeper Into the Trinity
Speaker: Dr. Bruce Hansen and Wendy Quay Honeycutt, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship/USA
Winter 2018: Feb 2-4 @The Salvation Army Redwood Glen Camp, Scotts Valley, CA
Christian Community: Agents of Shalom
Speaker: Dr. Robert Chau Romero, Associate Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, UC Los Angeles
Winter 2017: Feb 3-5 @The Salvation Army Redwood Glen Camp, Scotts Valley, CA
Meaning of the Death of Jesus - New Testament understandings of the cross include covenant initiation sacrifice, passover sacrifice, day of atonement, sin offering, redemption fee in the slave market, destruction of the temple, and more. We bring these metaphors together for a more complete and profound understanding of the death of Jesus.
Speaker: Dr. Charles Yu, Pastor of Multicultural Ministry and Theology, Blackhawk Church in Madison WI
Fall 2016: Sept 16-18 @Redwood Glen Camp and Conference Center, Loma mar, CA
Free People: Meditations on our identity from the book of Hebrews and Genesis
Speaker: Carl Pascual, Minister of Community Life, Oakland City Church