Virtues and Vices: Practical Spirituality 1

The toolbox for each Christian has the basic tools that all Christians have used since the time of the Apostles—the Holy Scriptures and Prayer. Yet, even in the time of the Apostles, there were more tools centered around Holy Scriptures and Prayer than the Christian seems aware of today. The answer to any question in life always has prayer and the holy Scriptures as part of the answer, but the historic Church has had a very full toolbox centered around those two. Today, the basic blunt use of the two main tools is arguably not enough to keep the young Christian grounded and moving forward in his or her faith. Explore the spirituality of the past in this short course, gaining a working knowledge of spiritual disciplines (mostly ways and practices of praying and reading Holy Scripture) that can be put into use immediately. Learn to develop a rule of life that is both powerful and practical.

Teacher

Father Brian Foos is a native northern Californian, He and his wife Kaitlin, a transplant from southern California, have three children in college, and starting in 1999, founded St. Andrew’s Academy, St. Andrew’s Church, and finally, St. Andrew’s College at the foot of a volcano called Mt. Lassen and on the shores of Lake Almanor. Father Foos earned his undergraduate degree in Literature, and graduate degree in theology, which have apparently brought him a lifetime of teaching both subjects, as well as other humanities classes. He has been involved in classical education for over thirty years. He is also the choirmaster of St. Andrew’s, was a member of the Anglican Church in North America national Catechesis Task Force from 2010 to 2015, has taught many a workshop at the Anglican Way Institute Summer Conference at Holy Communion Cathedral in Dallas, and currently serves on the Education Committee of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Father Foos prefers hiking in the woods and reading poetry by streams rather than fishing in them; basketball to baseball at all times; enjoys sailing and downhill snow-skiing. He loves to travel and to spread this addiction to students, as he shows them some of his favorite haunts in the British Isles and other European locales.

Dates

6-hour short course

Tuesday/Thursday: Aug. 6, 8, 13, 15

8:30 AM (PT) 1.5 hrs