​Year One: John, Chapter 1 through Chapter 12

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Offered via Zoom 

By Scott Jenkins, Celtic Way Creative Director

Ongoing Thursday Mornings

September 10, 2026 - May 24, 2027

10:00-11:30  AM (Rocky Mountain Time)

(Registration Link Below)

 

This introductory course invites students into the luminous world of the Fourth Gospel, long cherished within the Celtic Christian tradition for its contemplative depth, cosmic vision, and fierce insistence that the Divine Light shines in all things. We will explore John’s Gospel within its first‑century Jewish and Greco‑Roman context, attending to the social tensions, communal identity, and spiritual imagination that shaped its composition.

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Major Johannine themes guide our journey: Light and darkness, signs and belief, abiding (μένειν), glory (δόξα), truth (ἀλήθεια), the Word (λόγος), and the intimate mutual indwelling of God and creation. Students will learn key Greek terms that unlock John’s theological artistry, including σημεῖον (sign), ζωή (life), κόσμος (world), and πιστεύειν (to trust, to entrust oneself).

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Throughout, we will draw from Celtic spirituality’s love of John—its reverence for creation, its contemplative seeing, and its trust that the Divine Word pulses through every creature. Students will engage scripture, scholarship, and spiritual practice, discovering how John’s Gospel continues to shape a faith that is mystical, embodied, and ecologically awake.

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Class cost: $50.00 to $200.00 a month. Please Pay what you can afford.

We want everyone to be able to attend  ​​​​​​​​​

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