To Be Told Online Course

Course Description

To Be Told is at the core of The Allender Center’s foundational story work and theory. If you are looking to engage your personal story in an online course format, this is the course for you!

Our stories shape and influence every dimension of our daily life and relationships. Knowing the impact of our stories and finding God’s redemptive work within them is vital for emotional, relational, and spiritual health. Our culture often encourages us to focus only on the positive experiences and put the painful ones behind us. Far too often, when the true impact of our stories of wounding and heartache go unaddressed, we find ourselves bound to unhealthy and unfulfilling patterns without hope for change. To Be Told is far more than the popularized movement to “know your story.” It is an invitation to truth-telling, healing lament, deep soulfulness, and lasting change.

Our story is not ours alone--it is a gift to reveal something about Jesus for others. We believe the more able you are to read and engage your story, the more proficient you will become at reading and joining others in their stories. There is nothing more important than knowing how to walk wisely and tenderly into the heart of a son, daughter, spouse, parent, friend, or stranger. We can help you gain the skills to enter the significant parts of another person’s story in a fruitful way, grow in understanding, and free your heart to love.

Throughout this course Dr. Allender invites you to name with greater clarity the contours that easily get ignored, and to ponder the beauty and brokenness of the world that shaped you to become who you are. You will learn:

• The structure and power of story
• The concepts of faith, hope and love
• The redemption of story
• Blessing and a new story trajectory

To better help you incorporate the teaching into your life, reflection and journal exercises are included to help you explore your story and participate in a process of redemption.

How the Course Works

This course includes 3 lessons and a downloadable guide for writing your story, and our recommendation would be to go through approximately one lesson per week, but you are welcome to adjust the time frame as it best fits your personal pace. Each lesson includes a set of video segments that total about 2-3 hours of teaching and include thoughtful reflection prompts. Planning for a minimum of 2-3 hours to complete each lesson (in one sitting or spread out over the course of several days) would be a good baseline to provide yourself the mental and emotional space to absorb the video content and fully engage the reflection prompts.

Interested in a Group Purchase?

If your church or organization would like to purchase a set of licenses to provide this course to your team or small group, we offer bulk discounts of 10% for groups of 5 or more. Please visit our Group Sales Order Page to access these special rates.

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