Internship Curriculum

Here is a partial list of what the interns have studied recently:

Koinonia History & Authors:

  • Cotton Patch Evidence by Dallas Lee
  • A Way of Prayer by Bren Dubay
  • The Inconvenient Gospel by Clarence Jordan
  • Briars in the Cotton Patch (film)
  • Enough to Share (film)
  • The Substance of Faith by Clarence Jordan
  • “The Effect of Christian Community on the World” from Sermon on the Mount by Clarence Jordan
  • “The Meaning of the Sabbath” from Substance of Faith by Clarence Jordan

Books:

  • Medgar & Myrlie by Joy-Ann Reid
  • It All Turns on Affection by Wendell Berry
  • How to Fight Racism by Jemar Tisby
  • Sleeping with Bread by Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn, & Matthew Linn
  • The Rule of St. Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century by Joan Chittister

Films:

  • 13th
  • Biggest Little Farm
  • Moments in the Life of Brother Roger
  • Mother Teresa
  • Shakespeare Behind Bars
  • Budrus
  • Just Mercy
  • The Rule of St. Benedict: An Introduction

Articles/Chapters:

  • “Hospitality, a Practice and a Way of Life” by Christine Pohl
  • “The Monastic Vision: Gift for a Needy World” from Wisdom Distilled from the Daily by Joan Chittister
  • “Appendix” from Wisdom Distilled from the Daily by Joan Chittister
  • “A Palace in Time” from The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel
  • Mark 11: “Peacemaking in the Midst of Violence and Conflict Resolution Along the Lines of Matthew 18” by Fred Bahnson from 12 Marks
  • “An Invitation to Beloved Community” by Shane Claiborne & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
  • “Go Visit Every Home” by Elias Chacour
  • “Hospitality as the Ground for the Good” by Jayme R. Reaves