Iliff School of Theology

08/21/2026

Join Iliff for Iliff Days!

Our partners (and alums!) Rev. Dr. Valerie Jackson, pastor of the Park Hill United Methodist Church, and Min. Daryl Walker have designated the 5th Sunday of the year as Iliff Day, inviting Iliff students, staff, faculty, administrators, and alumni to worship 💜

We invite our community to join us on August 30, when Iliff's Dean of Students, Rev. Dr. Diane Bogues, will be preaching.

🕙Service is at 10am.
📍Park Hill UMC | 5209 Montview Blvd, Denver, CO 80207

08/20/2026

63 years later, the work continues.

Join Minister Daryl J. Walker (Iliff Alum), CLEO & Company, Together Colorado, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Rev. Quincy Shannon, Legacy Voices, and community leaders from across Colorado for Good Trouble: 63 Years Later—an evening of reflection, celebration, action, and civic engagement.

Inspired by the legacy of the March on Washington, Good Trouble: 63 Years Later invites us to reflect on the work that came before us—and consider how we can continue it today.

📅 Friday, August 28, 2026
🕖 7–9 p.m.
📍 Cleo Parker Robinson Dance | 119 Park Avenue West, Denver, CO 80205

08/20/2026

Your calling can take many forms—and an Iliff MDiv can help you explore where yours might lead.

Catherine Vance, who recently earned her MDiv, is pursuing fellowship and ordination in the Unitarian Universalist tradition and continues working as a part-time hospital chaplain in Houston, Texas.

Discover more about Iliff—explore our graduate programs, certificate offerings, and more at iliff.edu.

08/19/2026

Looking to strengthen your writing and research practice? Join us for two upcoming opportunities to learn, write, and connect with peers:

Better Note-Taking: The Zettelkasten Method
Wed Aug 26 @ 11a - 12:30p
Zoom Link: https://iliff-edu.zoom.us/j/99127927256
This workshop introduces the Zettelkasten note-taking system, a method for creating interconnected notes that support long-term learning and research. Participants will learn how to build a personal knowledge network that helps generate ideas and identify connections across topics. Zettelkasten can streamline literature review, research development, and scholarly writing.

✍🏾Writing Group for all Genres:
Come write, and share your current work with peers and receive specialized feedback
August 28 - Hybrid
Zoom Link: https://iliff-edu.zoom.us/j/96965472295

Learn more and join today: https://library.iliff.edu/summer-2026-workshops/

08/19/2026

The first half of 2026 brought meaningful momentum for the AI Institute, with Dr. Philip Butler bringing critical imagination, spiritual technology, and responsible AI into conversations across higher education, culture, and community. Here’s a look at some of the highlights.

Save the date for Iliff's upcoming Critical Imagination Conference this November and fill out the interest form to stay connected: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ai-review-the-iliff-school-of-theology-etmyc/

08/18/2026

What does spiritual care ask of us in a world marked by conflict, uncertainty, and the unseen forces shaping our lives?

Join us for Iliff’s Opening Convocation as new faculty members Dr. Candice NunnTelfort and Rev. Dr. George Schmidt bring these questions into focus:

Dr. Candice NunnTelfort: The Unconscious: On the Limits of Spiritual Care

Rev. Dr. George Schmidt: Spiritual Care in an Age of War

With welcome and updates from Dr. Albert Hernandez.

📅 Thursday, September 10
🍴 Community Meal: 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m.
🎓 Convocation: 1–2 p.m.
📍 Iliff School of Theology, Shattuck Hall

Come gather. Come listen. Come begin the year with us.

RSVP for the meal*, convocation, or both: meal RSVPs due September 2.

RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/iliff-school-of-theology-opening-convocation-tickets-1997984581668?aff=oddtdtcreator

*Meal accommodations: gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan.

08/17/2026

What code are you living by?

We all live by a code often unseen, unspoken, and even unknown to ourselves. On September 2, Dr. Philip Reed-Butler, Director of the AI Institute and Associate Professor of Theology and Black Posthuman AI Systems at Iliff School of Theology, explores how the hidden programming that shapes our ways of being can become a pathway toward a more cohesive and interwoven way of living.

Join Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary for Woven Together by Code, part of the 2026 Mosaic Symposium.

Examine what shapes us and imagine what becomes possible when we become more conscious of the codes we live by.

Register Now: https://givebutter.com/2026Caldwell

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We all live by (a) code. Whether we acknowledge it or not. Much like the software we encounter on a regular basis, a person’s code is not readily visible. However, code is responsible for the ways that things behave. Especially those things which depend upon its logic(s) to function. However, when it comes to people our code is rarely visible, even to ourselves. “Woven Together By Code” will explore our unexplored and unspoken programming/ways of life as a means to arrive at a more cohesive and interwoven way of living and being.

Join internationally recognized scholar Dr. Philip Butler for the 2026 Caldwell Lecture as part of Louisville Seminary's Mosaic Symposium.

This lecture explores the 2026 Symposium theme: Woven Together: Where Humanity Meets the World Today.

Come ready to think deeply, ask meaningful questions, and join a conversation that reaches beyond the lecture hall.

📅 September 2, 2026
⏰ 4:30 PM Reception | 6:00 PM Hybrid Lecture
📍 Louisville Seminary Winn Center & Online
📌 Free & open to the public
🔗 Register by August 21: lpts.edu/2026caldwell

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED to attend either in-person or online.

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08/17/2026

Three days. Powerful preaching. Big questions.

Join us September 15–17 for Iliff’s Preaching in an Age of Contempt Conference—three days of worship, lectures, workshops, and conversation exploring what it means to preach with conviction without contempt in an age of division and distrust.

Here’s a look at what’s on the schedule:

🎙️ Rev. Dr. Will Willimon — Contemptible Preaching
📖 Rev. Dr. Miguel de la Torre — Reading the Bible from the Margins
🌿 Rev. Dr. Kirk Byron Jones — Preaching Three Beats Deep
🤝 Rev. Dr. Justin West — Bridging Toward Trust
🎮 Rev. Dr. Tamisha Tyler — Prophetic Simulation
🔥 Rev. Dr. Joy J. Moore — Loving the Enemy From the Pulpit

Join us for workshop, sermons, and community building as we imagine what faithful preaching can look like in an age of contempt.

Check out the full schedule and register Now: https://www.iliffpreachingconference.com/course/preaching-in-an-age-of-contempt-2026

08/13/2026

📣 The Fall Foundations of Death Care cohort is SOLD OUT!

But this conversation is just the beginning. Iliff's Death Care Collective brings people together to explore the journey of dying, grief, care, and the many ways we accompany one another through life's most profound transitions.

Interested in joining a NEW course starting this fall? Stay tuned to see what's in store:

08/13/2026

🎉Congratulations to Iliff Alum! 🎉

We're excited to announce that Rev. Brooklyn McBride, a recent graduate of Iliff, has taken on the role of part-time Youth Coordinator at the Rocky Mountain Conference UCC.

UCC. Rev. Brooklyn McBride (she/her), who is currently the Associate Minister of Youth & Congregational Connection at First Congregational UCC in Greeley, grew up in northern Colorado. She is dedicated to empowering students and the adults supporting them through transformative spirituality and community-focused Christian formation.