Retreats
Personal Transformation
Discernment
- Explore Ministry: The Fund for Theological Exploration helps you ask questions about the ministry and where you are being called.
Activism/ Social Transformation
- The Alliance for Sustainability: Works for personal, organizational and planetary sustainability through support of projects that are ecologically sound, economically viable, socially just and humane.
- Positive Futures Network: An independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting people's active engagement in creating a just, sustainable, and compassionate world.
- Co-op America: Practical steps for using your consumer and investor power for social change.
- The Circle of Life Foundation: Activates people through education, inspiration and connection to live in a way that honors the diversity and interdependence of all life.
- Greater Good: Dedicated to making it free and easy to support good causes through everyday online activities.
- Resource Center of the Americas: Informs, educates and organizes to promote human rights, democratic participation, economic justice and cross-cultural understanding in the context of globalization in the Americas.
- Human Rights Resource Center
- Action without Borders: Connects people, organizations and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.
- The AntiCareer Homepage: For those who believe that it is still possible to live and act from the most authentic part of ourselves and to express our strongest values, energies and talents through our work in the world.
- Soul of a Citizen: Living with conviction in a cynical time. Author Paul Loeb spoke at Gustavus April 14-15, 2003 as part of our Spring Conference.
- Sojourners: Faith, politics and culture.
Alternative News Sources
- AlterNet: A highly acclaimed Internet information source that provides readers with crucial facts and passionate opinions they can't find anywhere else.
- Utne Reader: Utne Magazine reprints the best articles from over 2,000 alternative media sources bringing you the latest ideas and trends emerging in our culture.
- Pilgrimage Press: An innovative publication featuring personal practical writings reflecting on the human journey.
Volunteer Opportunities
Service Learning
- CIRCLE: The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.
- Campus Cares: To identify, celebrate, and encourage the involvement of those on America's campuses - students, faculty, staff and administration - in serving the world beyond their gates.
- Robert K. Greenleaf Center: to help people understand the principles and practices of servant-leadership and to connect servant-leaders in a network of learning.
- Michigan Journal of Service-Learning: National, peer-reviewed journal consisting of articles written by faculty and service-learning educators on research, theory, pedagogy, and issues pertinent to the service-learning community.
- The King Center: Celebrating the Beloved Community.
- National Society for Experimental Education: To foster the effective use of experience as an integral part of education, in order to empower learners and promote the common good.
The programs and services of the Center for Vocational Reflection are made possible through the generosity of the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
