Ritual Lab

How do you create new rituals or revitalize old ones? Where do you even start?? Get a backstage look into the mind and process of a professional ritual designer as he leads two attendees through a brainstorm and design sprint.

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Schedule

Transformational Experience Design

Paul Bulencea

Straight White American Jesus

Bradley Onishi

Therapy and Spirituality in Racial Healing

Broderick Sawyer

Invented Religions

Carole M. Cusack

Building Ecumenical Faith Communities

Killian Noe

Worldviews and Ways of Life

Ann Taves

Building Your Own Theology

Rev. Richard S. Gilbert

Crossfit as Reinventive Institution

Marcelle Dawson

God and Money

Devin Singh

Pilgrimage in the Marketplace

Ian Reader

Finding One's Path - Religion and One's Identity

Terry Washington

Religion Around Virginia Woolf

Stephanie Paulsell

The Story of Black Boys Om

Danny Fluker Jr.

Hillsong and the Genius of Evangelical Marketing

Tom Wagner

12:00 pm

Opening Session

What is Open Div? How to get the most from this conference?

Casey Rosengren

2:00 pm

Breakout Session

Featuring a live performance by Leah Coloff and a guided meditation by Luis Gil.

Leah Coloff

3:30 pm

Spiritual Infrastructure of the Future

What infrastructure do we need to create to help people grapple with life's big questions?

Casper ter Kuile

5:00 pm

Human Instruments

Join TEDx speaker and renowned facilitator, Nick Demeris, with an interactive event making music together with other members of the conference

Nick Demeris

Purpose Driven Campaigning

Nick Moraitis

Repurposing Religious Assets

Daniel Pryfogle

Growing Pains - Artist Interview

Tim Victor

Conspiracy Theories and New Age Spiritualities

David G. Robertson

Community and Tech, Community and Healing

Ritual Design

Ezra Bookman

Spirit Tech

Wesley J. Wildman

Deconversion

Sergio Perez

Experience Design for Transformation

Ayden LeRoux

Formation in Small Groups

Angie Thurston

The Business of Ministry

Rev. Andrew Chirch

Tolkien-ism, Jedi-ism, and Invented Religions

Markus Davidsen

Movement Chaplaincy and Sustainable Activism

Micky ScottBey Jones

Hip Hop and Spirituality

Dr. Erika Gault

The Future of LGBTQ Spirituality

Chris Stedman

Belonging and Culturally Sensitive Spiritual Practice

Sebene Selassie

Becoming a Millennial Zen Monk

Rev. Cristina Moon

11:00 am

Ritual Lab

Ezra Bookman

1:00 pm

Spiritual Direction for the Non-Religious

What does it mean to apply the ancient Jesuit practice of "sacred listening" to those seeking meaning in non-religious contexts?

Meisaan Chan

3:30 pm

Spiritual Direction Pop-up

Interested in trying out spiritual direction? Apply here to get matched with a spiritual director for a 25-minute, pro bono session to try out spiritual direction.

Nontheistic Sanctification

Gina Magyar-Russell

The Sunday Assembly

Josh Bullock

Storytelling and Organizing

Marshall Ganz

Faith & Crossfit

Alexander Darius Ornella

After World Religions

Chris Cotter

Attention Collections

Anthony Garcia

Zen Buddhism and Religious Violence

Brian Victoria

Journaling as a Spiritual Practice

Christina Baldwin

Building the Sacred Design Lab

Casper ter Kuile

Spiritual Direction for the Non-Religious

Sarah Cledwyn

Spiritual and Religious Coping in the Non-religious

Julie Exline

Reimagining the Role of Religion in a Changing World

Elan Babchuck

Nuns, Nones, and Modern Day Expressions of Benedictine Spirituality

Katie Gordon

Chaplaincy for Spiritual Rebels

Rev. Sarah Bowen

Finding Your Path Outside Tradition

Jillian Richardson

The Story of the Nomadic School of Wonder

Barbara Groth

ACT, Spirituality, and Cultivating Prosociality

Steven C. Hayes

The Future of Belonging

Vanessa Mason

11:00 am

Yoga / Movement Practice

Led by Reggie Hubbard, Founder of Active Peace Yoga and member of Black Boys Om

Reggie Hubbard

12:00 pm

Negative Theology Panel

Panel discussion on apophatic theology (aka negative theology), a theological and religious practice which aims to speak only in terms of what may not be said about God, because God is ultimately unknowable.

Dan McKanan

3:00 pm

VR Meditation with EvolVR

EvolVR is a VR spiritual community, with regular group meditations and small group discussions. Join us in VR or live-streamed on your computer for a VR meditation experience led by founder & UU minister, Jeremy Nickel.

Jeremy Nickel

4:30 pm

Breakout Session

featuring musical guest Jay Stolar

Jay Stolar

The Psychedelic Peer Support Line & Why We Need It

Hanifa Nayo Washington

Technology, Psychedelics, and the Future of Religion

Erik Davis

How to Create Equitable Spiritual Spaces

Christian Watkins

How to Revive Pilgrimage

Guy Hayward

Monasteries 2.0

Tasshin Fogleman

ACT for Clergy and Pastoral Counselors

Dr. Jason Nieuwsma

Religion, Conflict, and Values

Drew Rau

Reimagining Modern-day Jewish Life

Daniel Libenson

The Formation of Lay Chaplains

Arelis Benítez

Building One Spirit Interfaith Seminary

Rev. Diane Berke

Prosocial Spirituality

Jeff Genung

Contemplative Spirituality for the 21st Century

Fr. Adam Bucko

The State of Religion and Young People

Dr. Josh Packard

Wisdom for Rebels

David Fuller

Artist Interview

Jay Stolar

Rationalism and Re-Enchantment

Casey Rosengren

11:00 am

Yoga / Movement Practice

Led by Reggie Hubbard, Founder of Active Peace Yoga and member of Black Boys Om

Reggie Hubbard

12:30 pm

Engineering Serendipity to Activate Pronoia

An interactive workshop on cultivating serendipity and wonder in one's own life, by ritual designer Tiu de Haan

Tiu de Haan

4:00 pm

Black and Buddhist

Discussion of the recently released anthology, Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom with author & editor, Pamela Ayo Yetunde.

Pamela Ayo Yetunde

5:30 pm

Closing Ceremony

Featuring musical guest Freedom Imani

Freedom Imani