NIFW Gotham Fellowship 2023-2024 SYLLABUS
Weekly class sessions on Monday evenings
Time: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location: 5by5 Agency
Address: 5210 Maryland Way Suite 200, Brentwood, TN 37027
OPening RETREAT at Evins Mill
Dates: Friday, August 25th - Saturday, August 26th
Arrival Time: Friday at 4:00 PM
Departure Time: Saturday at 4:00 PM
Address: 1535 Evins Mill Rd, Smithville, TN 37166
Week 1 | TUESDAY 9/4: Alternative Worldviews
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Strange, Making Faith Magnetic, Part 1, through page 73 (Reading or Audio)
Readings from Plato (Gotham Reader 1), Sun Tzu, The Art of War (summary), Franklin (Gotham Reader 1), & Buddhism
Lectio Divina app + Examen Prayer
Week 2 | 9/11: Gospel as Public Truth
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Strange, Making Faith Magnetic, Part 2, through the end
Kim, Exilic Discipleship
Lectio Divina app + Examen Prayer
CITY SATURDAY: Nashville walking tour
Date: Saturday, September 16th
Tour Begins: 9:00 AM
Tour Ends: 11:30 AM
Address: 217B 6th Avenue North between Union and Church Street near the Hermitage Hotel
Week 3 | 9/18: Performance- and Purchase-Based Self Worth
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Bonhoeffer, Life Together, through page 73 (Reading or Audio)
Foundations of Faith and Work Video (Part 1)
Foundations of Faith and Work Video (Part 2)
Lectio Divina app + Examen Prayer
Week 4 | 9/25: I-Thou and I-It Relationships
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Bonhoeffer, Life Together, through End (Reading or Audio)
Foundations of Faith and Work Video (I-Thou and I-It)
Lectio Divina app + Examen Prayer
Week 5 | 10/2: Bible & Mission: Part 1
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Goheen, A Light to the Nations
Keller, You Must Be Born Again (Audio)
Lectio Divina app + Examen Prayer
FALL BREAK | 10/9
Week 6 | 10/16: Bible & MIssion: Part 2
PRIOR TO CLASS:
McLaughlin, Jesus through the Eyes of Women
Begin Self-Counseling Project
Lectio Divina app + Examen Prayer
Week 7 | 10/23: Gospel: Part 1
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Luther, Christian Liberty
Keller, Gospel in Pluralist Society (Audio)
Lectio Divina app + Examen Prayer
Week 8 | 10/30: Gospel: Part 2
PRIOR TO CLASS:
N.T. Wright, Surprised by Hope, Ch. 6-7
Optional: Surprised by Hope, 8 also
Lectio Divina app + Examen Prayer
Week 9 | 11/6: Disordered Desires
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Augustine, selections in Confessions
Lectio Divina app + Examen Prayer
MID-Year DAY RETREAT: Heart renewal
Date: Saturday, November 11th
Arrival Time: 9:00 AM
Departure Time: 4:00 PM
Address: Nashville Location TBD
Week 10 | 11/13: Renewal of Desires: Part 1
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Im, You Are What You Do
Keller, Work and Rest (Audio)
Lectio Divina app + Examen Prayer
Thanksgiving BREAK | 11/20
Week 11 | 11/27: Renewal of Desires: Part 2
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Calvin, Golden Booklet
Begin Fuller Theological Seminary, De Pree Center Advent Devotional
CITY SATURDAY: Justice
Date: Saturday, December 2nd
Arrival Time: 9:00 AM
Departure Time: 12:00 PM
Address: Davidson County Sheriff’s Dept.
Week 12 | 12/4: Renewal of community
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Pohl, Living into Community, Intro & Parts 1 & 2
Read Redemptive Feedback Project instructions and begin to work on feedback for delivery to Prayer Partner and Co-Worker next week.
Continue De Pree Center Advent Devotional
Week 13 | 12/11: self-knowledge & Heart renewal
6 Types of Working Genius
Patrick Lencioni Assessment & Reading
Continue working on Redemptive Feedback Project
Conclude De Pree Center Advent Devotional
Week 14 | 12/18: Common grace
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Sayers, Why Work
Redemptive Feedback Project Due January 8th
Meet with Prayer Partner to debrief Redemptive Feedback Project and submit self-reflection questions to NIFW Director and Gotham TA by January 8th
Winter BREAK | 12/25 & 1/2
Week 15 | 1/8: Contextualizing the gospel
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Keller, Loving the City, Chapters 3 & 4, 10-12
Keller, The Dream of the Kingdom (Audio)
Begin Personalized Gospel Enneagram Devo
Week 16 | TUESDAY 1/15: Justice & mercy
PRIOR TO CLASS:
MLK, Letter from Birmingham Jail
Dr. Christina Edmondson's interview, Faithful Anti-Racism and the Christian Life (Audio)
Continue Personalized Gospel Enneagram Devo
Week 17 | 1/22: cultural engagement & technology
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Crouch, The Tech-Wise Family
Optional: Hunter, Interview on Vocation and the Common Good
Continue Personalized Gospel Enneagram Devo
Week 18 | 1/29: Culture and the Age to come
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Mouw, What are the Ships of Tarshish Doing Here?
Submit Gotham Personal Devotional to LBrett@NIFW.org by February 12th.
Continue Personalized Gospel Enneagram Devo
Week 19 | 2/5: Renewal in Focus: Education
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Kuyper on Sphere Sovereignty
Read Cultural Renewal Project Instructions
Continue Personalized Gospel Enneagram Devo
Week 20 | 2/12: renewal in focus: politics
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Haslam, Public Office as a Spiritual Discipline
Brainstorm Cultural Renewal Project
Continue Personalized Gospel Enneagram Devo
Week 21 | 2/19: renewal in focus: economics
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Blomberg, Neither Capitalism Nor Socialism
Economic Discipleship (part 1)
Economic Discipleship (part 2)
Prepare to submit Cultural Renewal Project pitch by the end of next week. (Friday March 3)
Read Gotham 8 Devotional and then return to Examen, Lectio Divina, or another Devotional
CITY SATURDAY: Arts & music
Date: Saturday, February 24th
Arrival Time: 9:00 AM
Departure Time: 12:00 PM
Address: Christ Presbyterian Academy
Week 22 | 2/28: renewal in focus: art
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Fujimura, On Becoming Generative
Submit Cultural Renewal Project pitch to NIFW Director
Read Gotham 9 Devotional and then begin Every Moment Holy’s Lenten Devotional
Week 23 | 3/4: Career and calling
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Palmer, Let Your Life Speak
Traeger, The Christian’s Guide to Career Planning
Work on Cultural Renewal Project final idea & presentation
Read Gotham 9 Devotional and then begin Every Moment Holy’s Lenten Devotional
Spring BREAK | 3/11
Week 24 | 3/18: Seeking Reconciliation
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Morrison, Be the Bridge
Work on Cultural Renewal Project final idea & presentation
Read Gotham 9 Devotional and then begin Every Moment Holy’s Lenten Devotional
CITY SATURDAY: Healthcare
Date: Saturday, March 23rd
Arrival Time: 9:00 AM
Departure Time: 12:00 PM
Address: Siloam Health (Melrose)
Week 25 | 4/1: Work & Worship
PRIOR TO CLASS:
Harrison Warren, "Liturgy of the Ordinary"
Work on Cultural Renewal Project final idea & presentation
Read Gotham 9 Devotional and then return to Examen, Lectio Divina, or another Devotional
Week 26 | 4/8: The Gotham Journey: Where Have We Been & Where Are We Going?
No reading in advance required
Submit Cultural Renewal Project to NIFW Director and Gotham TA
Read Gotham 9 Devotional and then return to Examen, Lectio Divina, or another Devotional
Week 27 | 4/17: Gotham Celebration Dinner
Gotham Celebration Dinner at 5by5 Agency from 5:30pm - 7:30pm
closing RETREAT at Evins Mill
Dates: Friday, April 19th - Saturday, April 20th
Arrival Time: Friday at 4:00 PM
Departure Time: Saturday at 4:00 PM
Address: 1535 Evins Mill Rd, Smithville, TN 37166