September 2021
Alan is teaching a 6-session course for Oberlin College athletes and coaches that focuses on the classical virtues and leadership development.
Every second Tuesday of the month
Alan facilitates an online meeting for the Merton Society entitled: Tuesdays with Merton. This highly popular series has featured guests such as James Martin, SJ., Sophfronia Scott, Michael W. Higgins, Kathleen Deignan, CND, Daniel P. Horan, OFM, and more! The webinar series is presented by the International Thomas Merton Society and the Center for Spirituality at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame on the second Tuesday of each month. Free and open to the public. Registration required.
To register, or view one of the past presentations visit: http://merton.org/ITMS/TWM/default.aspx
Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Alan will be speaking to Human Resources teams of the Kendal Retirement Communities group about Quaker Values and Resiliency.
October 3, 2021
Alan is leading a Quaker Meeting and will focus on “Memories and our future”.
Every second Tuesday of the month
Alan facilitates an online meeting for the Merton Society entitled: Tuesdays with Merton. This highly popular series has featured guests such as James Martin, SJ., Sophfronia Scott, Michael W. Higgins, Kathleen Deignan, CND, Daniel P. Horan, OFM, and more! The webinar series is presented by the International Thomas Merton Society and the Center for Spirituality at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame on the second Tuesday of each month. Free and open to the public. Registration required.
To register, or view one of the past presentations visit: http://merton.org/ITMS/TWM/default.aspx
Every other Sunday evening
Alan hosts a weekly online discussion group about Contemplative Spirituality. The attendees include a diverse group of individuals of all ages. Weekly discussions have included Christian tradition, mission, poetry, laughter, Merton, spiritual friendship, and much more!
Alan was very involved at the Annual Merton Society Meeting: ITMS. He moderated sessions, ran a Q&A, and presented his paper entitled: A Transforming Moment: A Comparison of Thomas Merton and Illia Delio’s Pivotal Experience and Its Dynamic Implications. The paper will be published in an upcoming Merton Seasonal.
May 2021
Alan concluded the 21st Student Athlete leadership class, which ended up being one for the books due to the Covid-19 pandemic! Coaches and athletes met "in person," spread out safely and would meet on Zoom when there were special guest speakers. 
Thursday, March 18th, 2021
Kolp was the Keynote Speaker at an event for the BW AHSW Center for Coaching Excellence. He spoke about: Leadership & the Importance of Relationships.
February 15, 22, 23 2021
Faith & Life Lecture Series
Dr. Alisha Lola Jones gave three virtual presentations on the theme: "God Don't Need No Matches, He's Fire All By Himself": Black Musical Masculinities and the Art of Enflaming Worship
This series explored "Flaming?," Dr. Jones' new book that examines the rituals and social interactions of African American men who use gospel music-making as a means of worshiping God and performing gendered identities.
February 12, 2021
Alan helped lead a three-part series entitled "Journey to Well-being" as part of a wellness initiative at BW. He talked about discovering some easy ways to enhance a sense of well-being while earning a paycheck.
October 15, 2020
Alan led a BW webinar entitled, "Finding Meaning in the Pandemic Mess". To hear that webinar in its entirety click HERE.
September-October 2020
Alan completed a 3-week sermon series with First Friends Quaker meeting in Richmond, Indiana. The central theme was: “ Crafting a Vision for Our Third Century of Effective Ministry”.
September 18, 2020
Alan was the Guest Speaker at an event hosted and moderated by Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity. Alan spoke to students about: Hope: Finding meaning in uncertain times.
September 8, 2020
Alan moderated a sold out Merton event hosted by the International Thomas Merton Societty. Dan Horan, OFM gave a presentation entitled, "Thomas Merton and Black Lives Matter: Spirituality and Racial
Justice for Our Time"
March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 2020
Thomas Merton & Thomas Kelly: a Catholic-Quaker Ecumenical Conversation
Using
Kelly’s best-selling classic, A Testament of Devotion, supplemented
with selections from a variety of Merton’s writings, Alan Kolp led a conversation exploring common themes still relevant to contemporary
spiritual life.
February 20-21, 2020
2020 Faith & Life Lecture Series
Ilia Delio, OSF, Ph.D. gave three presentations on the theme "Christianity in a World of Evolution: Exploring the Upside-Down God" To view the lectures online, visit the links below:
Thursday, February 20, 7:30 p.m.
"Deep Relationality and a New Religion of the Earth"
Friday, February 21, 10 a.m.
"Evolution and the Dynamism of God"
Friday, February 21 at 2 p.m.
"The Emerging Posthuman: What Are We Becoming?" Panel Discussion
January 27, February 3, February 10, February 17
Dimensions of the Sacred: An Exploration of the Six Dimensions of Religion
Alan Kolp gave a four-part series facilitating discussion around the book Dimensions of the Sacred by
Ninian Smart. The course explored the six dimensions of religion
and how they apply to the major world religions.
December 31, 2019
Jesus, Non-Violence and Quaker Spirituality
Alan
Kolp spoke at a New Year’s Eve Peace Prayer Vigil at Blessed
Trinity Parish in Collaboration with Pax Christi, USA. The event was entitled: Jesus, Non-Violence and Quaker Spirituality.
May 11 2019
Alan Kolp led a daylong retreat that introduced and deepened each person's knowledge of Quaker Spirituality. The event was entitled: Quaker Spirituality: Nuggets for Everyone's Spiritual Journey
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Kolp participated in a seminar discussing: “Three Faiths, One Spirit, Deepening Shared Values.” The Mary Anne & Richard Cavicchi Christian Education Seminar was held from 4:00 pm to 7:30 pm at Rocky River UMC.
February 27-28, 2019
2019 Faith & Life Lecture Series
The 2019 Faith & Life Lectures, featuring Margaret Benefiel have concluded. She gave three presentations on the theme: "The Soul of Education".
January-February 2019
Alan presented a four-part series entitled, "Lincoln, Merton, Day and King: Four Americans who Impressed Pope Francis" at Lakewood Presbyterian Church.
Saturday, November 17, 2018
Alan hosted a "Day with Thomas Merton: Still Relevant After 50 Years" at BW's Center for Innovation & Growth.
This day-long retreat celebrated fifty years since the untimely death of America’s most revered monk, Thomas Merton. Even more, the retreat celebrates the fact that Merton is still relevant fifty years later. He still speaks to a generation that searches for truth and meaning in the midst of a tumultuous culture. The day had an experiential focus, with a challenging message and an opportunity to share a learning, growing time with quality people.
September 10 - October 1, 2018
Kolp presented a four-part series entitled "Soul Mates: Ignatian and Quaker Spiritualities Together" at the Jesuit Retreat house.
Friday, September 28, 2018
Alan served as a facilitator at St. Joseph Academy for their Faculty/Staff Retreat Day.
June 6, 2018
Kolp spoke at a workshop for HR Professionals at The Cleveland Foundation on June 6, 2018 from 8:00-10:30 a.m. He shared his experience in focusing on the seven classical virtues—trust, compassion, courage, justice, wisdom, temperance and hope—to enhance individual and organizational performance. Based on the examples, scenarios and case-studies documented in the book Exception to the Rule, The Surprising Science of Character-Based Culture, Engagement and Performance. The event provided attendees with the actionable knowledge needed to apply these principals back in their own nonprofits.
May 30, 2018
Kolp spoke at an Annual Clergy Executive Session at The University of Mount Union. The topic discussed was: Our Life Together on the Vine, Bearing Fruit that Lasts.
March 10, 2018
Kolp was the keynote speaker for an event sponsored by the Collaboration for Ministries Initiative. He spoke about "Sharing the Prophetic Mantle: Generational Partnering in Ministry".
January 31-February 1, 2018
2018 Faith & Life Lectures
The 2018 Faith & Life Lectures, featuring Michael W. Higgins have concluded and are available to watch online at your convenience: "Cipher of our Tremulous Time," "Trackers of the Soul," A panel discussion, "Sacred Disrupters."
January 24, 2018
Kolp participated in an Innovation Retreat sponsored by the Dream Innovation Leadership Team of ESC of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. He was part of a panel discussion with other business experts who helped school superintendents explore innovation, change and leadership competency.
January-February 2018
Kolp led a course titled, "From God to Becoming God-like," for the Cleveland Ecumenical Institute for Religious Studies. The course took a fresh look at the God who evolves our world and ourselves. This loving God copes with our shortcomings and graciously supports us through our process of becoming God-like. The meeting dates were January 22, 29, February 5 and 12 at John Knox Presbyterian Church in North Olmsted, Ohio.
October 18, 2017
Kolp wrote a guest post for McGraw Hill Education entitled: "The Ladder of Success." The post highlighted business concepts from his new book, Exception to the Rule.
October 17, 2017
Kolp spoke at an event honoring the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The presentation was entitled, "Reformation as Spiritual Innovation" and was sponsored by The Cleveland Chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society.
October 2017
Kolp was published in an article for "The Way", the spirituality journal of the British Jesuits. In the article, Kolp described the impact that Ignatian spirituality has had on his own denomination as a Quaker.
September 7, 2017
Kolp led a session entitled, "Spiritual Formation for Individuals Working in National Denominational Settings" at a semi-annual retreat meeting of Global Ministries.
ESR Leadership Conference
August 11-13, 2017
Kolp spoke at the ESR Leadership Conference at Earlham School of Religion. The workshop he lead, entitled "Character Based Organizations with Alan Kolp", showed how to embed classical virtues (values) in a group or organization. The virtues also are the basis for high performing teams that are supported by a healthy culture.
Thomas Merton Conference
June 19-22, 2017
Kolp presented a paper entitled "Thomas Merton and the Mercies of the Night" at the Annual Thomas Merton Conference at St. Bonaventure University.
April 1, 2017
Kolp led a retreat discussing three friends from the 20th century: Thomas Merton, Henri Nouwen and Martin Luther King. The retreat focused on living spiritually deep lives in a VUCA world – volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. The daylong retreat became an engaging time of exploration and explanation.
March 19, 2017
Kolp led a discussion forum at Grace Community Church in Grafton, Ohio on Sunday, March 19. The forum was organized by BW alumnus Jimmy Thornton '12, and the topic of contemplative mysticism was discussed.
January 30 - February 27, 2017
Kolp taught a course at Lakewood Presbyterian Church entitled "Vocation, Mission, Message and Meaning: Pillars of the Spiritual Journey." The course focused on the four basic pillars of the spiritual journey.
February 15 - 16, 2017
The guest speaker for this event was Fr. Daniel P. Horan, a Franciscan friar of Holy Name Province (NY). He gave three presentations on the theme "The Foolishness of Christianity.
Kolp presented a four-part series entitled "The Pope's American Models: Lincoln, King, Day and Merton" at the Jesuit Retreat house. In his 2015 speech to the U.S. Congress, Pope Francis mentioned four Americans as "a way of seeing and interpreting reality." These four were Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton. This four-week series discovered the spiritual heart of each of these four amazing human beings. The series outlined key spiritual themes for life and action in the 21st century America.
Kolp presented at the Mary Anne & Richard Cavicchi Christian Education Seminar. The topic focused on "Being Spiritually Reflective". The seminar offered an engaging format that drew people into a reflection on their own experiences to see how theology develops.
April 16, 2016
Kolp was featured as a panelist at BW's 84th Bach Festival. The panel was moderated by Dr. Danielle Kuntz and discussed antisemitism and the St. Matthew Passion.
April 12, 2016
Kolp led a webinar entitled "Faith and Spirituality: Are We Even Allowed To Be Talking About This?" He discussed his journey of working with students around faith and spirituality. Kolp also walked the audience through his personal faith journey as well as shared stories and experiences he has had with students around faith. A link to this recorded event will be available soon.
April 9, 2016
Kolp was the guest speaker at the Thomas Merton Society of Washington. Kolp presented on the topic, "Minding the Light: Quaker Spirituality and the Wisdom of Thomas Merton." This event took place at St. Anselm’s Abbey School Reid Theater in the District of Columbia. A discussion and reception followed the lecture.
Marting Humanities Lecture
March 14, 2016
Kolp hosted the 2016 Marting Humanities Lecture that featured guest speaker Robert Butera, founder of The YogaLife Institute and publisher of Yoga Living magazine. The topic presented was "Enlightenment as a Verb: The Psycho-Spiritual Philosophy of Classical Yoga."
Henri Nouwen: Spiritual Guide
February 8-29, 2016
Kolp lead a course that discussed the life and teachings of Henri Nouwen, which offered insightful spiritual guidance for life in our own times. Focused around the four themes of heart, hospitality, healing and hope, the experience and wisdom of Nouwen unlocked new possibilities for spiritual encounter and growth.
2016 Faith & Life Lectures
February 3-4, 2016
The guest speaker for this event was Douglas E. Christie, Professor of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. The overall theme of his lectures focused on “Human Suffering, Spiritual Darkness and the Practice of Solidarity."
December 6 & 13, 2015
Kolp spoke at the United Methodist Church of Berea discussing the theme, "Doing Theology from Both Ends." His presentation will focus on how theology — or being spiritual — depends in some ways on where we come from and where we are heading. In biblical terms it will cover Genesis through Revelation.
October 20, 2015
Kolp facilitated at a virtue training event for Watterson & Associates at the Center for Innovation & Growth. His discussions will focus on key themes from his book such as trust, temperance, wisdom and hope.
October 15, 2015
Kolp presented “Igniting Innovation with Integrity” at Brazilian week at the BW School of Business.
October 13, 2015
Kolp facilitated at a virtue training event for Watterson & Associates at the Center for Innovation & Growth. His discussions will focus on key themes from his book such as trust, temperance, wisdom and hope.
August 11, 2015
Listen to audio from Kolp's lecture at the western yearly meeting of Friends Church.
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