
Rev. Jess Shults is a pastor, teacher, and keynote speaker who brings deep pastoral wisdom to conversations about leadership, formation, and life together in divided times. She spent nearly two decades serving a local congregation, where she learned to guide communities through disagreement with patience, clarity, and care. At The Colossian Forum, Jess works closely with partners to translate formation practices into real-world settings. She holds an M.Div. from Western Theological Seminary and enjoys life offstage with her husband and their two sons.
Adriaen de Vries (Netherlandish, The Hague ca. 1545–1626 Prague)Cain and Abel (?), 17th centuryNetherlandish, Bronze; H. 10-1/2 (26.7 cm.); W. 9-1/2 in. (24.1 cm.)The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964 (64.101.1562)http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/203982

Adriaen de Vries (Netherlandish, The Hague ca. 1545–1626 Prague)
Cain and Abel (?), 17th century
Netherlandish,
Bronze; H. 10-1/2 (26.7 cm.); W. 9-1/2 in. (24.1 cm.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964 (64.101.1562)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/203982

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Week 1 – Presence in a Wandering World

Week 2 – Presence with Ourselves

Week 3 – Presence Across Difference

Week 4 – Presence in our Pain

Week 5 – Presence in Another’s Pain

Week 6 – Presence without Contempt









