Dr. Dan B. Allender, Professor of Counseling Psychology and Founder Emeritus at 天美视频 of Theology & Psychology, is on an academic sabbatical from teaching at 天美视频. Allender鈥檚 sabbatical began on January 1 and will last for the duration of 2015.
While Allender will continue in his speaking engagements and conference events for (including To Be Told Conferences , , and ), as well as his teaching role in the and certificate programs (applications for the 2015-2016 programs are now open), he is taking advantage of the time off from his graduate school teaching. Allender is nearing completion of a 25-year retrospective of , one of his touchstone books and the foundation for his work with adult victims of sexual abuse. He is also experimenting with an idea for a novel, which he discussed on for The Allender Center.
鈥淚 think [a sabbatical] is something akin to the rhythm of how we are meant to live life,鈥� says Allender. 鈥淚t is a significant period of time in which one lives what we are given each week: the opportunity to know Sabbath. […] Sabbath is moving us toward the culmination of what all of life is about: the coming day of the Lord Jesus Christ, when all things are put right, and where all mercy is extended and restoration is received by all.鈥�
Tune in to The Allender Center鈥檚 for continued updates on Allender鈥檚 plans, activities, and reflections during his sabbatical.