The Upper Room Academy for Spiritual Formation

08/17/2026

🙏 Listen to more from this month's podcast at https://www.upperroom.org/academy/podcast/ or wherever you get your podcasts.

08/11/2026

In this episode of The Academy Podcast, host Shalom Agtarap sits down with author, theologian, and Academy #44 faculty member Claire McKeever-Burgett to explore what it means to inhabit a spiritual life rooted in presence, connection, and the wisdom of the body.

Claire will join Academy #44 in session five next year, teaching on Spirituality & Embodiment.

Learn more and listen to this month's episode at https://www.upperroom.org/academy/podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. Now available on Spotify!

07/27/2026

What might happen if you made more room for God?

Academy #44 invites you into a two-year journey of prayer, learning, worship, reflection, and community through the Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation.

Come away from the demands of everyday life and discover a rhythm that creates space to listen, grow, and deepen your life with God.

Academy #44 begins this October. Learn more and apply today at Academy.UpperRoom.org/44.

07/14/2026

"As followers of Jesus, our first allegiance is not to any nation, party, flag, or empire, but to the One who shows us the way of self-giving love, truth-telling mercy, and liberating peace."
—Johnny Sears

Read more in this month's Academy Bulletin below 🙏

Last month, my family took a sunset cruise around the Statue of Liberty. As the evening light settled over the harbor, I found myself moved by the beauty of that image and grieved by how far we have yet to live into the dream it represents. Inside the statue’s pedestal is a bronze plaque with a po...

06/23/2026

Longing for a deeper spiritual life?

The Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation offers a transformative journey of prayer, learning, silence, worship, and community. Over two years, you'll join fellow seekers in a rhythm of retreat and return that nurtures lasting spiritual growth.

Academy #44 begins October 2026 at Camp McDowell in Alabama. Applications are open at https://academy.upperroom.org/44.