We are excited to share with you the newly developed course for the Ministerial Preparation Program which utilizes Regina Dawn Akers’ translation and interpretation of the Tao Te Ching. All who are called to this spiritual classic are in invited to join.
Here’s an excerpt from Regina’s book description:
“…What is the Way?
The only way to know the Way is to live as one with the Way.
This translation of the Tao Te Ching is an interpretive translation designed to help the reader comprehend, contemplate, and live from the Tao Te Ching’s teaching.
According to tradition, the Tao Te Ching was written by Lao Tzu when the Chinese Zhou dynasty was in decline. Although a city gatekeeper asked Lao Tzu to write the Tao Te Ching, Its spiritual wisdom is directed at the emperor’s officers and officials. Therefore, it speaks to the reader as a leader.
It’s important to realize we are all leaders, even if you do not find yourself in an official leadership position. We are all leaders because we are all connected through the Way. How we each live affects everyone and everything. Chapter Eight of the Tao Te Ching teaches that those who dwell in the Way are good for the earth. Through their way of being, they benefit everyone and everything. Therefore, regardless of your position or role in the world, the best way to be helpful to everyone and everything is to live centered in the Way. This clear and easy-to-understand translation was designed to help you do just that.”
In this class you will:
1. Become familiar with the classic Chinese work, Tao Te Ching.
2. Contemplate chapters from Tao Te Ching and realize effective leadership.
Course Duration: 6 weeks
🗓 Homework Begins: Saturday, October 11, 2025
🗓Course Dates: Saturdays, October 18-November 22, 2025
🕙 Time: 10am-12pm ET
📍 Location: Live via Zoom
👩🏫 Facilitator: Rev Cyndi Krupp
📚 Text Required:Tao Te Ching:An Interpretive Translation to Live By with Regina Dawn Akers. Purchase Here
📝 Individual Homework Time Commitment: 30-60 minutes per day, 6-7 days per week.
💲 Cost: $180
🔗 Register for Intro to Tao Te Ching – CLOSED
Registration Closes on October 6th at 5pm ET
🔍 Learn more about Introduction to Tao Te Ching here
If you are an Ordained Awakening Together Minister and would like to retake this course, you may do so at 50% off. Click here to enroll.