This FREE four-session interactive online course, based on Dallas Willard's book The Divine Conspiracy, creates a space for young adults (ages 17–22) to wrestle with life's biggest questions, dig into Willard's vision of the Kingdom of God, and have some genuinely meaningful conversations along the way.
This course will reintroduce you to the unconventional grace and love of Jesus.
As a young adult, it's hard to figure out how to navigate your way and find your place in a world where we're faced with major problems, like:
Come find out how Dallas Willard's revolutionary vision of the kingdom of God (which is actually Jesus's vision) offers answers and strategies for the issues facing our world today. And learn how we all can join Dallas in saying, "The world is a perfectly safe place to be."
Get ready to have some of the best conversations of your life and get a glimpse of who you really want to be. Each week includes a practical spiritual practice to try in real life, designed to help you love God, yourself, and others more fully. (See weekly outlines below.)
It's not a lecture. It's an invitation to think, talk, and be challenged together.
Four Sundays
UPDATED DATES:
July 12 - August 2, 2026
5:00 pm Pacific Time
Zoom
In a June 14th webinar, Rich Gregory led us in exploring what The Divine Conspiracy might have to say in response to the cultural forces shaping Gen Z's spiritual landscape.
Week 1:
Lesson: Can you be a Christian without being a disciple? What is a mathetes? What is spiritual formation?
- Object lesson on making a disciple by teaching a concrete skill to a student on camera.
Scripture: John 15
Discipline: Sabbath/solitude
For next week: Bring a quote from chapter 1.
Week 2:
Lesson: TDC Chapter 1: What is real? What is the Kingdom of God?
Scripture: Mark 1: 1-15, Matthew 5-7
Discipline: Prayer
For next week: Bring a quote from chapter 2.
Week 3:
Lesson: TDC Chapter 2: What is the gospel?
- The gospels of consumerism and sin management vs. the gospel of life in the Kingdom
Scripture: Luke 11: 22
Discipline: Seeing others as made in the image of God.
For next week: Bring a quote from chapter 3.
Week 4:
Lesson: TDC Chapter 3: The God-bathed world: Why God is the happiest person in the universe, and why heaven isn’t boring
Scripture: Genesis 1, Revelation 21-22
Discipline: Practicing JOY - feasting
Rich Gregory is an educator and pastor who has been deeply influenced by Dallas Willard's influential book, The Divine Conspiracy. Rich teaches its concepts embodying Willard's call for active, present-day faith in God's rule.
Rich has been married to Kristin for 25 years; helped to raise his lovely Niece, Alyesha (23); gets to be Dad to Nate (20), Corinne (17), and Noah (11); and proud Godfather of Jackson. He lives in Simi Valley, CA, in a house he owns with his best friends. Around sunrise or sunset, Rich can often be found paddleboarding at the local harbor, or re-reading The Divine Conspiracy—it did change his life, afterall—on his hammock in his backyard.
Rich has been Lead Pastor of Lifesong, a missional church he helped to plant over 16 years ago, and is currently Principal of Ascension Lutheran School in Thousand Oaks, CA. He was formerly a Bible teacher and High School Director of Spiritual Life for 13 years at Oaks Christian School Westlake Village, where he wrote a curriculum on The Divine Conspiracy for high school students and their families. Rich earned a Master’s in Divinity from Fuller Seminary and recently completed his Doctorate in Ministry at Azusa Pacific University in Southern California.
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