2025 Austin Harrington Counseling Lectures to Feature Dr. Gary Moon
The Counseling Department at Covenant Theological Seminary is pleased to announce that the featured speaker for the 2025 edition of the Austin Harrington Counseling Lectures is Dr. Gary Moon, distinguished Professor of Psychology and Spiritual Formation at Richmont Graduate University and founding Executive Director of the Martin Institute for Christianity and Culture and the Dallas Willard Center for Christian Spiritual Formation at Westmont College. Dr. Moon presently oversees resource development for the Martin Institute through Conversatio Divina: A Center for Spiritual Formation, directs the DMin program in spiritual direction at Fuller Theological Seminary, and writes in areas such as the theoretical and practical integration of psychology and theology.
The Harrington Lectures will take place Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29, in Rayburn Chapel on the Covenant Seminary campus. Dr. Moon will explore the theme of Stimulating Spiritual Formation: Helping One Another Thrive over the course of three lecture sessions:
Session 1, Friday, 7 – 9 p.m., “Introduction to Spiritual Formation as Shaping the Person for Our Telos,” will introduce the work and impact of Dallas Willard as a thought partner, model, and guide, examining how his work relates to counseling and ministry by understanding who God made us to be and how we respond.
Session 2: Saturday, 8:45 – 10:30 a.m., “Stimulating Spiritual Formation: 7 Questions, Part 1,”will cover the first three questions related to spiritual formation and their practical implications.
Session 3: Saturday 11 a.m. – 12:45 p.m., “Stimulating Spiritual Formation: 7 Questions, Part 2,”will cover the final four questions and their practical implications.
Registration for the lectures is now open. General admission is $39 per person; $79 for those seeking counseling Continuing Education units. Admission is free for Covenant Seminary students, with attendance required for those in the Master of Arts in Counseling (MAC) program. For more information or to register, see the link below.
