Session 1 — What Is Prophecy?   

 Foundations, language, and misconceptions

   Key Texts:    Deuteronomy 18; Exodus 3

Session 2 — The Prophetic Call   

Vocation, resistance, and authority

   Key Texts: Isaiah 6; Jeremiah 1; Exodus 3–4

   Creative Companion: Denise Levertov (guided poetic reflection)

Session 3 — Prophets and Power   

Kings, courts, and confrontation

   Key Texts: 1 Samuel 8; 2 Samuel 12; 1 Kings 18

Session 4 — The Prophetic Books   

Poetry, vision, and symbolic action

   Key Texts: Isaiah 1; Amos 5; Ezekiel 1

Session 5 — The Human Cost of Prophecy   

Personality, emotion, and suffering

   Key Texts: Jeremiah 20; Jonah; Hosea 1–3

   Creative Companion: Literary and theological reflections on Jeremiah

Session 6 — Hearing Prophecy Then and Now   

Reception, discernment, and ministry

   Key Texts: Jeremiah 28; Micah 6:8; Isaiah 58