IFS Book of Esther Course: When God Seems Absent
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A free course inside the Everything IFS Academy
The Book of Esther is one of the most unsettling books in Scripture not because of what it says, but because of what it never names. God is never mentioned. No prayers are recorded. No miracles interrupt the plot. And yet, Esther has been read for centuries as sacred text.
This course begins with the tension many readers feel but rarely hear addressed: what does faith look like when God seems silent? When divine presence is not obvious, dramatic, or announced? Esther invites us into a story shaped by exile, power, compromise, courage, and timing where God’s work is hidden rather than proclaimed.
This free course explores the opening movement of Esther through Scripture, historical context, and a lens thoughtfully informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS). It is not therapy, and it does not replace biblical theology or tradition. It is designed for readers who want to stay honest about doubt, silence, and complexity without flattening Scripture or forcing certainty where the text itself leaves space.
What This Course Offers
This course invites you to read Esther as a story of hidden providence rather than obvious intervention a narrative that trains attention toward subtle movements instead of overt miracles.
Inside the course, you’ll explore:
God’s presence without God’s name
Power, gender, and survival within empire
Silence as a spiritual condition, not a failure
Courage formed slowly through circumstance and timing
The unseen threads that shape reversal and justice
Throughout the course, insights from Internal Family Systems (IFS) help illuminate how these ancient stories still resonate within the human inner world—how fear adapts, how courage emerges, how silence shapes identity, and how trust forms under pressure.
This approach does not replace Scripture. It does not turn Scripture into psychology. It offers another lens for noticing what is already there.
Course Outline
Lesson 1: When God Seems Absent Lesson 2: Esther Chosen as Queen Lesson 3: Haman’s Rise to Power Lesson 4: The Plot Against the Jews Lesson 5: For Such a Time as This Lesson 6: Esther Approaches the King Lesson 7: Reversal of the Decree Lesson 8: Haman’s Fall Lesson 9: Justice, Celebration, and Purim
How This Course Is Different
You won’t find:
Easy answers to divine silence
Moralized characters flattened into heroes or villains
Spiritual bypassing of political and social realities
You will find:
Careful attention to Scripture as literature and history
Space for ambiguity, courage, fear, and constraint
A slow, reverent engagement with faith under empire
Each lesson includes historical notes and optional reflective elements, designed to support thoughtful, unhurried engagement with the text and its enduring questions.
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