"I enjoyed being a part of this series. They are a great and creative venture, and superbly organized and managed."
2008-2009
Faith and Finding God in the Questions
Dr. Timothy Johnson
Date:
Thursday, September 25, 2008 - 7:00pm
Location:
St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church Dr. Timothy Johnson serves as Medical Editor for ABC News, where he regularly appears on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, and 20/20. Dr. Johnson also is an ordained minister in the Covenant Church, and is author of Finding God in the Questions: a Personal Journey.
Faith and Silence
Ruth Haley Barton
Date:
Friday, November 14, 2008 - 7:00pm
Location:
Plymouth Creek Community Center Ruth Haley Barton is co-founder and president of The Transforming Center, a ministry dedicated to caring for the souls of pastors, ministry leaders and the congregations they serve. A teacher, spiritual director, and retreat leader, she is the author of several books, including Invitation to Solitude and Silence; Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation; and Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry.
Faith and Architecture: How Space is Sacred
Philip Bess
Date:
Friday, January 30, 2009 - 7:00pm
Location:
Plymouth Creek Community Center Philip Bess is Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture. He is also the principal of Thursday Associates in Chicago, a firm committed to rethinking American architecture and urbanism. He is the author of Till We Have Built Jerusalem: Architecture, Urbanism, and the Sacred, and his essays have appeared in Civitas, First Things, The Christian Century, Classicist, and the Humanist Art Review.
Faith and Founding Fathers: Religious Freedom in America
Steven Waldman
Date:
Friday, March 6, 2009 - 7:00pm
Location:
Hopkins High School Auditorium Named one of the "spiritual innovators" of the new millennium by Time magazine, Steven Waldman is Editor-in-Chief, President and Co-Founder of Beliefnet.com, the largest faith and spirituality website. Before founding Beliefnet, Waldman was a journalist for Newsweek and U.S. News & World Report, and he still is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal Online.Waldman's Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America was a New York Times bestseller.
Faith and Forgiveness: Finding Grace in Tragedy
Donald Kraybill
Date:
Friday, April 17, 2009 - 7:00pm
Location:
St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church Donald Kraybill is an internationally recognized authority on the Amish, Mennonite, Brethren and Hutterite traditions. He has authored or co-authored numerous books on Anabaptist life and culture, including Horse and Buggy Mennonites: Hoofbeats of Humility in a Postmodern World; The Upside Down Kingdom, recipient of the National Religious Book Award; and the award-winning and best-selling Amish Grace: How Forgiveness Transcended Tragedy.