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What Does the Lord Require? Pastoral and Prophetic Witness in Traumatic Times

Join the extended Bexley Seabury community in a bold conversation about the impact of our turbulent times on Christian witness and vocation. Expert speakers, faculty, students, alumni, and friends examine how to follow faithfully the urging of this Talmud commentary: “Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.”

April 26, 2018 1:30 to 5:30 pm. Reception follows.

We hope you can join us next year for our Convocation. To view our event you can access the lived stream videos from Facebook. Thank you.

Kyle’s Place at St. James Commons
65 E. Huron Street, Chicago (map it here)

Unedited Facebook Lived Stream version:

 

Here is the audio for the presentation from the Rev. Dr. Pamela Cooper-White’s title: The Pastoral and the Prophetic: Speaking Truth to Power in Love

 

Here is the audio for the presentation from Prof. John Dally title: Like Treasure Hidden in a Field: The Untapped Resources of The Christian Faith

 

Listen on Google Play Music

 

Presenters:

The Rev. Dr. Pamela Cooper-White is the Christiane Brooks Johnson Professor of Psychology and Religion at Union Theological Seminary.  Prior to that she served as professor of pastoral theology, care and counseling at Columbia Theological Seminary, Co-Director of the Atlanta Theological Association’s Th.D. program in Pastoral Counseling, and as the 2013-14 Fulbright-Freud Scholar of Psychoanalysis in Vienna, Austria.  She is the author of 7 books, including The Cry of Tamar, a book that addresses the problem of violence against women, and most recently, Old & Dirty Gods: Religion, Antisemitism, and the Origins of Psychoanalysis. She has published over 70 articles and chapters, and has lectured frequently across the U.S., Europe, and Israel. Dr. Cooper-White holds 2 Ph.D.s: from Harvard (historical musicology), and the Institute for Clinical Social Work, Chicago (psychoanalytic practice and research), and is an ordained Episcopal priest.

 

The Rev. Dr. John Addison Dally is a writer, educator and Episcopal priest. His
particular interest is theological pedagogy—how people learn about God and religion in meaningful and transformative ways. As a result, his teaching is based in experience rather than lecture, an approach that works especially well for diverse communities of learners. Dally is the author of Choosing the Kingdom: Missional Preaching for the Household of God (Alban, 2008) as well as eight plays, a cycle of pageants for children based on medieval mystery plays, nine works for speech choir, and two novels. Dally serves as professor of theology and culture at Bexley Seabury and is a resident priest at Church of Our Saviour in Chicago.

 

We hope you will join us at 1:30 pm on April 26th  for a liturgically-shaped afternoon of engaging speakers, conversation, prayer, and song.

 

Schedule

Welcome and Introductions
Dr. Therese DeLisio

Program Prologue & Opening Prayer
The Rev. Suzann Holding

The Pastoral and the Prophetic: Speaking Truth to Power in Love (2:00 pm)
The Rev. Dr. Pamela Cooper White

Like Treasure Hidden in a Field: The Untapped Resources of The Christian Faith (3:15 pm)
The Rev. Dr. John Dally

Continuing Conversation
Do Not Be Daunted: Christian Engagement in Context and Practice (4:30 pm)
Troubled times require people of faith to challenge and engage opposing voices within context. Using the practices of the Bexley Seabury contextual learning program, all participants are invited into deeper conversation with each other, encouraged to draw from the treasures of our tradition, and challenged to speak the truth in complex situations.
Facilitated by the Rev. KyungJa (KJ) Oh and the Rev. Eileen Shanley-Roberts

Closing Prayer
The Rev. Dr. Jason Fout

Reception immediately follows.

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