Practicing Resurrection Lecture Series
Sundays May 4-June 1
10 a.m. Crail C
Many people see Easter as the end of the season of Lent, and that is certainly true, but it is also the beginning of the Great Fifty Days of Easter, or Eastertide, in the life of the church. We have 50 days to relish in the resurrection stories of Jesus culminating in the feast of Pentecost, on Sunday, June 8. Our Adult Formation Crail C series during the season of Eastertide is entitled Practicing Resurrection. Guest speakers who are writers and poets will be invite us to think about resurrection, not just as the promise of heaven or eternal life, but also as a life-giving reality in the world today that turns things upside down for the sake of God’s love.
May 4: Christ’s Presence in our Present
Encounter Jesus post-resurrection in the Gospels and in the poetry of Wendell Berry and Julia Esquivel as contexts for practicing resurrection. Led by Dr. Mona West
May 11: Reconciliation, Resistance, and Resurrection
Consider themes of loss and redemption in Hollywood films, American literature, and the work of writer and activist James Baldwin. Led by Dr. Greg Garrett.
Please note: Our Class schedule has been updated with speaker Dr. Greg Garrett on May 11 and Nora Gallagher on May 18.
May 18: Be Like the Fox
Explore resurrection in our actual, messy lives. Examine a story from John’s gospel of Jesus cooking for the disciples with bestselling author, Nora Gallagher who will join us via Zoom.
MaY 25: No lecture the Sunday before Memorial Day.
June 1: Practicing Resurrection: A Writer’s Perspective
Consider themes of practicing resurrection poetry with poet and nonfiction author Dr. Todd Copeland.
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