A NEW SEASON ON ECCLESIO.COM

Between the day of the Kings and the day of Dr. King, we offer you our best wishes in this new year for joy, meaningful work, and the strength to face the issues challenging church and society.  In the coming season, ecclesio.com offers conversations which aim to invite thought, engender questions, and provoke response from our wide and diverse group of readers. We look forward to being in dialogue with all of you as 2012 begins.  Find information on our wonderful group of Guest Directors under the tab above.

Conversation Schedule           January-June 2012

1/16-21           MLK Jr – The church in the world                                Guest Director:  Unbound

1/23-28           Conversation on Unexpected Destinations by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson

2/6-11             The Occupy Movement                                              Guest Director:  Mark Rich

2/13-18           The Art of Theology                                           Guest Director:  Landon Whitsitt

with Mihee Kim-Kort and Rocky Supinger

2/20-25           Conversation on The Irony of Barack Obama

by R. Ward Holder and Peter Josephson

2/27-3/3          Dalit Theologies                                           Guest Director:  Philip Vinod Peacock

3/5-10             Violence, Economics, and Christian Ethics              Guest Director:  Mark Rich

3/12-17           Peacemaking                                                              Guest Director:  Unbound

3/19-24           Social Justice and the Church                        Guest Director:  Wes Granberg-Michaelson

3/26-31           Justice, and Only Justice, You Shall Pursue

Guest Director:  Noushin Framke and IPMN

4/2-7               Immigration                                                              with Tony Aja and David Nzioka

4/16-21           Women in Ministry in the Global Church

with Patricia Sherrattan-Bisnauth and Dora Ester Arce Valentín

4/23-28           Diverse Views of One Text                                        Guest Director:  Theresa Cho

4/30-5/5          The Bible as the Curriculum of the Church                   Guest Director:  Mark Rich

5/7-12             Incarceration in the US

5/14-19           Social Justice and the Church II           Guest Director:  Wes Granberg-Michaelson

5/21-26           People, Work and Vocation

5/28-6/2          Women, Ministry, and Ordination in the RCA

Guest Director: Angie Mabry-Nauta

6/4-9               The Palestine Kairos Document: A Critical Review

Guest Director: Clint Le Bruyns

6/11-15           Social Witness and the Upcoming GA                      Guest Director:  Unbound

6/18-23           The Economic Teachings of Jesus                             Guest Director: Mark Rich