Tish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life, which was Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year, and the forthcoming Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep (IVP, 2021). She has worked in ministry settings for over a decade as a campus minister with InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries, as an associate rector, with addicts and those in poverty through various churches and non-profit organizations, and, most recently, as the writer-in-residence at Church of the Ascension in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
She is a monthly columnist with Christianity Today, and her articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, The Point Magazine, and elsewhere. She is a founding member of The Pelican Project and a Senior Fellow with the Trinity Forum. She lives with her husband and three children in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
“Monumental Crossroads: The Fight for Southern Heritage” Documentary
Film and Panel Discussion led by Kristie Martel, Coordinator of Diversity
Wednesday, February 3 at 7 p.m. in the John White Chapel.
Friday, November 15, 10:10 a.m. in Skye Lounge
Ken Wytsma is a leader, innovator, social entrepreneur, and author. He is the president of Kilns College, where he teaches courses on philosophy and justice. Mr. Wytsma is the founder of The Justice Conference, an annual international conference that introduces men and women to a wide range of organizations and conversations relating to biblical justice and God's call to give our lives away. Ken is a consultant and creative advisor to nonprofits and a sought after speaker on justice, church and culture. A church planter and lead pastor at Antioch Church, Ken lives in Bend, Oregon, with his wife, Tamara, and their four daughters. He is the author of Redeeming How We Talk, Pursuing Justice: The Call to Live and Die for Bigger Things, and The Grand Paradox: The Messiness of Life, the Mystery of God and the Necessity of Faith.
Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Bagpiper Theatre
Every year Urban Impact’s “Shakes” theater company produces a fresh and compelling show that asks the audience some of life’s hardest questions. This year, they celebrate their 10th anniversary with an interactive tale of love and fate in which the audience decides the outcome. Can love live? You decide. Tickets are free and available at the door before each performance.
Wednesday, February 12, 7 p.m. in John White Chapel
A chamber music theater work for actor and pianist celebrating the lives of the great African American poets Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Claude McKay, as seen through the eyes of the great muralist and painter Aaron Douglas. The musical score includes works by jazz giants Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton, Billy Strayhorn, Thelonius Monk, and Charles Mingus, as well as concert music by Jeffrey Mumford and George Walker.
Friday, September 13, 7 p.m. in John White Chapel
A team of singers and pianists perform a narrative created from Clara Schumann’s complete art songs on her birthday in this bicentennial year. Frequently upon the commemoration of a composer’s birth, conservatories and concert halls give special revivals of that composer’s music, affording performers and audiences a rare experience not only to commemorate an historical event, but also to participate in the creation of a new historical landmark. Because September 13 is the bicentennial of Clara Schumann (1819-1896), the preeminent 19th Century concert pianist, composer, and music editor, it is most auspicious to perform all of her art songs in one evening, arranged to form a passionate narrative, as her husband composer Robert Schumann did when he created his song cycle Dichterliebe. The songs will be performed in German, with English translations and a subtext that will point the audience through the narrative. Dr. David Kenneth Smith is a Music professor at Geneva College who teaches Voice and conducts The Genevans. He is joined by Kathryn Copeland Donaldson, Sean Donaldson, Lara Cottrill McGill, Brian Doherty, and pianists Marie Libal-Smith and Nanette Kaplan Solomon.
No tickets required - free admission.
A similar concert will be performed at Third Presbyterian Church, 5701 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, on Saturday, September 21 at 7 p.m..
Friday, September 27, 10:10 p.m. in Skye Lounge
The Constitution Day Speaker, Kathryn Kimball Mizelle recently completed clerkships with Associate Justice Clarence Thomas on the US Supreme Court and with Judge Gregory Katsas on the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit. Previously, she served as counsel to Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand at the Department of Justice and as a trial attorney in the Southern Criminal Enforcement Section of the Tax Division.
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Geneva College Student Develop.m.ent Office
Iva E. Patterson and Dale W. Gilmore Visiting Artist and Lecture Series Fund, endowed by Paul H. Gilmore ‘31
Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Series Endowment
Dr. Yuan is a professor at Moody Bible Institute and co-author of Out of a Far Country: A Gay Son’s Journey to God. A Broken Mother’s Search for Hope .
Wednesday, February 27 at Geneva College Chapel at 10:10 a.m. in Metheny Fieldhouse – His testimony combined with “Redeeming Biblical Singleness”
In the U.S., the majority of adults are single (never married, divorced or widowed) and yet in evangelical churches, there are less than a quarter of the adults that are single. A cursory glance at programs offered in churches reveals a dearth of groups for singles. In our pursuit of “protecting marriage,” have we begun to idolize it at the expense of singleness? How can we restore and redeem biblical singleness as a gift and a calling? Dr. Christopher Yuan through years of living faithfully as a Christian single man brings insight on how the church has to better minister to Christian singles. This is a must for all—especially those who are not single!
Wednesday evening, February 27 at 7 p.m. in Skye Lounge – “A Christian Response to Homosexuality”
Listen To Christopher Yuan's GVALS Message
Sexual identity is one of the most relevant topics of our day. Most know someone who is gay. How can Christians better engage with our loved ones and friends in the LGB community? How does the gospel (sin, repentance and redemption) influence the conversation around sexual identity? Without any compromise of truth or grace, Dr. Christopher Yuan combines his life experiences and his theological training in biblical languages to bring a fresh and unique perspective on this important topic.
Dr. Vanhoozer is a theologian and current Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
Wednesday morning, March 20 at Geneva College Chapel at 10:10 a.m. in Metheny Fieldhouse – Sermon title TBD
Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. in Skye Lounge – “ Staurology, Ontology, and the Travail of Biblical Narrative”
Friday and Saturday, January 25 and 26, 7 p.m. in John White Chapel
David Payne returns to Geneva College in Tolkien & Lewis: Wardrobes and Rings.
They were lions of 20 th century British fantasy, giants of a literary genre that reached millions of readers, young and old alike, with mystifying adventures to entertain and deep truths to move people’s hearts. C.S. Lewis ( The Chronicles of Narnia) and J.R.R. Tolkien ( The Lord of the Rings) were also distinguished faculty members at Oxford University and participants in a literary group known as The Inklings. Their robust philosophical discourse served an uncommon friendship that was not without its differences. Life’s circumstances and, sometimes, unresolved disagreements forced an uncomfortable season of estrangement. In Wardrobes & Rings we join “Jack” and “Tollers,” as they knew each other, at Oxford’s historic Eagle and Child pub for one last visit, tempered by thawing humor, confession and reconciliation.
Adam Seagrave (Constitution Day)
Dr. Seagrave is the Associate Director of the School of Civic & Economic Thought & Leadership and the Associate Director of the Center for Political Thought & Leadership at Arizona State University.
September 21 at 10:10 a.m. in Skye Lounge – “Christianity and American Political Thought”
Xueying Wang
Dr. Wang is an instructor of humanities and theology at Loyola University, Chicago.
Her interests include: Historical Theology (Patristic and Medieval Theology) and Comparative Religion (Christianity and East-Asian Religions)
Wang’s research is focused on the intersection of historical theology with Christian anthropology, ethics, and eschatology. Her current book project is titled, Gregory of Nyssa on the Corporate Nature of the Human Body . This book explores Gregory of Nyssa’s account of how the human body constitutes an indispensable medium of interpersonal relationships, including the human person’s relationship with the incarnate Word—Jesus Christ.
Friday, October 19 at 10:10 a.m. in McCartney Library (West Reading Room) – "Mencius, Xunzi, Augustine, and John Chrysostom on Childhood Moral Education"
Mr. Charles is a Native American who speaks on Race, Trauma and the Doctrine of Discovery.
Friday, November 9 at 10:10 a.m. in Skye Lounge –“The Challenges of 'We the People'...A Vision for 'All the People'”
The United States' Constitution begins with the inclusive sounding words 'We the People,' but throughout our nation's history, a history that includes stolen lands, broken treaties, slavery, Jim Crow laws, Indian boarding schools, internment camps, mass incarceration and gaping income inequality, it can be argued that it has never fully meant 'All the People.' This lecture will examine our nation's history and its foundations to further understand the depth of the problem, and then present a vision for how these deep and systemic challenges can be addressed.
Saturday, November 10 - Speaker at Geneva's Convergence Conference
The Rev. Dr. Iain Duguid (PhD, Cambridge) is professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary. Dr. Duguid’s academic interests include various topics of Old Testament theology. His doctoral research was on Ezekiel, which was published in the Supplements to Vetus Testamentum series. He has also published scholarly work on Esther, Nehemiah, the Song of Songs, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi as well as more popular treatments of the patriarchs, Esther, and Daniel. Current research projects include Judges, the biblical theology of worship, and preaching Christ from the different genres of the Old Testament. As part of the oversight committee for the Holman Christian Standard Bible, he engages in regular discussions about best practices in Bible translation.
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Timothy Mooney is the author/adaptor of "Breakneck Hamlet" and "Shakespeare's Histories: Ten Epic Plays at a Breakneck Pace!”, new one-man plays which "crack the code" on Shakespeare's most challenging plays. Mooney is the author of Acting at the Speed of Life and The Big Book of Moliere Monologues which has provided actors with a new resource for comic classical auditions. Mooney is the former founder and editor of The Script Review and also the former Artistic Director of Chicago's Stage Two Theatre, where he produced nearly fifty plays in five years, including many new versions of the plays of Moliere. Mr. Mooney continues to present six one-man shows across North America.
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Dr. Laura Pettler is a Geneva alumna who has earned a national reputation as a forensic criminologist. Her area of expertise is staged crime scenes in domestic violence homicide cases, however, she is well versed in serial homicide, sexual homicide, bloodstain pattern, and shooting reconstruction. Laura is the author of Crime Scene Staging Dynamics in Homicide Cases, the first book published on the subject. She is also the inventor of The Kaleidoscope System Shooting and Bloodstain Reconstruction System and is the CEO of Laura Pettler & Associates. Most recently, she produced and hosted the crime docuweb series “Notorious: True Crime Stories with Laura Pettler” about Edward Surratt, a serial killer active in Beaver County during the 1970s.
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A Geneva College graduate, Caleb Stegall earned his Juris Doctorate from the University Of Kansas School of Law where he served on the Kansas Law Review. In 2011 he was named Chief Counsel to Governor Sam Brownback and was appointed to the Kansas Supreme Court in 2014 following his tenure on the Kansas Court of Appeals. Justice Stegall is an expert in Constitutional law and has practiced in the areas of commercial, tort, and appellate litigation. He joins us in recognition of Constitution Day.
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The year is 1963 and C.S. Lewis, the famous British author, is hosting a group of American writers at his home near Oxford. They are about to experience a captivating evening with a man whose engaging conversation and spontaneous humor made him one of the great raconteurs of his day. Seated in his living room, he recalls the people and events that inspired his thought and shaped his life; of his friendship with J. R. R. Tolkien; why he nearly abandoned the Narnia Chronicles; how he came to embrace Christianity and of the American woman who turned his life upside down.
British actor David Payne’s first encounter with C.S. Lewis was when, as a teenager, he was given a copy of Lewis’ The Screwtape Letters. Little did he realize that some 40 years later he would be gaining a reputation for his portrayals of its famous author.
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Formerly Sojourners’ Chief Church Engagement Officer, Lisa Sharon Harper is a prolific speaker, writer and activist. Ms. Harper is the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong can be Made Right, an exploration of God’s intent for the wholeness of all relationships considering today’s headlines. Ms. Harper is regularly featured on Sojourners Blog, in The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, and Relevant Magazine. Most recently, New York Magazine named Ms. Harper among "Six Surprising Champions of Women from the 2016 Election.” Relevant Magazine recognized The Very Good Gospel as one of “Six Books that Will Change the Way You See the World” and named Ms. Harper as one of “Seven Leaders to Follow in 2017.”
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