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SUMMARY:New York Encounter 2021: When Reality Hits
DESCRIPTION:Broadcast live from New York City\nAvailable online to everyone\, wherever you are \nAn annual three-day public cultural event in the heart of New York City\, offering opportunities for education\, dialogue\, and friendship\nThe 2021 edition will be online\, available to everyone. All conferences and performances will be broadcast live from New York City and visible on the Encounter YouTube channel. So\, the Encounter can happen where you are! And you can also build it with us by sharing the Encounter YouTube channel link with family\, friends\, and coworkers.\nWhen February comes\, if local regulations allow\, we may even organize small gatherings where the Encounter events can be publicly shown\, followed by informal discussions. If that happens\, a list of these local gatherings will be posted on our website\, so please check if you’d like to join one near you!
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/when-reality-hits/
CATEGORIES:Church,Education,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:The Reunited States: Red & Blue Carpet Premiere
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of lively discussion\, special experiences and surprise guests to celebrate the launch of this timely documentary about bridging divides.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/the-reunited-states-red-blue-carpet-premiere/
CATEGORIES:Imagining the Future,Introspection,Justice,Politics,Race
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SUMMARY:Caring for Loved Ones During a Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Online Discussion:\nHow COVID-19 Has Created an Urgent Need for Family-Friendly Work \nCOVID-19 has upended the lives of millions of Americans and highlighted the deficiency in family-friendly workplace policies. Caregivers are strained under the weight of life in these unprecedented times having to serve as workers\, educators\, and nurses. But\, it does not have to be this way\, we can design a system that works for all families \nI’d like to invite you to join the Center for Public Justice’s Families Valued Team for a three-part discussion series on the impact of COVID-19 on caregivers and the opportunities to make changes to ensure the flourishing of all. The series begins on February 11. \nWe are delighted to host the following panelists for our first webinar: ‘Caring for Loved Ones During a Pandemic‘ \n\n\nSharifa Stevens\, writer\, speaker\, and singer \n\n\nMandy Arioto\, President and CEO\, MOPS International \n\n\nJua Robinson\, Executive Director\, Boston Collaborative \n\n\nRegina Robinson\, Dean of Student Affairs\, Cambridge College
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/caring-for-loved-ones-during-a-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:Community,COVID-19,Family,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Traditioned Innovation: A Leadership Foundations Town Hall Series
DESCRIPTION:Is it possible to bring together old and new and recover things that have always been? Make sure to register now for the new 6 part LF Town Hall series “Traditioned Innovation” beginning on January 27. We have an amazing lineup of guests joining us to examine how the knowledge of the past positions us to make progress towards the future. We will explore those ancient traditions and practices that can be rediscovered and operationalized in fresh ways as we move forward. \nFebruary 10 speaker: Rev. Jen Bailey\, Founder and Executive Director of the Faith Matters Network. Jen was named one of 15 Faith Leaders to Watch by the Center for American Progress\, is an ordained minister\, public theologian\, and national leader in the multi-faith movement for justice.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/traditioned-innovation-a-leadership-foundations-town-hall-series-2/
CATEGORIES:Imagining the Future,Technology
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SUMMARY:2021 Sankofa Black Alumni Preaching Series #2
DESCRIPTION:Feb. 9 Speaker: Rev. Camille Glover \nThroughout February\, the Office of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School will feature the 2021 Sankofa Black Alumni Preaching Series to celebrate the distinct contributions of the school’s alumni of African descent. Alumni will preach during four Tuesday worship services online from Goodson Chapel at 11:35 a.m. \nThe preachers for this year’s series are: the Rev. Dustin Pickett\, M.Div. 2016\, campus minister for Christian Diversity and Ecumenical Ministry at the University of Dayton in Dayton\, Ohio; the Rev. Camille Glover\, M.Div. 2013\, an attorney in Washington\, D.C.; the Rev. Raymonda Speller\, M.Div. 2012\, senior pastor of Community Congregational Church (UCC) in Montgomery\, Ala.; and the Rev. Regina Henderson Moore\, M.Div. 1997\, owner of the Riverside Consulting Group in Columbia\, S.C. \nThe Sankofa Black Alumni Preaching Series was established in 2014 during Black History Month. The word “sankofa” derives from the Akan language of Ghana and translates as “reach back and get it.”
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/2021-sankofa-black-alumni-preaching-series-2/
CATEGORIES:Church,Race,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Being Human in a Technological World: Pointers from Patristic Anthropology
DESCRIPTION:Being human in our technological age requires not merely technical skills but—more importantly—intellectual capacity to navigate a rapidly changing philosophical milieu. Join us this winter for our online lecture series\, Human Flourishing in a Technological Age\, to learn from leading scholars about key aspects of what it means to be human in a technological age: personhood\, embodied cognition\, leisure\, transhumanism and more. \nPlease join us on Friday\, February 5 as we welcome Very Rev. Dr. John Behr who will give the lecture “Being Human in a Technological World: Pointers from Patristic Anthropology.” \nIn this lecture\, Father Behr will examine what challenges the erasure of death from the horizon of sight in the modern Western world raises for our understanding of ourselves as embodied human beings. As Hervé Juvin notes in the last lines of his study\, The Coming of the Body (2010)\, which examines the various ways in which our experience of embodiment has changed over the last century: ‘Alone\, the body remembers that it is finite; alone it roots us in the limits\, our last frontier (for how long?); and even if—especially if—it forgets\, the body alone still prevents us from being God to ourselves and others.’ Bringing together insights from Martha Nussbaum (‘Transcending Humanity’) and his own recent work on the Gospel of John and the theology of Irenaeus\, Behr will argue that the technological advances of the past century provide a unique\, and precious\, opportunity for us to recognize the important connection between mortality\, being human\, and the incarnation of God. \nVery Rev. Dr. John Behr is Professor of Patristics\, teaching courses in patristics\, dogmatics and scriptural exegesis at St. Vladimir’s Seminary\, and also at Fordham University\, where he is the Distinguished Lecturer in Patristics. After completing his first degree in Philosophy in London in 1987\, Fr. John spent a year studying in Greece. He finished an M.Phil. in Eastern Christian Studies at Oxford University\, under Bishop Kallistos (Ware)\, who subsequently supervised his doctoral work\, which was examined by Fr. Andrew Louth and Rowan Williams\, now Archbishop of Canterbury. While working on his doctorate\, he was invited to be a Visiting Lecturer at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in 1993\, where he has been a permanent faculty member since 1995\, tenured in 2000\, and ordained in 2001. He served as Dean of St. Vladimir’s Seminary from 2007 to 2017\, and in 2016 he was also appointed as the first (part-time) holder of the Metropolitan Kallistos Chair of Orthodox Theology at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. His published works include The Way to Nicaea (SVS Press 2001)\, The Mystery of Christ: Life in Death (SVS Press 2006)\, and Becoming Human: Meditations on Christian Anthropology in Word and Image (SVS Press 2013).
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/being-human-in-a-technological-world-pointers-from-patristic-anthropology/
CATEGORIES:Imagining the Future,Learning From the Past,Technology
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210205T133000
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SUMMARY:Human Flourishing in a Technological Age: A Christian Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Being human in our technological age requires not merely technical skills but—more importantly—intellectual capacity to navigate a rapidly changing philosophical milieu. Join us this winter for our online lecture series\, Human Flourishing in a Technological Age\, to learn from leading scholars about key aspects of what it means to be human in a technological age: personhood\, embodied cognition\, leisure\, transhumanism and more. \nPlease join us on Friday\, February 5 as we welcome Very Rev. Dr. John Behr who will give the lecture “Being Human in a Technological World: Pointers from Patristic Anthropology.” \nIn this lecture\, Father Behr will examine what challenges the erasure of death from the horizon of sight in the modern Western world raises for our understanding of ourselves as embodied human beings. As Hervé Juvin notes in the last lines of his study\, The Coming of the Body (2010)\, which examines the various ways in which our experience of embodiment has changed over the last century: ‘Alone\, the body remembers that it is finite; alone it roots us in the limits\, our last frontier (for how long?); and even if—especially if—it forgets\, the body alone still prevents us from being God to ourselves and others.’ Bringing together insights from Martha Nussbaum (‘Transcending Humanity’) and his own recent work on the Gospel of John and the theology of Irenaeus\, Behr will argue that the technological advances of the past century provide a unique\, and precious\, opportunity for us to recognize the important connection between mortality\, being human\, and the incarnation of God. \nVery Rev. Dr. John Behr is Professor of Patristics\, teaching courses in patristics\, dogmatics and scriptural exegesis at St. Vladimir’s Seminary\, and also at Fordham University\, where he is the Distinguished Lecturer in Patristics. After completing his first degree in Philosophy in London in 1987\, Fr. John spent a year studying in Greece. He finished an M.Phil. in Eastern Christian Studies at Oxford University\, under Bishop Kallistos (Ware)\, who subsequently supervised his doctoral work\, which was examined by Fr. Andrew Louth and Rowan Williams\, Archbishop of Canterbury. While working on his doctorate\, he was invited to be a Visiting Lecturer at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in 1993\, where he has been a permanent faculty member since 1995\, tenured in 2000\, and ordained in 2001. He served as Dean of St. Vladimir’s Seminary from 2007 to 2017\, and in 2016 he was also appointed as the first (part-time) holder of the Metropolitan Kallistos Chair of Orthodox Theology at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. His published works include The Way to Nicaea (SVS Press 2001)\, The Mystery of Christ: Life in Death (SVS Press 2006)\, and Becoming Human: Meditations on Christian Anthropology in Word and Image (SVS Press 2013).
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/human-flourishing-in-a-technological-age-a-christian-perspective/
CATEGORIES:Church,Seeing Clearly and Deeply,Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210204T190000
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SUMMARY:The Reunited States
DESCRIPTION:There has been much talk about our divisions these last few years\, but few have ventured to explore what healing them might require. What\, actually\, is unity? What isn’t it? Does repairing our commons require a papering over of difference\, or do we actually need to get better at truth-telling\, and\, perhaps paradoxically\, at disagreement? How do we see ourselves—as citizens\, as individual moral agents—in the calculus of belonging to history\, inheriting it and joining long currents of redeeming it? \nPlease join us in watching a film that brings these questions to life\, The Reunited States. The film follows several individuals: Susan Bro\, who lost her daughter in the deadly Charlottesville protests of August 2017; Erin and Dave Leaverton\, a white Christian couple who decided to travel in an RV to all fifty states to understand the origins and nature of our fault lines; Greg Orman\, who ran for governor of Kansas as an independent and wants to shake up our binary dysfunction; and Steven Olikara\, whose Millennial Action Project is attempting to seed a future of friendship and cooperation across the political divide. Through their interwoven narratives\, you will at once recognize our distressed tectonics and find welcome in an invitation to risk. \nWatch the trailer here to get a taste\, and then access a virtual screening room via the link below. (Please note that only the first 150 people to access the virtual screening room will be able to watch the film\, though anyone is welcome to join us for the panel discussion on Thursday! After you’ve registered for the panel discussion\, a link and password to the virtual screening room will be sent in your confirmation email.)
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/the-reunited-states/
CATEGORIES:Community,Justice,Politics,Race,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Traditioned Innovation: A Leadership Foundations Town Hall Series
DESCRIPTION:Is it possible to bring together old and new and recover things that have always been? Make sure to register now for the new 6 part LF Town Hall series “Traditioned Innovation” beginning on January 27. We have an amazing lineup of guests joining us to examine how the knowledge of the past positions us to make progress towards the future. We will explore those ancient traditions and practices that can be rediscovered and operationalized in fresh ways as we move forward. \nFebruary 3 speaker: Rev. Dr. Julia Fogg\, Professor of Religion at Cal Lutheran University and author of Finding Jesus at the Border.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/traditioned-innovation-a-leadership-foundations-town-hall-series/
CATEGORIES:Imagining the Future,Introspection,Learning From the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210202T113500
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SUMMARY:2021 Sankofa Black Alumni Preaching Series #1
DESCRIPTION:Feb. 2 Speaker: Rev. Dustin Pickett \nThroughout February\, the Office of Black Church Studies at Duke Divinity School will feature the 2021 Sankofa Black Alumni Preaching Series to celebrate the distinct contributions of the school’s alumni of African descent. Alumni will preach during four Tuesday worship services online from Goodson Chapel at 11:35 a.m. \nThe preachers for this year’s series are: the Rev. Dustin Pickett\, M.Div. 2016\, campus minister for Christian Diversity and Ecumenical Ministry at the University of Dayton in Dayton\, Ohio; the Rev. Camille Glover\, M.Div. 2013\, an attorney in Washington\, D.C.; the Rev. Raymonda Speller\, M.Div. 2012\, senior pastor of Community Congregational Church (UCC) in Montgomery\, Ala.; and the Rev. Regina Henderson Moore\, M.Div. 1997\, owner of the Riverside Consulting Group in Columbia\, S.C. \nThe Sankofa Black Alumni Preaching Series was established in 2014 during Black History Month. The word “sankofa” derives from the Akan language of Ghana and translates as “reach back and get it.”
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/2021-sankofa-black-alumni-preaching-series-1/
CATEGORIES:Church,Race,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:President Biden\, U.S. Bishops\, and Pope Francis: How to Promote Catholic Principles in a Divided Church and Nation
DESCRIPTION:Last Wednesday\, President Joe Biden\, the second Catholic president in U.S. history\, began Inauguration Day at Mass with his family and the nation’s leaders at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington\, DC. Just after the swearing in\, Pope Francis sent a brief message of congratulations\, blessings\, and prayers that Biden’s “decisions will be guided by…unfailing respect for the rights and dignity of every person\, especially the poor\, the vulnerable\, and those who have no voice.” At about the same time\, Archbishop José Gomez\, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)\, released a lengthy statement offering prayers\, saying “it will be refreshing to engage with a President who clearly understands\, in a deep and personal way\, the importance of religious faith and institutions\,” and also warning that Biden “has pledged to pursue certain policies that would advance moral evils and threaten human life and dignity….” \nAs Inauguration Day progressed\, there were reports of divisions between the U.S. bishops and Pope Francis and among the U.S. bishops on how to assess and work with a Catholic president with Biden’s faith\, history\, and policy commitments. Since then\, the USCCB has issued statements commending Biden’s executive actions on DACA\, immigration reform\, ending the “Muslim ban\,” and rejoining the Paris Agreement on climate change; statements have also been made opposing Biden’s executive order on employment\, LGBTQ\, and gender issues\, as well as his statement on the anniversary of Roe v. Wade. All this has generated considerable commentary\, controversy\, concern\, and confusion. \nThe Initiative is bringing together several respected leaders to examine the context and content of these developments and explore challenges and opportunities in the relationship between President Biden and the leaders of the Catholic Church. The panelists will explore: \n\n\nWhat difference does Biden’s Catholicism make at the White House? How does it affect his policies\, priorities\, speeches\, and activities?\nWhat are the implications\, lessons\, and possible future directions in light of this complicated and controversial moment\, where an active\, visible Catholic has both areas of strong agreement on several principles of Catholic social teaching and strong disagreement with Catholic teaching on the critical issue of abortion and other moral questions?\nWhat are the principles and priorities which should shape the interaction between the Biden White House\, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops\, and the Vatican? What are areas for collaboration and for conflict? Can differences in priorities\, tone\, substance\, and approach be reconciled?\nSome question President Biden’s faith\, and even his suitability to receive communion. Others question the U.S. bishops’ roles\, words\, and actions. What principles\, practices\, and criteria should guide the relationship between this Catholic president and the ordained leadership of the Catholic Church? How do those translate into a principled\, effective working relationship between the USCCB and the Biden administration?\nWhat are the responsibilities of lay Catholics and other Catholic institutions\, other religious leaders\, and public officials in this current moment?\n\nKim Daniels\, co-director of the Initiative\, will introduce and moderate the dialogue. Kim is also a member of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication. \nThis dialogue will have closed captions. For all other accommodation requests\, please email cathsocialthought@georgetown.edu by January 29. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/president-biden-u-s-bishops-and-pope-francis-how-to-promote-catholic-principles-in-a-divided-church-and-nation/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,Politics,Science
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SUMMARY:Art + Faith: A Theology of Making// An Online Conversation with Makoto Fujimura
DESCRIPTION:On January 29 in partnership with The Rabbit Room and Windrider Productions we are delighted to host artist\, author\, and senior fellow Mako Fujimura for a conversation around his brand new book\, Art + Faith: A Theology of Making. Mako believes that in the act of making we are able to know and experience the depth of God’s being and grace. \nMako says\, “I now consider what I do in the studio to be theological work as much as aesthetic work. I experience God\, my Maker\, in the studio. I am immersed in the art of creating\, and I have come to understand this dimension of life as the most profound way of grasping human experience and the nature of our existence in the world. I call it the “Theology of Making.” \nWe hope you will join us as we explore the theological work of creating. \nSpecial thanks to this event’s sponsors:\nDoug Wilson\nLarry and Betsy Roadman\nWindrider Productions
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/art-faith-a-theology-of-making-an-online-conversation-with-makoto-fujimura/
CATEGORIES:Art,Church,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210128T150000
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SUMMARY:Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
DESCRIPTION:Ideas That Matter is an online lecture series hosted by Regent College this academic year with the purpose of cultivating theological engagement with contemporary issues that are particularly relevant at this cultural moment. \nRegent College and the Regent College Bookstore are excited to welcome Rev. Tish Harrison Warren for the launch of her new book\, Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep. In this book\, Rev. Warren addresses the question: How can we trust God in the dark? Framed around a nighttime prayer of Compline\, Prayer in the Night explores themes of human vulnerability\, suffering\, and God’s seeming absence. During this timely conversation\, Rev. Warren will be discussing her new book as well as reflecting on the role of spiritual disciplines to keep us anchored to Jesus when the world seems upside down. \nTish Harrison Warren is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America. She has worked in ministry settings for over a decade as a campus minister with InterVarsity Graduate and Faculty Ministries\, as an associate rector\, and with addicts and those in poverty through various churches and non-profit organizations. Rev. Warren is is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life\, which was Christianity Today’s 2018 Book of the Year. Her articles and essays have appeared in the New York Times\, Religion News Service\, Christianity Today\, Comment Magazine\, The Point\, 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. \nA livestream link will be posted here the week of the event.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/prayer-in-the-night-for-those-who-work-or-watch-or-weep/
CATEGORIES:Church,Education,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210127T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210127T100000
DTSTAMP:20260406T045555
CREATED:20210125T180352Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T125119Z
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SUMMARY:Town Halls on "Traditioned Innovation"
DESCRIPTION:Author Richard Beck will be in conversation with Cornelius Williams as we explore how we can renew traditions and practices from the past in order to improve on the present and make progress towards the future. \nDr. Richard Beck is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Abilene Christian University. He is the author of Unclean and The Authenticity of Faith. He also writes about the intersections of psychology and theology at his popular and award-winning blog Experimental Theology. \nWe will also be joined by Courtney Dugstad\, Executive Director of Next Chapter Ministries\, the Leadership Foundation in Rochester\, MN to share the incredible work they are doing in their city to eradicate crime through holistic ministry including mentoring\, re-entry programs\, and housing.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/town-halls-on-traditioned-innovation/
CATEGORIES:Church,Education,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210126T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210126T200000
DTSTAMP:20260406T045555
CREATED:20210125T160612Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T132531Z
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SUMMARY:What Is Unity?
DESCRIPTION:Join us tomorrow for a conversation about unity: How realistic is it? Exactly what is it? How we might strive toward it in ways top-down and bottom-up\, and what precisely is the good inherent within it\, if any? \nIt’s a back-to-basics era\, and we want to revisit some fundamental definitions. Helping us in this journey are Shadi Hamid\, Christine Emba\, and Samuel Kimbriel. We look forward to seeing you there! \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristine Emba\nOp-Ed Columnist\,\nWashington Post\nShadi Hamid\nSenior Fellow\,\nBrookings Institution\nSamuel Kimbriel\nAuthor &\nPolitical Philosopher
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/unity/
CATEGORIES:Community,Imagining the Future,Justice,Politics,Race,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210126T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210126T140000
DTSTAMP:20260406T045555
CREATED:20210104T171625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T132609Z
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SUMMARY:Dependence: An Online Conversation
DESCRIPTION:No man or woman is an island\, and no one should aspire to be one\, either. \nIn the new issue of Plough Quarterly “What Are Families For?”  Leah Libresco Sargeant argues that we are never truly completely autonomous and that we need a re-appreciation of weakness. In this online launch event\, join Leah as she discusses her article “Dependence: Towards an Illiberalism of the Weak” with Noah van Niel\, Atar Hadari and Peter Mommsen. \nSign up here to join them as they discuss these topics on Tuesday\, 26 January at 7:00 PM GMT.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/dependence-an-online-conversation/
CATEGORIES:Community,Family,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T133000
DTSTAMP:20260406T045555
CREATED:20210125T163947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T132733Z
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SUMMARY:Division\, Decadence & Renewal: An Online Conversation with Ross Douthat
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, January 22nd in partnership with The Institute for Human Ecology\, the Harvard Christian Alumni Society\, and the Catholic Information Center\, we are delighted to welcome author and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. \nIn Douthat’s book\, The Decadent Society\, he provides an enlightening diagnosis of our modern condition which\, he says\, has been characterized by decadence. Douthat argues that many of today’s discontents and derangements reflect a sense of futility and disappointment—a feeling that the future is not what was promised. \nAlmost a year after its original publication\, we are keen to hear from Ross on what the events of the past year have revealed about our condition and how we might serve as agents of renewal in a divisive and decadent time. \nSpecial thanks to our sponsors for this event:\nThe Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University of America\nThe Harvard Christian Alumni Society
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/division-decadence-renewal-an-online-conversation-with-ross-douthat/
CATEGORIES:Community,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210121T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210121T211500
DTSTAMP:20260406T045555
CREATED:20210104T171314Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T132901Z
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SUMMARY:The Case for One More Child
DESCRIPTION:Our society’s future would be radically different if people just had as many kids as they desired. What’s stopping them? \nIn the new issue of Plough Quarterly\, “What are Families For?\,” Ross Douthat tackles the issue of falling birthrates across the Western world\, and makes the case that large families will save humanity. In this online launch event for our new issue\, join Ross as he discusses his article “The Case For One More Child” with Leah Libresco Sargeant\, Anna Louie Sussman\, Sarah Williams\, and Plough editor Peter Mommsen. \nSign up here to view this online event on YouTube on Thursday\, January 21 at 8:00 PM Eastern time.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/the-case-for-one-more-child/
CATEGORIES:Community,Family,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210121T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210121T130000
DTSTAMP:20260406T045555
CREATED:20210104T173004Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T133015Z
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SUMMARY:Facing the Anthropocene Webinar with Timothy Ingold and Norman Wirzba
DESCRIPTION:In the Facing the Anthropocene webinar series\, Duke Divinity School Professor Norman Wirzba interviews leading scholars in political economy\, history\, anthropology\, theology\, philosophy\, environmental humanities\, and law\, in order to examine the conditions under which a hopeful future might be imagined. \nTo kick off the new series on Jan. 21\, 2021\, Wirzba interviews Tim Ingold\, professor emeritus of social anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. Ingold has carried out fieldwork among Saami and Finnish people in Lapland\, and has written on environment\, technology and social organisation in the circumpolar North\, on animals in human society\, and on human ecology and evolutionary theory. Wirzba is the Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology at Duke Divinity and a senior fellow at Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics\, which is sponsoring the webinar series. \nRegistration information to be announced.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/facing-the-anthropocene-webinar-with-timothy-ingold-and-norman-wirzba/
CATEGORIES:Community,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210120T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210120T160000
DTSTAMP:20260406T045555
CREATED:20201215T140920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T134733Z
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SUMMARY:Reading the Bible Right Now
DESCRIPTION:Ideas That Matter is an online lecture series hosted by Regent College this academic year with the purpose of cultivating theological engagement with contemporary issues that are particularly relevant at this cultural moment. \nFor our Reading the Bible Right Now events\, we will be welcoming theologians from inside as well as outside the Regent community to reflect on how they are reading the Bible during this season of uncertainty. They will be reflecting personally on questions such as: Where in scripture do you find hope\, encouragement\, rebuke\, or a prophetic word in light of all that is happening in the world right now? How does your rootedness in scripture prepare you to engage with the issues of our day? How does our reading of scripture help us to read our cultural moment and vice versa? \nWe invite you to join us as we welcome Dr. Carmen Joy Imes\, who will share about her own personal engagement with scripture in this season\, followed by a time of Q&A. \nDr. Carmen Joy Imes is professor of Old Testament at Prairie College in Three Hills\, Alberta. Her books include Bearing YHWH’s Name at Sinai: A Reexamination of the Name Command of the Decalogue\, Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters\, and Reading the Psalms with Augustine and Friends. She is currently working on a commentary on Exodus for Baker Academic and a book on what it means to be the image of God for IVP.  Carmen is an active member of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies\, the Institute for Biblical Research\, the Society of Biblical Literature\, and the Evangelical Theological Society. She blogs at carmenjoyimes.blogspot.com\, Christianity Today\, and The Well\, and releases weekly Torah Tuesday videos on her YouTube channel. Regent’s very own Dr. Matthew Lynch interviewed her for the OnScript podcast\, and she’ll be teaching a course on Exodus for Regent’s 2021 Summer Programs. \nA livestream link will be posted in this space closer to the date of the event.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/reading-the-bible-right-now/
CATEGORIES:Church,Education,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210118T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210118T130000
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CREATED:20210104T165807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T134812Z
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SUMMARY:Economic Inequality and Church Responses in the UK
DESCRIPTION:Theos’ Simon Perfect will discuss his new report\, which calls for churches to become vocal champions of greater economic equality. \nThe UK\, along with the rest of the world\, faces an unprecedented economic crisis due to the COVID–19 pandemic. The spread of the coronavirus is exacerbating deep inequalities\, hitting the poorest the hardest. The UK already has one of the highest levels of income inequality in Europe\, with the top 20% of households receiving nearly half of all disposable household income; and this is likely to get worse in the coming years.[1] As we look to rebuild the economy\, it is vital that we seize the opportunity to reduce inequalities of income and wealth. \nChurches\, and Christians more widely\, have unique contributions to make here\, going beyond their traditional focus on poverty. Economic inequality is a spiritual\, as much as a social\, problem: as Archbishop Justin Welby has said\, it is “the most destabilizing and unjust feature of our own society”.[2] \nOn 18th January at 6pm\, Theos researcher Simon Perfect will discuss these issues in an online event hosted by Justshare. Simon is the author of a new report for Theos\, Bridging the Gap: Economic Inequality and Church Responses in the UK (2020). The report argues that after the pandemic\, churches need to use their resources\, both practical and theological\, to become vocal champions of greater economic equality\, leading the national conversation about building a fairer economy. \nSimon will discuss the scale of economic inequality in the UK; the burgeoning body of social scientific research showing why high levels of inequality are bad for society; how Christian theology can help us think about the problem of economic inequality; how UK churches have already been responding to the issue\, and what more they should be doing to help bridge the gap. \nBook your free ticket here.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/economic-inequality-and-church-responses-in-the-uk/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,Education,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210108T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210108T123000
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CREATED:20201221T133606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T134916Z
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SUMMARY:An Online Dialogue on Killing In Our Name Federal Executions and Pro-life Witness
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe day of the discussion\, all who have RSVP’d will receive an email with a link and step-by-step instructions on how to join the livestream. \n\n\n\nAs the end of his administration approaches\, President Trump has restarted the use of the federal death penalty. Since July there have been 10 executions with another three before he leaves office. These federal executions are the first in 17 years and raise critical moral\, human\, and policy choices for the nation and a new presidential administration. \nIn the United States\, executions and death sentences have declined dramatically\, and public support for capital punishment is at historic lows. Catholic teaching against capital punishment is rooted in our recognition of the inherent dignity of each person and in the sanctity of human life. Pope John Paul II appealed for an end to the death penalty during a visit to the United States\, and Pope Benedict XVI spoke even more strongly\, calling on world leaders to “make every effort to eliminate the death penalty.” In line with his predecessors\, Pope Francis called for the abolition of the death penalty in his U.S. visit to Congress in 2015\, and in 2018 he revised the Catechism of the Catholic Church to state that “the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person\,” a teaching he underscored in his recent encyclical letter Fratelli Tutti. \nThis Public Dialogue\, co-sponsored by the Catholic Mobilizing Network and Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life\, will bring together a U.S. bishop\, a Christian pastor\, and two national advocates for ending capital punishment to explore how the principles of Catholic social thought can offer direction and urgency in ending the death penalty\, both in the United States and worldwide. \nParticipants: \n\nBishop Daniel Flores is the bishop of Brownsville\, Texas\, and the chair-elect of the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). He recently wrote an article in America on King Herod and America’s sinful acceptance of the death penalty.\nKrisanne Vaillancourt Murphy is the executive director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network\, which seeks to end the use of the death penalty in the United States and promotes restorative justice. She has over 25 years of experience working in national level\, faith-based policy advocacy and is co-author of Advocating for Justice: An Evangelical Vision for Transforming Systems and Structures (2016).\nSr. Helen Prejean\, CSJ\, is a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty and has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on capital punishment and in shaping the Catholic Church’s vigorous opposition to all executions. She is the author of Dead Man Walking (1994)\, The Death of Innocents (2004)\, and River of Fire (2019).\nRev. Dr. Jack Sullivan\, Jr. is the executive director of the Ohio Council of Churches and is an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Rev. Sullivan’s sister was murdered in 1997\, yet his family rejects the use of the death penalty for the person responsible. He is a nationally known speaker\, social justice advocate\, and death penalty opponent.\n\nJohn Carr\, director of the Initiative\, will moderate the dialogue. \nThis dialogue will have closed captions. For all other accommodation requests\, please email cathsocialthought@georgetown.edu by January 7. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests. \nThis online Public Dialogue is co-sponsored by the Catholic Mobilizing Network and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/an-online-dialogue-on-killing-in-our-name-federal-executions-and-pro-life-witness/
CATEGORIES:Community,Learning From the Past,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201218T133000
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SUMMARY:Waiting on the Word with Malcom Guite
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, December 18th in partnership with The Rabbit Room\, The C.S. Lewis Foundation\, and Regent College we are delighted to host the renowned poet\, singer-songwriter\, and Anglican priest Malcom Guite\, whose poetic works have been described by former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams as offering “deep resources for prayer and meditation to the reader.” \nThrough his poetry\, Malcolm aims to restore a quietness\, inner peace\, and willingness to wait unfulfilled in the dark for light to come. Practicing Advent\, Malcolm says\, is a countercultural and subversive act. He says\, “reclaiming Advent’s rich fast will restore meaning to the even richer feast when Christmas comes.” A week before Christmas\, we’ll discuss the work of waiting\, the nature of our wonder-filled faith\, and the hope of the incarnation. We hope you’ll join us for our final Online Conversation this Advent season! \nSpecial thanks to Barbara Bryant for her sponsorship of this event!
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/waiting-on-the-word-with-malcom-guite/
CATEGORIES:Art,Church,Education,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201129T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201129T193000
DTSTAMP:20260406T045555
CREATED:20201113T132838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T135330Z
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SUMMARY:Celebrate the Living Legacy of Dorothy Day
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Living Legacy of Dorothy Day \na Hunger for God\na Striving for Goodness\na Passion for Justice \non the 40th anniversary of her death\nSunday\, November 29\, 2020 \nPlease join in a virtual conversation from 6-7:30pm ET with David Brooks\, Anne Snyder\, and Paul Elie. \nTogether we will reflect on how in a time of pandemic and strife\, 40 years after her death\, Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker inspire holiness and community. \nThis special event is free\, but registration is necessary. \nSponsored by the Dorothy Day Guild in partnership with America Media
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/celebrate-the-living-legacy-of-dorothy-day/
CATEGORIES:Art,Learning From the Past,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T100000
DTSTAMP:20260406T045555
CREATED:20201109T210739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T135407Z
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SUMMARY:Healing A Fractured World: A Leadership Foundations Town Hall Series
DESCRIPTION:Join Leadership Foundations for a 5 week series of conversations with thought leaders and local practitioners around what we can do to heal our fractured world. \nGuest speaker: Katherine Haley\, VP of Programs at Philanthropy Roundtable \nWednesdays\, Oct. 21 – Nov. 18\n10am ET
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/healing-a-fractured-world-a-leadership-foundations-town-hall-series/
CATEGORIES:Church,Justice,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T201500
DTSTAMP:20260406T045555
CREATED:20201116T145105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T135521Z
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SUMMARY:Renewing America’s Social Fabric: How to Foster Hope and Reconciliation in our Communities
DESCRIPTION:A private webinar for students\, faculty\, and partners\, hosted by AEI’s Initiative on Faith & Public Life\nTuesday\, November 17\, 2020 | 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM ET \nOver the course of 2020\, American society has been rocked by a global pandemic\, racial injustice\, social unrest\, and economic uncertainty. Even more troubling\, these particular crises have uncovered deeper societal ills—including deep-seated sentiments of distrust and despair—which have been brewing for decades. We usually look to government for the solutions to these problems\, but with a divisive election season now behind us\, where else can we focus our efforts? What role can individuals and communities play in tackling these challenges and renewing our social fabric? \nWe invite you to join AEI’s Initiative on Faith & Public Life for an inspiring and practical conversation about how creative local initiatives can restore hope\, foster reconciliation\, and rebuild our communities. The discussion will feature Anne Snyder\, the author of The Fabric of Character and editor-in-chief of Comment magazine; Joe Nail and Benya Kraus of Lead for America\, an organization that creates community-centered public service programs that equip young people to invest in their home towns; and David Bailey\, the executive director of Arrabon\, an organization that provides Christian leaders and their communities with the resources to effectively engage in the work of reconciliation. \nThe discussion will be hosted as a private Zoom webinar and is primarily intended for college students\, faculty\, and partners in our network. If possible\, we ask that you include your affiliation (school or workplace) in the “Organization” field when registering. \nAgenda\n7:00 pm\nOpening remarks:\nTyler Castle\, AEI \n7:05 pm\nDiscussion \nPanelists:\nDavid Bailey\, Arrabon\nBenya Kraus\, Lead for America\nJoe Nail\, Lead for America\nAnne Snyder\, Comment \n7:50 pm\nQ&A \n8:15 pm\nEvent concludes \nContact Information\nAryana Petrosky Roberts | Aryana.Petrosky@aei.org
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/renewing-americas-social-fabric-how-to-foster-hope-and-reconciliation-in-our-communities/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,COVID-19,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201111T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201111T100000
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SUMMARY:Healing a Fractured World: A Leadership Foundations Town Hall Series
DESCRIPTION:Join Leadership Foundations for a 5 week series of conversations with thought leaders and local practitioners around what we can do to heal our fractured world. \nGuest speaker: Peter Wehner\, VP of the Ethics and Public Policy Center \nWednesdays\, Oct. 21 – Nov. 18\n10am ET
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/healing-a-fractured-world/
CATEGORIES:Community,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T130000
DTSTAMP:20260406T045555
CREATED:20201102T184906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T135654Z
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SUMMARY:An Online Dialogue on Faith and the Faithful in the 2020 Election: What Happened? Why? What Now?
DESCRIPTION:A week after the United States’ election day\, this online Georgetown dialogue will bring together respected reporters and experts on faith and politics to examine how religious values\, voters\, and communities shaped the debate and affected the outcome of the presidential election. They will also look back at what issues\, strategies\, and tactics were used by the Trump and Biden campaigns and how effective they were.This conversation will also look ahead to whether and how the nation can come together after the election and the roles of religious believers and communities in defending human life and dignity\, lifting up “the least of these\,” protecting our democracy\, and pursuing the common good.\n\n\n\n\nYamiche Alcindor (C’09) (invited) is the White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and a political contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. She is the 2020 recipient of the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage from the White House Correspondents’ Association. She previously was a reporter for the New York Times\, covering politics and social justice issues.\nElizabeth Dias is a national correspondent for the New York Times covering faith\, values\, and the 2020 elections. With degrees from Wheaton College and Princeton Theological Seminary\, she is the 2016 recipient of the Hunt Prize for Excellence in Journalism\, Arts\, and Letters from America.\nElana Schor is a national reporter for religion and politics for the Associated Press. She is a former reporter for POLITICO\, The Hill\, The Guardian\, and Greenwire where she covered issues from climate change to criminal justice reform.\nMark Shields is a weekly political commentator for the PBS NewsHour and syndicated political columnist. A graduate of Notre Dame and a former U.S. Marine\, he has covered the last 12 presidential campaigns.\nChristopher White is the national correspondent for National Catholic Reporter where he has covered the Catholic dimensions of the 2020 campaign. He is a former reporter for Crux and The Tablet newspaper of the diocese of Brooklyn.\n\n\nJohn Carr\, director of the Initiative\, will moderate the dialogue. \nThis dialogue will have live closed captioning. For all other accommodation requests\, please email cathsocialthought@georgetown.eduby November 9\, 2020. A good-faith effort will be made to fulfill requests. \nThis Public Dialogue is part of the Initiative’s Faith and the Faithful series. It is co-sponsored by Bread for the World and is supported by the Democracy Fund. \nThe day of the discussion\, all who have RSVP’d will receive an email with a link and step-by-step instructions on how to join the livestream.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/an-online-dialogue-on-faith-and-the-faithful-in-the-2020-election-what-happened-why-what-now/
CATEGORIES:Community,Justice,Politics,Race,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201026T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201026T200000
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SUMMARY:Preserving Democracy Amidst Deep Division
DESCRIPTION:The Trinity Forum in partnership with Montgomery Bell Academy and St. Paul Christian Academy are pleased to present Preserving Democracy Amidst Deep Difference\, a virtual event with Robert P. George and Cornel West on Monday\, October 26th at 8:00 p.m. ET. \nDrs. West and George would seem to have little in common politically\, ideologically\, or stylistically. But they share a deep friendship\, a common faith\, and a long-standing collaboration to encourage “the cultivation and practice of the virtues of intellectual humility\, openness of mind\, and above all\, love of truth.” \nWhile every election brings uncertainty and anxiety\, the events of this year seem particularly divisive and alienating. Tribalism and unrest have\, in many cases\, shaken public confidence in the strength of democratic principles. George and West show\, as well as tell\, how friendship across difference is good for the soul\, as well as good for the country — a message particularly salient in our polarized time. \nSpecial thanks to this event’s sponsors:\nBetsy and Larry Roadman\nSteve and Jan Riven
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/preserving-democracy-amidst-deep-division/
CATEGORIES:Community,Justice,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Healing A Fractured World: A Series of Leadership Foundations Town Halls
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday\, October 21-November 18 \nJoin us as we come together at the intersection of thought leadership and praxis.The world can seem out of control as we try to manage a worldwide pandemic\, make progress on racial injustice\, and repair the deep polarization that exists across the globe. In this 5 part series\, we will explore a range of topics as we attempt to reimagine community together in light of the current crises. In short\, and to borrow a phrase from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks\, how to heal a fractured world. \nHEALING A FRACTURED WORLD SPEAKER LINEUP:  \nOctober 21: Ernest Brooks\, Isaacson\, Miller \nOctober 28: Rev. Lucas Johnson\, Executive Director\, On Being’s Civil Conversation Project \nNovember 4: Bill Milliken\, Board Member\, Leadership Foundations \nNovember 11: To Be Announced \nNovember 18: To Be Announced
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/healing-a-fractured-world-a-series-of-leadership-foundations-town-halls/
CATEGORIES:Community,COVID-19,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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