Princeton Theological Seminary

September 12, 2019 | Miller Chapel Sermon: “The Blessing of Spiritual Poverty” Scripture: Matthew 5:1-3 This is the beginning of a series of Thursday homilies on the Beatitudes. Each of them will attempt to get to the ironic twist I believe Jesus was offering. The first one stresses that those who are truly spiritual are only clear about their poverty of spirituality, which means it’s all about grace.

September 5, 2019 | Opening Communion in Miller Chapel Sermon: “Scattered Languages” Scripture: Genesis 11:1-9 Maybe God’s response to the Tower of Babel was a grace. We now have many languages. As Toni Morrison claimed, the calling of all people is to live in a world where not everyone speaks your tongue. This means you have to make room for others who will speak differently about even God.

September 4, 2019 | Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary Address: “The Vocation of Voice” Scripture Readings: Psalm 19 and Ephesians 4:25-32 Speaker: Dr. Nancy Lammers Gross, Arthur Sarrell Rudd Professor of Speech Communication in Ministry, Princeton Theological Seminary

July 14, 2019 | Black Theology & Leadership Institute: Food Justice Sermon: “The Rules Don’t Work for Us” Scripture passage: Numbers 27:1-8 Preacher: Rev. Dr. Heber M. Brown, III, community organizer, social entrepreneur, and senior pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland

July 15, 2019 | Black Theology & Leadership Institute: Food Justice Sermon: “Redeeming Deserted Places” Scripture passage: Mark 6:30-42 Preacher: Rev. Dr. Heber M. Brown, III, community organizer, social entrepreneur, and senior pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland

July 18, 2019 | Black Theology & Leadership Institute: Food Justice Sermon: “Work With Me” Scripture passage: Genesis 2:7, 15-19 Preacher: Rev. Dr. Heber M. Brown, III, community organizer, social entrepreneur, and senior pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland

July 16, 2019 | Black Theology & Leadership Institute: Food Justice Sermon: “The Other Joseph Story” Scripture passage: Genesis 47:13-25 Preacher: Rev. Dr. Heber M. Brown, III, community organizer, social entrepreneur, and senior pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland

June 29, 2019 | Log College Project Design Lab, from the Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary Sermon: “The Deep” Scripture Passage: Psalm 42:7-8 Preacher: The Rev. William H. Lamar IV, pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.

June 28, 2019 | Log College Project Design Lab, from the Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary Sermon: “Thirsty” Scripture Passage: Psalm 42:1-2 Preacher: The Rev. William H. Lamar IV, pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.

June 27, 2019 | Log College Project Design Lab, from the Institute for Youth Ministry at Princeton Theological Seminary Sermon: “Blessed Are the Young” Scripture Passage: 1 Samuel 3:1-21, Mark 10:13-15 Preacher: Rev. Dr. Amanda Hontz Drury, Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Indiana Wesleyan University

October 5, 2018 | Confirmation Conference - Plenary Session “Confirming Mentoring: Mutual Experiences of Incarnation” Speakers: Lisa Kimball, Associate Dean of Lifelong Learning and Professor of Christian Formation and Congregational Leadership at Virginia Theological Seminary Kate Siberine, Curate at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd

October 5, 2018 | Confirmation Conference - Plenary Session “Swinging for the Fences: The Hope and Challenge of Confirmation Ministry in the 21st Century” Speakers: Kenda Creasy Dean, Mary D. Synnott Professor of Youth, Church, and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary Katherine Douglass, Assistant Professor of Educational Ministry and Practical Theology at Seattle Pacific University Co-director of The Confirmation Project

October 4, 2018 | Confirmation Conference - Plenary Session I “Becoming Spirit-Led People: The Role of Confirmation and Equivalent Ministries in Identity and Faith Formation” Speaker: Shonda Gladden, Lead Pastor, The St. Paul AME Church

October 4, 2018 | Confirmation Conference Welcome & Introduction Speaker: Katherine Douglass, Assistant Professor of Educational Ministry and Practical Theology at Seattle Pacific University Co-director of The Confirmation Project

June 25, 2019 | HTI 2019 Book Prize Lecture, “What is a Good Day?” Speaker: Dr. Patrick B. Reyes, Director of Strategic Partnerships for Doctoral Initiatives, Forum for Theological Exploration Respondent: Dr. Onaje X.O. Woodbine, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion, American University

June 17, 2019 | The 2019 Annual Karl Barth Conference Lecture: “The Idolatrous Self and the Eikon: The Possibility of Worship” Speaker: Grant Macaskill, Kirby Laing Professor of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Aberdeen

June 17, 2019 | The 2019 Annual Karl Barth Conference Lecture: “The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning? Barth’s Eschatology as a Guide to the Perplexed” Speaker: Christoph Schwöbel, Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of St. Andrews

June 17, 2019 | The 2019 Annual Karl Barth Conference Lecture: “Paul’s Account of the Future: A Case Study in Pauline Dogmatics” Speaker: Douglas Campbell, Professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School

June 17, 2019 | The 2019 Annual Karl Barth Conference Lecture: “Eschatology in the Time of Expectation” Speaker: Kenneth Oakes, Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Notre Dame

June 18, 2019 | The 2019 Annual Karl Barth Conference Lecture: “The Ethics of Resisting and Accepting Death in Karl Barth’s Theology” Speaker: Nancy Duff, Stephen Colwell Associate Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary