Two presentations on Saturday, Feb 20th in the morning---9:00am and 11:00am--Mountain Standard Time---30 minute break.
Each presentation will be 45 minutes, with 30 minutes of Q&A. One presentation will be focused on Rekindling Hope and the other would be focused on Building Trust.
Cost $15.00
Register at: https://www.thegoodshepherducc.org/
Confrontational Faith and Beloved Community: Rekindling Hope and Restoring Trust
Presenter Rev. Dr. Guy Nave
Two presentations on Saturday, Feb 20th, 9:00am and 11:00am--Mountain Standard Time---30 minutes break
Hope and trust are difficult virtues to foster and sustain in America today. A resurgence of blatant acts of racism and racial injustice as well as a long history of racial oppression and deep systemic racial inequities greatly contribute to this difficulty. The Reverend Dr. Guy Nave believes that despite America being in the midst of a painful and long overdue period of racial reckoning, hope and trust are still possible. Not only are they possible, but they are also prerequisites for establishing "Beloved Community"—a society based on justice, equal opportunity, and love of one's fellow human beings. Nave asserts there is a specific role people of faith must play in rekindling hope and restoring trust. People of faith need to demonstrate what Nave calls, “confrontational faith”—faith that actively challenges racial inequities and injustices. Confrontational faith is rooted in and motivated by a strong conviction that Beloved Community is not only possible, it is a divine imperative. In this seminar, Nave will explore the role and function of faith and the power of hope and trust for creating Beloved Community.
Fulfills two hours of SWC Continuing Education requirements.
Rev. Dr. Guy Nave is professor of religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, focusing on the topics of Christianity, the New Testament, and race. He received his Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and his Ph.D. in New Testament studies from Yale University. He writes for Sojourners Magazine, blogs for Luther College's Ideas and Creations page as well as the website Clamoring for Change. He’s an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.