Where are you from? Festival attendees attending in person or online dropped pins on a global map:
Add yourself by going to: https://getethermap.org/m/festival-of-homiletics-2022
Some of us even have our pets joining us!
Lurking and napping more than listening and watching… #Homiletics2022 #Festival2022 pic.twitter.com/mZtlkhK6jJ
— RevEpiscoDad (@RevEpiscoDad) May 18, 2022
Apologies to Anna Carter Florence but I don’t think my kitty is interested in your powerful words about Jonah #Homiletics2022 @FestHomiletics pic.twitter.com/lNcEQFkY8R
— Sarah Fanning (@revsmf) May 18, 2022
Did you struggle to decide whether to attend Trinity or Central for worship?
(Those of us online can toggle back and forth!)
Liturgist Kelly Sherman-Conroy shared this poem by Poet Laureate Joy Harjo today at the outset of worship.
And happily, quite a few of the preachers also led workshops so there were multiple opportunities to hear from everyone.
Nadia Bolz-Weber
"We cannot create the word of the Lord for ourselves," @Sarcasticluther tells those gathered at #Homiletics2022. We need at least one other person to share it with us. pic.twitter.com/N9gp3WV4fO
— Friends Journal (@friendsjournal) May 18, 2022
Anna Carter Florence
Anna Carter Florence just gave weary preachers everywhere back to each other. #festival2022 @FestHomiletics
— Meta Herrick Carlson (@HerrickMeta) May 18, 2022
Anna Carter Florence, “God’s survival plan for Elijah was to show him sensibility to the needs of the most vulnerable. If not taught, Elijah would have been headed down the path towards religious fundamentalism caring more about purity laws.” #festival2022 @gfmediaorg pic.twitter.com/S6lE73jKvV
— Mitch Randall (@rmitchrandall) May 18, 2022
In his lecture, Frank Thomas referenced the book Desiring Whiteness: A Lacanian Analysis of Race by Kalpana Seshradi-Crooks, in case you didn’t catch the title!
God had provided something better so that they would not, apart from us, be made perfect. Hebrews 11:40
— Rev. Violet Johnicker (@VioletJ) May 18, 2022
"The 'not' in this text means delayed, not denied." – @drfrankathomas @FestHomiletics #Homiletics2022 pic.twitter.com/e09ZxGT7pl
Recognize the ways your mind wanders from the present moment, @drfrankathomas advises #Homiletics2022, and the stories you tell yourself about yourself. You'll need that self-awareness to persevere against the hell a desperate, defensive white supremacist culture is unleashing. pic.twitter.com/DfCJCBqT4k
— Friends Journal (@friendsjournal) May 18, 2022
It’s not only who you hope in, but who you hope with – Dr Frank Thomas#Homiletics2022
— Mark Eugene (@markeugenes) May 18, 2022
“It’s the forgiving that gets Jesus killed.” – David Lose
The brilliant Eunjoo Mary Kim leading a workshop on trauma, preaching, and the third/middle space. Excellent connection between trauma and third-space interpretive perspectives. #Homiletics2022 pic.twitter.com/2fJxyEzDCH
— Cana Moore (@CanaMoore) May 18, 2022
Theologian Deanna Thompson lectured about the Post-Traumatic Public Theology project, sharing multiple books and references in her slides.
The Many closed out the evening with a worship gathering.