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APRIL
The Forum presentations are available on Zoom - at the NEW TIME of 7:00 pm on Sundays!
LOGIN DETAILS: Sundays, 7:00 PM
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Passcode: muroF635
APRIL 11: David Weddle
"RIGHTEOUS POWER: DANGEROUS INTERSECTION OF RELIGION AND POLITICS"
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When appeals to divine authority enter struggles
for political power, our common faith in democratic ideals—as symbolized on the
Great Seal of the United States—is put in jeopardy.
David L. Weddle (PhD, Harvard) is Professor Emeritus of Religion at
Colorado College, where he taught courses in comparative religion, ethics,
philosophy of religion, and American religious history—and served as chair of
the department. He is the author of Miracles: Wonder and Meaning in World
Religions (2010) and Sacrifice in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
(2017), as well as numerous scholarly articles and reviews.
aPRIL 18: Nat Stein & Tanvi Lad
"From The Ground Up: How A Budding Community Of Composters Are Reducing Waste, Regenerating Soils And Reconnecting Through The Life Cycle Of Food"
Nat Stein and Tanvi Lad are soil geeks. They spend their
days collaborating with residents, businesses, gardeners, and volunteers to
turn food waste into compost under the auspices of Soil Cycle — a community
composting startup that operates as a social enterprise of Colorado Springs
Food Rescue, now Food to Power CO. Soil Cycle fills a key gap in the local food
system, offering compost collection services that divert food waste from the
landfill, where it emits harmful greenhouse gases, back to the land as compost,
where it enhances nutrient density, microbial diversity, water retention and
carbon sequestration. Nat and Tanvi will share information about composting,
soil health and the joy that comes from connecting to the life cycle of your
food.
This is an opportunity to directly fight climate change, so listen up!
April 25: Rev. CLare Twomey
"White Skin Supremacy - America's Greatest Sin"
Redemption, salvation, conciliation--all of it--cannot be realized without the dismantling of white skin supremacy. This begins with the intentional engagement in this process of dismantling. It is beholden upon the church to lead this charge. We begin here.
Rev. Clare Twomey is the lead pastor of Vista Grande UCC; a certified facilitator and trainer of Sacred Conversations 2 End Racism; a former psychotherapist of 25 years; and co-founder of Nurturing Justice Collaborative (nurturingjustice.org) whose mission it is to encourage the dismantling of white skinned supremacy and racism in American society through education, action, community building and engagement.
March 2021
MARCH 7: Tom NapIerKowski
The History of the English Language
March 14: Monycka Snowbird
March 21: Colin McAllister
Dies irae, dies illa: Music in the Apocalyptic Mode
Colin addressed “music in the apocalyptic mode” from the late Middle Ages to the present day in three broad categories.
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UPCOMING
March 28: PALM SUNDAY (no presentation of The Forum)
April 4: EASTER (no presentation of The Forum)
April 11: David
Weddle presents The Dark Side of
Miracles
We are lucky to have
the ever-popular David Weddle return! He will be speaking about his chapter of a multi-author book about miracles. Further information to come.
february 2021
At this time, we are recording our presentations of The Forum, via Zoom.
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February 7, 2021: Tom Stella
“In
Sync with the Sacred, Out of Step with the World:
Embracing an Unconventional Life in a Culture of
Conformity”
February 14, 2021: ASh Gallagher
“Reckoning
In The Rubble” - A
Poetic Look At Covering War Abroad Brings Us Back to the Wars within and the
Spiritual Lessons I gained at the Battle for Mosul.
February 21, 2021: ERic METZGER
More than Simply a Garden: The Significance of Early Horticulture on McAllister's N. Cascade Grounds.
February 28, 2021: Konrad Schlarbaum, MPS
Sustainability:
A promising approach for addressing the global climate crises.
dECEMBER 2020 - jANUARY 2021
December 13, 2020: Sky Foerster
"America and the World: Challenges for the Biden Administration."
January 10, 2021: Nicole Weis
"Let’s Talk GRIT – National Institute for Human Resilience"
Presentation slides to come.
January 17, 2021: LarrY Stebbins
January 24, 2021: Judge Richard Hall & Lawyer Eric Hall
"Covid-19 restrictions on churches versus the First Amendment"
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