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May 17, 2023 Christy Lang Hearlson (PhD 16, MDiv 05), Associate Professor of Religious and Theological Education at Villanova University, offers the Rian Lecture entitled, “There is no Away: Rediscovering Wonder on an Imperiled Planet”.
May 16, 2023 President Jonathan Lee Walton offers a keynote address, “Tradition and Innovation: The Enduring Contours of Theological Education at Princeton Seminary”.
May 15, 2023 Hear The Rev. Ruth Faith Santana-Grace, the 2023 Recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award, and The Rev. Sabrina Slater, recipient of the Alumni Association Executive Council Service Award, share their stories of faith and ministry.
May 16, 2023 Princeton Seminary Professors, Professors Dale Alison, Lisa Bowens, K.C. Choi, Jay-Paul Hinds, Amelia Kennedy, and Kimberly Wagner, each offer an introductory presentation on recent research and publications.
Martin is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the Martin Luther King, Jr., Centennial Chair and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. Previously, he was a member of the faculty in the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics and Director of American Culture Studies at Washington University in Saint Louis. Martin is the author of the award-winning Preaching on Wax: The Phonograph and the Making of Modern African American Religion (New York University Press, 2014). The book received the 2015 first book award by the American Society of Church History. In support of his research, Martin has received a number of nationally recognized fellowships, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, The American Council of Learned Societies, The Institute for Citizens and Scholars (formerly The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation), The Teagle Foundation, Templeton Religion Trust, the Louisville Institute for the Study of American Religion, and the Forum for Theological Exploration. Most recently, Martin became Co-Director of a $1 million grant from the Henry Luce Foundation to fund “The Crossroads Project,” a four-year, multi-institution project to advance public understanding of the history, politics, and cultures of African American religions. He has also been recognized for his teaching, receiving institutional teaching awards as well as fellowships from the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. His commentary and writing have been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CNN, CSPAN, and PBS. He is currently writing a book on the relationship between the FBI and white Christian Nationalism, to be published by Princeton University Press in 2022. This lecture is presented by the Association of Black Seminarians.
Pre-Recorded on March 31, 2023 Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, Interim General Secretary and President of the National Council of Churches, discusses hopes for the future of mainline Protestantism in an era of historic disaffiliation from Christian churches; as well as whether it is possible to build bridges across lines of difference even while staking out prophetic stands on urgent questions of justice.
March 28, 2023 | Wright Library The Sang Hyun Lee Lecture on Asian American Theology and Ministry Lecturer: Rev. Dr. Janette Ok
January 11, 2023 | Safe Harbor: Ministering in the Midst of Storms Keynote: “Navigating the Storm and Cultivating Safe Harbors: Preaching and Ministry amid Trauma” Lecturer: The Rev. Dr. Kimberly Wagner
January 10, 2023 | Safe Harbor: Ministering in the Midst of Storms Keynote: “New Moods and Methods for Ministering in the Midst of Storms” Lecturer: The Rev. Martha Simmons, Esq.
December 7, 2022 | Seminary Chapel The Carols of Many Nations service includes readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols led by the Princeton Seminary Choir and international students and staff of the Seminary. Text for readings and songs in other languages can be found in the Carols of Many Nations program. Visit ptsem.edu/carolsprogram2022 to view the program. "The Great Arrival" by Bette Dickinson from Making Room in Advent © 2022 by Bette Dickinson and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship / USA. Used by permission of InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, USA. www.ivpress.com.
Seminary Chapel Scripture: Ephesians 2:1-10 Homily: "But God..." In the second chapter of Ephesians, Paul offers the testimony of Christian community. “You were dead…” he begins. And in spite of our tendency to crawl back in the tombs, God has made us fully alive in Christ, and will never settle for anything less than a fully alive Church.
Seminary Chapel Scripture: John 6:1-14 The most striking thing about John's account of the feeding of the 5,000 is that Jesus took the five loaves of bread, which seemed so meager compared to thousands of hungry people before him, and he gave thanks for what he held. Then the miracle could begin. While our resources are always so meager in the face of the challenges we confront, we are never going to see anything miraculous unless with begin with thanksgiving.
October 26, 2022 | Theron Room, Wright Library The 2022 Geddes W. Hanson Lecture: “In the Name of Jesus: Reclaiming and Reframing 'Christian'" Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, MDiv '92, author, activist, preacher, and public theologian; senior pastor, Middle Collegiate Church
October 13, 2022 The Future of American Democracy: The Challenge of Polarization Where Americans once saw neighbors, they now see enemies. Increasingly, Republicans and Democrats alike see members of the other party as not just wrong on key issues, but — according to the Pew Research Center — as immoral, dishonest, closed-minded, and a threat to the nation's well-being. The reverberations of extreme polarization are felt far from the realm of formal politics, in schools and churches and local communities where some seem ready to give up entirely on the age-old art of persuasion. How did we get so divided? And where do we go from here? This panel was moderated by Heath Carter, associate professor of American Christianity at Princeton Seminary, featuring panelists Jane Coaston, columnist for The New York Times and host of The Argument; Peter Meijer, Republican congressman representing Michigan's 3rd district since 2021; and Symone D. Sanders-Townsend, former chief spokesperson for the Vice President of the United States.
Seminary Chapel Scripture: Acts 9:10-19 This follows the story of the conversion of Saul with the story of the conversion of the church, which was hiding in fear of Saul the persecutor. It was time for the church to stop living in fear and reach out in ministry to thing that made it most afraid. Hiding is a sin, and some have suggested that since the time of Adam and Even we hide in order to sin and separate ourselves from God. To whom do you need to reach out and say, “Brother Saul'?
Seminary Chapel Scripture: Acts 9:1-9 This is the story of the conversion of Saul, who was so certain that he knew God and was engaged in a righteous mission before Jesus was revealed to him. So he was wrong about God. We are not able to serve the mission of Christ until we acknowledge that is more to God than we know. This discovery is so overwhelming that it changes everything. We might as well get a new name, as Paul did.
Seminary Chapel Jesus and Our Insatiable Thirst The purpose of this brief series of homilies on the Woman at the Well is to help us move beyond thinking about Jesus' encounter with a Samaritan woman who had a difficult time with relationships, to consider our own deep thirst for something more. This is striking because we're supposed to know the Jesus is the living water, and yet we continue to search for something more… Scripture: John 4:27-30, 39-42 The way John writes the gospel, “Just then” the disciples return to encounter this amazingly profound declaration about Jesus as the Messiah, and their response is to be concerned that he is talking to a woman. (??!!??) Like the worship wars this preoccupation with social norms helps us stay distracted from God's argument with us – that we keep trying to satisfy our thirst with things other than the Messiah who knows us. The core of the woman's testimony to Jesus' messianic status was that he told her everything she had done. We can only be saved by the only one who really knows us and is dying to love us.
Seminary Chapel Jesus and Our Insatiable Thirst The purpose of this brief series of homilies on the Woman at the Well is to help us move beyond thinking about Jesus' encounter with a Samaritan woman who had a difficult time with relationships, to consider our own deep thirst for something more. This is striking because we're supposed to know the Jesus is the living water, and yet we continue to search for something more… Scripture: John 4:19-26 When Jesus gets too close to the thirsty woman's soul, she quickly changes the subject by bringing up what is the equivalent of the ancient worship wars. Jesus stays with this distraction and uses it as an opportunity to provide profound theology about worshiping in spirit and truth. And then returns to presenting himself as Messiah. Worshiping in spirit and truth can only be understood in the context of living water for our insatiable thirst.
August 31, 2022 | Seminary Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary Address: "A Word to the Wise" Scripture Readings: Wisdom, 9:1-11 Luke 12:22-34 Convocation Speaker: Dr. Elaine James, associate professor of Old Testament, Princeton Theological Seminary
Seminary Chapel Jesus and Our Insatiable Thirst The purpose of this brief series of homilies on the Woman at the Well is to help us move beyond thinking about Jesus' encounter with a Samaritan woman who had a difficult time with relationships, to consider our own deep thirst for something more. This is striking because we're supposed to know the Jesus is the living water, and yet we continue to search for something more… Scripture: John 4:1-6 It is striking that Jesus leaves Judea and heads to Galilee because the word is out that he is responsible for more baptisms than John the Baptist. Most of us don't leave our work because we are just too successful at it. But Jesus refused to allow others to set his mission. (See vs. 34.) It is also striking that on the way back to Galilee he “had to” pass through Samaria, where the righteous Jews avoided going. But going to the unrighteous is the work of the Righteous One. It is also striking that Jesus stops at a well because he is tired. Can the Savior get tired?
Seminary Chapel | Opening Communion, Fall 2022 Scripture: Joshua 4:1-7 Homily: “Remembering to Move Ahead” God told Joshua to create a monument of twelve stones taken from the Jordon River crossing to give the people a memory of God's faithfulness. But the people had just entered the Promised Land, and all of the challenges of moving into it still lay ahead. At the beginning of a new academic year we remember this is not the beginning of God's faithfulness. We cannot find the courage to take on the challenges of today or tomorrow without sacred memories of the holy grace that has brought us this far.
June 16, 2022 | The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching Closing Worship: "A Name Only the Brave Can Say" Preacher: Rev. Dr. Janette Ok, associate professor of New Testament, Fuller Seminary; pastor, Ekko Church in Fullerton, California Learn more about The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching at https://engle.ptsem.edu/.
June 17, 2022 | The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching "No Weapon Formed; The Gospel According to Black Lives Matter" Speaker: Dr. Juan Floyd-Thomas, associate professor of African American religious history, Vanderbilt University Learn more about The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching at https://engle.ptsem.edu/.
June 12, 2022 | The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching Opening worship, "Becoming Foreign-Born Christians" Preacher: Rev. Dr. Janette Ok, associate professor of New Testament, Fuller Seminary; pastor, Ekko Church in Fullerton, California Learn more about The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching at https://engle.ptsem.edu/.
June 13, 2022 | The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching "Telling the Gospel Truth; Popular Culture, Political Theology, and Public Witness" Speakers: Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas, associate professor of ethics and society, Vanderbilt University Dr. Juan Floyd-Thomas, associate professor of African American religious history, Vanderbilt University Learn more about The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching at https://engle.ptsem.edu/.
June 13, 2022 | The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching "Ransomed and Disinherited" Preacher: Rev. Dr. Janette Ok, associate professor of New Testament, Fuller Seminary; pastor, Ekko Church in Fullerton, California Learn more about The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching at https://engle.ptsem.edu/.
June 14, 2022 | The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching "A New Religious Ideal; The Gospel According to W.E.B. DuBois" Speaker: Dr. Juan Floyd-Thomas, associate professor of African American religious history, Vanderbilt University Learn more about The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching at https://engle.ptsem.edu/.
June 14, 2022 | The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching "Speaking Truth to Power" Preacher: Rev. Dr. Janette Ok, associate professor of New Testament, Fuller Seminary; pastor, Ekko Church in Fullerton, California Learn more about The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching at https://engle.ptsem.edu/.
June 15, 2022 | The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching "The Gospel Hidden in Plain Sight; The Gospel According to Womanism" Speaker: Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas, associate professor of ethics and society, Vanderbilt University Learn more about The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching at https://engle.ptsem.edu/.
June 16, 2022 | The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching "Deliver Us from Evil; AKA Undoing What Evil Has Done" Speaker: Dr. Stacey Floyd-Thomas, associate professor of ethics and society, Vanderbilt University Learn more about The Joe R. Engle Institute of Preaching at https://engle.ptsem.edu/.
May 5, 2022 | The Forum on Youth Ministry Closing Worship Preacher: Rev. Dr. LeQuita Porter, project director for The Isaiah Project, Princeton Theological Seminary Learn more about the Institute for Youth Ministry at https://iym.ptsem.edu/.
May 5, 2022 | The Forum on Youth Ministry, The Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church, and Culture Lecture: “Under Construction” Lecturers: Wendy Puffer, owner and chief design officer, Marion Design Co. Amanda Drury, professor, Indiana Wesleyan University Learn more about the Institute for Youth Ministry at https://iym.ptsem.edu/.
May 4, 2022 | The Forum on Youth Ministry, The Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church, and Culture Lecture: “Faith in an Exhausted World” Lecturer: Dr. Nathan Stucky, director of the Farminary Project, Princeton Theological Seminary Learn more about the Institute for Youth Ministry at https://iym.ptsem.edu/.
May 4, 2022 | The Forum on Youth Ministry Worship Preacher: Rev. Dr. Lamar Hardwick, lead pastor, Tri-Cities Church Learn more about the Institute for Youth Ministry at https://iym.ptsem.edu/.
May 3, 2022 | The Forum on Youth Ministry, The Princeton Lectures on Youth, Church, and Culture Lecture: "A Lesson from Mother: An African Indigenous Approach to Diversity, Community, and Conflict" Lecturer: Dr. Georgette Ledgister, research associate and visiting instructor, Harvard Divinity School; senior director of diversity, inclusion, and belonging, Universal Music Group Learn more about the Institute for Youth Ministry at https://iym.ptsem.edu/.
May 3, 2022 | The Forum on Youth Ministry Opening Worship Preacher: Rev. Abigail Visco Rusert, director of the Institute for Youth Ministry, Princeton Theological Seminary Learn more about the Institute for Youth Ministry at https://iym.ptsem.edu/.
May 25, 2022 | Reunion 2022 Session: Closing Worship and Communion Sermon: "Speechless” Scripture: Romans 8:22-27 Speaker: Rev. Shéree Jones, MDiv '10, founder of Thrive Time, LLC. To view the reunion website, visit https://https://reunion.ptsem.edu/.
May 25, 2022 | Reunion 2022 "This Is My Story" Meet Princeton Seminary faculty members and hear their stories. To view the reunion website, visit https://https://reunion.ptsem.edu/.
May 24, 2022 | Reunion 2022 The Joe R. Engle Organ Concert Organist: Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler
May 24, 2022 | Reunion 2022 Session: Service of Remembrance and Celebration for Reunion 2022 Speaker: Victor Aloyo, Jr., associate dean of institutional diversity and community engagement, Princeton Theological Seminary To view the reunion website, visit https://https://reunion.ptsem.edu/.
May 24, 2022 | Reunion 2022 Session: Keynote Lecture, “The Perfectibility Paradigm” Speaker: Kate Bowler, PhD, associate professor of the history of Christianity in North America, Duke Divinity School This lecture is made possible by the Edwin H. Rian Alumni lectureship. To view the reunion website, visit https://https://reunion.ptsem.edu/.
May 23, 2022 | Reunion 2022 Session: Welcome and Opening Worship for Reunion 2022 Speaker: M. Craig Barnes, president, Princeton Theological Seminary To view the reunion website, visit https://https://reunion.ptsem.edu/.
June 9, 2022 | Wright Library Gerald H. Anderson Lecture Speaker: Dr. Dana Robert, Truman Collins Professor of World Christianity and History of Mission and director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University Learn more about the Overseas Ministries Study Center at https://omsc.ptsem.edu/.
May 28, 2022 | Princeton University Chapel President Barnes delivers the 210th commencement address at the 2022 commencement ceremony.
May 28, 2022 | Princeton University Chapel 210th Princeton Theological Seminary Commencement Exercises
Seminary Chapel Scripture: Mark 16:1-8 The shorter, and probably original, ending of Mark concludes with the women fleeing from the tomb, “for terror and amazement had seized them.” What kind of ending is this to a gospel? It bothered the early church so much they added longer endings to it. But what if the Gospel is supposed to be unfinished? What if it is up to us to do that with our belief in the words of the angel who said the risen Jesus has gone on ahead of us?
Seminary Chapel Scripture: Luke 22:24-30 After Jesus gives his disciples the bread and cup as a means of communing with him, an argument breaks out among them about who is the greatest. We think we would never have such an argument, but we have merely found spiritual ways of pressing our greatness. Today Jesus reminds us that he is the one who serves. We commune with Jesus also as servants.
April 7, 2022 | Wright Library Theron Room Frederick Neumann Memorial Lecture: “Dwelling, Sovereignty, and Theology in the Anthropocene Age: A Proposal” Lecturer: Dr. Ryan LaMothe, professor of pastoral care and counseling, Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology
Seminary Chapel The Temptation to be Less Than Human This is a three-week Lenten series of homilies on the temptation of Christ. It is significant that all three of these temptations came immediately after Jesus' baptism, where he identified with us, and heaven declared that he was “the Beloved, with whom God is well pleased.” As the Son of Humanity, Jesus' temptations depict the essence of our temptations. All of them make us question if we are truly the beloved of God. Scripture: Matthew 4:8-11 “The Temptation to Make a Deal with the Devil” It is striking that the devil doesn't tempt Jesus with things like health or riches. He tempts him with the kingdoms of the world, which is exactly what the Son of God came to redeem. The greatest temptations are not about ends but means. We are told we can accomplish even our spiritual goals if we just make a deal with the devil.
March 31, 2022 | Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures Lecture Six: The Spirit of freedom and the human Lecturer: Dr. Friederike Nüssel, professor of systematic theology and director of the Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg University; director of Marsilius-Kolleg (Institute for Interdisciplinary Inquiry) at Heidelberg University
March 31, 2022 | Annie Kinkead Warfield Lectures Lecture Five: The reconciling Spirit as the medium of presence Lecturer: Dr. Friederike Nüssel, professor of systematic theology and director of the Ecumenical Institute at Heidelberg University; director of Marsilius-Kolleg (Institute for Interdisciplinary Inquiry) at Heidelberg University
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