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Bonhoeffer Class Week 1 | Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Life
FeaturedMadison Peterson HallAdult EducationDietrich Bonhoeffer's Life: Ten Key Turning Points By engaging in this session, participants will learn (more) about Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and will recognize that his life choices were shaped by his faith commitments, family values, life experiences, deep reflection, and a particular historical context. They will consider the ways their own choices are shaped in the…
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Bonhoeffer Class Week 2 | It’s About the Neighbor
FeaturedMadison Peterson HallAdult EducationIt's all about the neighbor: Theological and Ethical ideas By engaging in this session, participants will be introduced to Bonhoeffer’s theological and ethical thinking about the “neighbor,” starting in his earliest writing in his dissertation to his latest work in his letters and papers from prison. They will begin to think about the relevance of…
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Bonhoeffer Class Week 4 | Taking a Stand
Madison Peterson HallAdult EducationTaking a Stand: "Is this a Bonhoeffer moment?" is the wrong question By attending this session, participants will consider lessons from Bonhoeffer formed by paying attention to the intersections of his biography, theology, and ethics. They will continue to think about the relevance of Bonhoeffer’s thought for our politically fraught and divisive times, and consider…
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A Time for Burning – Film Screening and Discussion
FeaturedVerona Coffee BarAdult EducationWatch and Discuss with the Good Shepherd Community A Time for Burning is a 1966 American documentary film that explores the attempts of the minister of Augustana Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska, to persuade his all-white congregation to reach out to "Negro" Lutherans in the city's north side. The film was directed by Bill Jersey…