FIRST MONDAYS SPEAKER SERIES

Past Speakers

The First Mondays Speaker Series brings thinkers, writers, and opinion-leaders to campus to challenge students, faculty, and staff to stretch their imagination, to grow in understanding, to act boldly, and to re-creatively serve God's kingdom.

2011-12 Academic Year

James C. Schaap

March 5, 2012

James C. Schaap

The Dakota War of 1862: Our state desolated, our homes broken up, our border stained with blood” (Listen)

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Ron Sider

February 5-6, 2012

Ron Sider

"Living like Jesus”
“Grandpa is Using Your Credit Card: Fixing the Moral Deficit” (Listen)

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Milton Kuyers

November 7, 2011

Milton Kuyers

“Living and Learning through Life: A Businessman’s Story”
“What I Wish My Friends and My Pastor Knew about Me as a Business Person”

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Lauren Winner

October 3, 2011

Lauren Winner

At the Turning of the Year: What Christianity has to Learn from Judaism and Life with God (Listen)
I love to Tell the Story: Spiritual Memoir in the 21st Century (Listen)

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Shari Kastein

September 5, 2011

Shari Kastein

Through Anguish comes Growth (Listen)

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2010-11 Academic Year

Andy Crouch

April 4, 2011

Andy Crouch

Playing God: Creativity and cultural power
Live More Musically: Clues from the arts for the Christian life (Listen)

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Brian Walsh

March 7, 2011

Brian Walsh

All the People Marching Home (Listen)
Whoever it was that brought me here will have to take me home

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Marilynne Robinson

February 7, 2011

Marilynne Robinson

Where Does it Come From? (DVD recordings available in John and Louise Hulst Library)
Christian Freedom (DVD recordings available in John and Louise Hulst Library)

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Shane Claiborne

December 6, 2010

Shane Claiborne

Christian Troublemakers (Listen)
Resurrecting Church (Listen)

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Dr. Erik Hoekstra

November 1, 2010

Dr. Erik Hoekstra

Leading as Serving—Not a Contradiction in Terms (Listen)

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Dr. David Naugle

October 4, 2010

Dr. David Naugle

St. Augustine, Happiness, and the Order of the Loves (Listen)
St. Augustine on Education (Listen)

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Dr. Michael D. Williams

September 6, 2010

Dr. Michael D. Williams

The Mission of God (Listen)

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