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Compelling Conversations featuring
Sara Miles and Amy Butler With Bishop Mariann Budde February 11, 2014
Tonight: Compelling Conversations Sara Miles
is the founder and director of The Food Pantry , and serves as Director of Ministry at St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church in San Francisco. Her books include Jesus Freak: Feeding, Healing, Raising the Dead, and Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion. She speaks, preaches and leads workshops around the country, and her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, and on National Public Radio.
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde
is the spiritual leader of Episcopalians in the District of Columbia and four Maryland counties--Montgomery, 3ULQFH *HRUJH¡V &KDUOHV DQG 6W 0DU\¡V She also serves as the Chair and President of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation. A passionate believer in the mission and ministry of the Episcopal Church, Bishop Budde is committed to the revitalization and growth of congregations and core ministries of the diocese, building their FDSDFLW\ WR VHUYH &KULVW¡V UHFRQFLOLQJ mission in the world. Bishop Budde was consecrated as the ninth bishop of Washington in November 2011. Prior to her election, she served for 18 years as UHFWRU RI 6W -RKQ¡V (SLVFRSDO &KXUFK LQ Minneapolis. Her sermons have been published in several publications and she is the author of Gathering the Fragments: Preaching as Spiritual Practice, published in 2007.
Amy Butler
has served as Senior Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church since 2003. She holds degrees from Baylor University (B.A. Âś 0.A. Âś 7KH International Baptist Theological Seminary (B. Div. Âś DQG :HVOH\ 7KHRORJLFDO 6HPLQDU\ ' 0LQ Âś %HIRUH FRPLQJ WR Calvary, Butler worked with the homeless community in New Orleans and served as Associate Pastor at St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans. She often comments on faith and life in general on her blog, Talk With the Preacher, at talkwiththepreacher.org. You can also read her columns every two weeks on the Associated Baptist Press.
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"Poignant and passionate..." - Kirkus
"An informative, luminous memoir of faith and community." - Booklist
"A convincing Lenten adventure into a dynamic Christian view of faith in the streets, of repentance and blessing, life and death, in the cracked sidewalks and fractured realities of the city of God." - Publishers Weekly   Copies of City of God: Faith in the Streets, by Sara Miles can be purchased for $20.00 during the reception in :RRGZDUG +DOO IROORZLQJ WRQLJKW¡V SURJUDP %RRNV are sold by Politics and Prose bookstore and coffeehouse, politics-prose.com. Sara Miles will also be available to sign books.
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Brian McLaren
is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is an ecumenical global networker among innovative Christian leaders. His latest book, We Make the Road by Walking, will be released in June, 2014.Visit Brian online at brianmclaren.net. March 11, 7:00 p.m.
Jeff Chu is an editor and writer at Fast Company, leads
WKH PDJD]LQH路V FRYHUDJH of China, philanthropy, and urban affairs. His book, Does Jesus Really Love Me?: $ *D\ &KULVWLDQ路V Pilgrimage in Search of God in America, is a sharp, compelling treatment of evangelical Christianity and homosexuality. Visit Jeff online at doesjesusreallyloveme.com. April 29, 7:00 p.m.
Susan Sparks
is a standup comedian and the pastor of Madison Avenue Baptist Church in New York City. Her book, Laugh Your Way to Grace: Reclaiming the Spiritual Power of Humor, was named one of the best spiritual books of 2010. Visit Susan online at susansparks.com. May 20, 7:00 p.m.
Tickets are $10 each. More info at www.calvarydc.org. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/compellingconversations-tickets-10119350249.
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