Blending insights from philosophers, poets, scientists, and theologians, Life After Doom explores the complexity of hope, the necessity of grief, and the need for new ways of thinking, becoming, and belonging in turbulent times. If you want to help yourself, your family, and the communities to which you belong to find courage and resilience for the deeply challenging times that are upon us - you need to attend this event.
Date:
Friday, May 10, 2024
Schedule:
6:30 - 8:00PM Lecture with time for questions & answers
Tickets: $25 in person | $15 Livestream/ Recorded
Location:
Peter Clark Hall
At the University of Guelph
50 Stone Road East,
Guelph, Ontario
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An inspiring in-person and live-streamed event with author, and theologian Brian McLaren. Hosted by Ministry Forum and Ecumenical Campus Ministry at the University of Guelph.
Friday, May 10th, from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. in Guelph. Check it out here.
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Co-sponsored by the Ecumenical Campus Ministry at the University of Guelph. ECM is the home of the Anglican, Presbyterian, and United Church at UofG. For more info, visit www.ECMguelph.org or email ecm@uoguelph.ca.
Sponsored by Broadview magazine. Broadview is the oldest continuously published magazine in North America. Focusing on spirituality, justice and ethical living, its reach now goes well beyond the United Church and is well worth the attention of Christians and non-Christians alike. Learn more about Broadview at www.broadview.org.
Full Day McLaren Lectures in London.
Our friends in London will host Brian McLaren for a day of lectures on Saturday, May 11th, at Wesley-Knox United Church. In Person $75 | Livestream $30
Learn more about this event here: https://wesleyknox.com/mclaren-lectures/
About Brian McLaren
A former English professor, BRIAN D. MCLAREN was a pastor for twenty-four years. Now he’s an author, activist, public theologian, and popular public speaker. His work has been covered in TIME Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, The New York Times, Washington Post, and CNN. The author of more than 15 books, including Faith After Doubt, Do I Stay Christian? and A New Kind of Christian, he is a faculty member of The Living School at the Center for Action and Contemplation. McLaren lives in Florida.
Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart (on-sale 5/14/24) is an attempt to provide a path for all of us, whatever our backgrounds, to process our feelings of doom and let them become fuel for wise and courageous action. McLaren offers a four-phase process:
Part 1: Letting Go means releasing illusions and waking up to the truth of our situation. McLaren describes four potential scenarios for our current civilization’s future (Collapse Avoidance, Collapse/Rebirth, Collapse/Survival and Collapse/Extinction) and invites us to honor our grief as we face a future that is different from our past and present.
Part 2: Letting Be means seeing beyond our cultural rose-tinted glasses and accepting the bigger picture of what we are doing to the planet and what must be done to combat our underlying problem: ecological overshoot. That bigger picture invites us to welcome the wisdom of indigenous voices across the world and rediscover an ecological vision in unexpected places, including the Bible and other sacred texts.
Part 3: Letting Come means recognizing that like people, all civilizations are born, grow, decline, and die. The question we face is what new set of values can turn our current global civilization away from its self-destructive path, or become the basis for a new civilization if this one proves unwilling to change course in time.
Part 4: Setting Free involves moving beyond the deluge of ugliness we get from upsetting news all day every day to focus on the beauty around us. When we rediscover beauty in humanity and in nature, we know that beauty that is worth fighting for. We may be facing our most uncertain times, but we can decide to live with wisdom and courage, saving all that we can save in defiance of all that is bad around us.
Blending insights from philosophers, poets, scientists, and theologians, Life After Doom explores the complexity of hope, the necessity of grief, and the need for new ways of thinking, becoming, and belonging in turbulent times. If you want to help yourself, your family, and the communities to which you belong to find courage and resilience for the deeply challenging times that are upon us — this is the book you need right now.