October 15, 2009
Robert Clark, an instructor in SPU’s MFA in Creative Writing program, will read from his new book Dark Water: Art, Disaster, and Redemption in Florence, which chronicles the 1966 flood that devastated Florence, Italy, and the international efforts of arts lovers to save the Renaissance art that was threatened.
 

October 22, 2009
Gregory and Suzanne Wolfe, will share from their book Bless This House: Prayers for Families and Children. Gregory is the writer-in-residence at SPU, and the publisher and editor of Image: A Journal of the Arts and Religion, one of the premier literary quarterlies in America. He is also the director of SPU’s MFA in Creative Writing. Suzanne is an instructor of English at SPU, and executive director of Image.
 

October 29, 2009

Jack Levison, professor of New Testament in SPU's School of Theology, will read from his new book, Filled with the Spirit (Eerdmans, 2009), which traces transformations of the Holy Spirit throughout the worlds of Israel, formative Judaism, and early Christianity.

November 5, 2009

President Philip W. Eaton talks about “The Christian University: The Place Where World Change Begins.” Although some in our society question the value of higher education altogether, President Eaton will share why he believes the work of the Christian university is more important than ever before. Because we embrace the Christian story as the animating heart of who we are as a university, we are called to make the world a better place. How can we focus the considerable and powerful tools of the university to this end?

November 12, 2009
Stephen Michael Newby, director of University Ministries and the Center for Worship at Seattle Pacific, presents “Freedom and Spiritual Fantasies: Exploring the Music of African-American Composer Frederick Tillis.” Little is known about the development and proliferation of concert music by Black Americans. Newby will consider the concert music of Frederick Tillis and argue that Tillis’s work belongs in the canon of 20th century concert music.

November 19, 2009

John Terrill, director for SPU’s Center for Integrity in Business, will explore the eternal implications of our earthly work, drawing from his recent article “Built to Last,” published in Comment. He’ll ask: Are the products and services we create eternally significant? Will we continue to work in heaven? And if so, how does that affect my work today?