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.
2012-13 Academic Year
April 1, 2013
Michael Gerson
"Graceful Citizenship" (Listen)
"Whose Responsibility is Opportunity? The Role of Government, Citizens, and Civil Society" (Listen)
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March 4
Paul Fessler
"Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, and...Kuyper?" (Listen | YouTube)
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February 4, 2013
Jeff Brown
"Historical Blowouts: What the Colorado River and the Deepwater Horizon spill teach us about global water resources.” (Listen)
“Outside Going In: Our role in meeting their needs”
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November 5, 2012
John G. Stackhouse, Jr.
"Buddha, Krishna, Muhammed, Jesus: What's the Difference—and What Difference Does It Make?" (Listen)
"Hell and the Goodness of God" (Listen)
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October 1, 2012
Tony Campolo
"Speaking My Mind: The Radical Evangelical Prophet" (Listen)
"Tackling Tough Issues Many Christians are Afraid to Face" (Listen)
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September 3, 2012
Steve Prince
"Old Testament: Old Soil, New Spirit" (Listen)
"Second Line: The Art of Social Justice"
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2011-12 Academic Year
April 2, 2012
Beatrice de Graaf
"What are we afraid of: Christian security thinking in a secular world"
"Security and Conspiracy Constructs in Modern History"
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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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February 5-6, 2012
Ron Sider
"Living like Jesus”
“Grandpa is Using Your Credit Card: Fixing the Moral Deficit” (Listen)
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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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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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September 5, 2011
Shari Kastein
Through Anguish comes Growth (Listen)
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2010-11 Academic Year
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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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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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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December 6, 2010
Shane Claiborne
Christian Troublemakers (Listen)
Resurrecting Church (Listen)
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November 1, 2010
Dr. Erik Hoekstra
Leading as Serving—Not a Contradiction in Terms (Listen)
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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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September 6, 2010
Dr. Michael D. Williams
The Mission of God (Listen)
