The Faith & Life Lecture Series -- a community service of St. Philip the Deacon -- will once again bring to the Twin Cities five nationally and internationally known speakers during 2011-2012.
The series is designed to create open and welcoming public forums where members of the Twin Cities community can hear speakers discuss how Christian faith is connected to different dimensions of everyday life.
This year's season -- the ninth year of the series -- will feature the following talks:
Faith & Finance: Enriching Your Economic WorldviewGary Moore
Friday, October 14, 2011 | 7:00pm
St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church | 17205 County Road Six | Plymouth, MN 55447
Gary Moore is founder of The Financial Seminary, a non-profit committed to the reintegration of spirit and ethics. His writings have appeared in Forbes, BusinessWeek, Money and Christianity Today. He and his wife have been knighted by the ancient Order of St. John, Knights Hospitaller, for their work among AIDS orphans in Africa.
Faith & Music: Sounds of TransformationBilly McLaughlin
Thursday, November 17, 2011 | 7:00pm
Hopkins High School Auditorium | 2400 Lindbergh Drive | Minnetonka, MN 55305
Billy McLaughlin is an internationally recognized guitarist and composer who has appeared on Billboard's TopTen Chart. His career was devastated by the neuro-muscular disorder Focal Dystonia. His remarkable comeback -- in which he was forced to learn to play left-handed -- is chronicled in the PBS documentary Changing Keys.
Faith & Compassion: Love and the Gangs of East L.A.Father Gregory Boyle
Friday, February 3, 2012 | 7:00pm
St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church | 17205 County Road Six | Plymouth, MN 55447
Father Gregory Boyle, S.J., is a Jesuit Priest and the Founder and Executive Director of Homeboy Industries, the largest gang intervention and re-entry program in the country. Begun in 2001, this organization is widely recognized as a model for addressing the problems and unmet needs of gang-involved youth. Father Boyle is author of Tattoos on the Heart.
Faith & Golf: A Conversation About the LPGA and the U.S. OpenHilary Lunke
Friday, March 9, 2012 | 7:00pm
St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church | 17205 County Road Six | Plymouth, MN 55447
Hilary Lunke is a professional golfer and champion of the 2003 U.S. Women's Open. With her victory, she became the first player ever to win the Open after advancing through local and sectional qualifying. In 2008, Lunke was named the winner of the William and Mousie Powell Award, given to an LPGA member who, "by her behavior and deeds, best exemplifies the spirits, ideals and values of the LPGA."
Faith & Heroism: Dietrich Bonhoeffer vs. the Third ReichEric Metaxas
Friday, April 20, 2012 | 7:00pm
St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church | 17205 County Road Six | Plymouth, MN 55447
Eric Metaxas is the author of the acclaimed New York Times bestseller Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, which was named "Book of the Year" by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Metaxas is the 2011 recipient of the Canterbury Medal awarded by the Becket Fund for Religious Freedom. Previous medalists include Charles Chaput and Elie Wiesel.
Thanks to the generosity of series sponsors, all
Faith & Life events are free and open to the public. For more information about the series, please visit the Faith & Life website at
faith-and-life.org.
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