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Search For Meaning 2010: Schedule of Events

February 13, 2010, Search for Meaning: Pacific Northwest Spirituality Book Festival will bring together the best regional authors and works on issues of spirituality, faith, church-state matters, and theology.

Keynote Presentations: The two keynote presentations will take place in Pigott Auditorium as indicated below. 

Sessions (1, 2, 3): Each author will give a 45 minute presentation including questions and answers. Seating is limited in each room and is available on a first come-first served basis. If your first choice for a session is full please feel free to visit your second choice author.

Book Signings: Each author, including keynote presenters Kathleen Norris and Gustav Niebuhr, will be available to sign books in the Pigott Atrium immediately following his or her presentation.
 
Spanish Sessions: Two presentations will be offered in Spanish. (Para más información, haga clic aquí.) See below for more details.

(Please note: Schedule subject to change)

8:00AM-9:00am

DOORS OPEN
Author Check-in

 

9:00am-9:45am

SESSION 1
Author Presentations

Nicholas O'Connell, M.F.A., Ph.D. | ROOM 102
Presentation Title:
"On Sacred Ground: Spirituality in Pacific Northwest Literature"

Lesley Hazleton | ROOM 103
Presentation Title:
"After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split"

Ingrid Hess, M.F.A. | ROOM 105
Presentation Title:
"Creating Children's Books: My quest to make books that matter"

Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Ph.D. | ROOM 106
This presentation will be conducted in Spanish.
Para más información, haga clic aquí.

Presentation Title: "La Trascendencia de la Espiritualidad en la Cultura Popular en la Literatura Latin@" / "The Trascendence of Popular Culture Spirituality in Latin@ Literature

Karen Kissel Wegela, Ph.D. | ROOM 109
Presentation Title:
"The Courage to Be Present: Buddhism, Psychotherapy, and the Awakening of Natural Wisdom"

Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune | ROOM 201
Presentation Title:
“Love Does No Harm: Ethics and Intimate Relationships”

Ann Holmes Redding, Ph.D. & Kathleen Schmitt Elias | ROOM 202
Presentation Title:
“Separated at birth, reunited at last: Abraham’s family struggling toward one another”

Rev. Maria "Dancing Heart" Hoaglund | ROOM 203
Presentation Title:
"Joyful Transitions: Bringing Relaxation and Wholeness into Life's Changes"

Brenda Peterson | ROOM 204
Presentation Title:
"I Want to Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth"

Larry N. Walls | ROOM 205
Presentation Title:
“What are the barriers to love? A conversation with the Author”

Nassim Assefi, MD | ROOM 208
Presentation Title: "An Agnostic's Search for Spiritual Intelligence"

Dr. Thomas Curran | ROOM 306
Presentation Title:
"The Mass: Four Encounters With Jesus That Will Change Your Life"

Donald E. Mayer, D.Min | ROOM 308
Presentation Title:
“So How Does the Comfort Come?”

9:45am-10:00am

BOOK SIGNING
Pigott Atrium

Session 1 Authors
10:00am-11:30am

MAIN SESSION 1
Keynote Presentation
Pigott Auditorium 

Gustav Niebuhr
Presentation Title:
“Why Be "Tolerant" in an Age of Terror?”

11:30am-12:00pm

BOOK SIGNING
Pigott Atrium

Gustav Niebuhr
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch  
1:00pm-1:45pm

SESSION 2
Author Presentations

Scott Cairns, Ph.D. | ROOM 102
Presentation Title:
"The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Pain"

Robert Fulghum | ROOM 103
Presentation Title: 
"Instructions For Wayfarers The need for a Witness ... Having your say without adding to the glut. What I know now after 20 years in publishing and a lifetime of distribution."

Bart Preecs | ROOM 105
Presentation Title:
“Reform, Resistance, or Reconciliation: Confronting the Communications Revolution"

Christina Dudley | ROOM 106
Presentation Title:
"Not So Neat and Tidy: Fiction, Faith, and F-Bombs"

Rabbi Anson Laytner | ROOM 109
Presentation Title:
"Arguing with God--and beyond"

Rosanne Parry | ROOM 201
Presentation Title:
"The Search for Meaningful Work: Guiding children in their choice of vocation"

Leticia Guardiola-Sáenz, Ph.D. | ROOM 202
This presentation will be conducted in Spanish.
Para más información, haga clic aquí.
Presentation Title: "En busca de la verdadera María Magdalena" / “In Search of the Real Mary Magdalene” 

Christine Valters Paintner, Ph.D. & Betsey Beckman | ROOM 203
Presentation Title:
"Awakening the Creative Spirit – Bringing the Arts to Ministry"

Kate Willette | ROOM 204
Presentation Title:
"Loss, Lasagna, and Collapsing Ceilings: The Surprising Spiritual Discipline of Compassion"

Bill Porter/Red Pine | ROOM 205
Presentation Title:
"Taoism’s Dark Moon"

Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Ph.D. | ROOM 208
Presentation Title:
“Love as a Political–Ecological Vocation in the Context of Economic Globalization”

Katherine C. (Kedda) Keough, M.Div | ROOM 306
Presentation Title:
“Creation waits with patient hope”

Mary Rose Bumpus, RSM, Ph.D. | ROOM 308
Presentation Title:
“Awakening to Mystery: Supervising Spiritual Directors”

1:45pm-2:00pm

BOOK SIGNING
Pigott Atrium

Session 2 Authors
2:00pm-2:45pm

SESSION 3
Author Presentations

Kathleen MacInnis Kichline, M.Div | ROOM 102
Presentation Title:
"Empowering Women to Find Their Story and Voice in Scripture"

Gregory Wolfe, MA (with Robert Clark) | ROOM 103
Presentation title: "Bearing the Mystery: Readings from Twenty Years of IMAGE Journal"

Jacquie Ream & Phyllis Emmert | ROOM 105
Presentation Title:
"Bully for You! A Conversation about Faith with the author, Jacquie Ream, and artist, Phyllis Emmert, of Bully Dogs"

Anne Finger | ROOM 106
Presentation Title:
"Call Me Ahab: The Meanings of Disability"

Eugene Webb, Ph.D. | ROOM 109
Presentation Title:
"Theological Implications of the Psychology of Mimetic Desire"

Kirby Larson | ROOM 201
Presentation Title:
"The Lord Works in Mysterious Ways: Exploring Faith in Fiction"

Sheila Bender, Ph.D. | ROOM 202
Presentation Title:
"Writing Grief: How Creating Prose and Poetry Heals"

Jeanette Rodriguez, Ph.D. & Ted Fortier, Ph.D. | ROOM 203
Presentation Title:
"Cultural Memory: Resistance, Faith, and Identity"

Judy Pigott | ROOM 204
Presentation Title:
“What is the Meaning to be Found in Compassionate Actions? Personal Safety Nets®: Fostering Compassion and Finding Your Power”

Richard Maffeo | ROOM 205
Presentation Title:
"Restless in Seattle"

Audrey Young, MD | ROOM 208
Presentation Title:
"The Quest for Health Justice: Can One Person Save the World?" 

Fran Ferder, FSPA, Ph.D. & Rev. John Heagle, JCL | ROOM 306
Presentation Title:
"The Secret of Life is Not a Secret!"

Patrick J. Twohy, SJ | ROOM 307
Presentation Title:
"The Birth of Kindness"

Rev. Dr. Flora Wilson Bridges | ROOM 308
Presentation Title:
"God’s Extravagant Welcome: Beyond Religion as Hatefulness"

2:45pm-3:00pm BOOK SIGNING
Pigott Atrium
Session 3 Authors
3:00pm-4:30pm

MAIN SESSION 2
Keynote Presentation
Pigott Auditorium 

Kathleen Norris
Presentation Title:
"The Search For Meaning: A Spirituality for the Real World"

4:30pm-5:00pm

BOOK SIGNING
Pigott Atrium

Kathleen Norris

 

 

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