About Grace Speaks

Faith and Spirituality in the 21st Century

​​Grace Speaks has been an ongoing lecture series offered by Grace Church since 2007.

Every year, Grace invites scholars to speak on topics relevant to contemporary religion and society. Past speakers represent of broad spectrum of interests and perspectives, and our lectures have been well attended by parishioners and members of the community at large. The free lectures have become part of Grace’s outreach into the community and are an important component of our program year.

Pevious Contributors

Previous contributors to Grace Speaks include:

• Rachel Held Evans ("Keeping the Bible Weird," 2017)
  
• Matthew Fox (Christianity and environmental responsibility, 2007, 2009),
• John Dominic Crossan (New Testament theology and the Jesus Movement, 2008),
• Amy Jill Levine (Christianity and Judaism, 2010),
• Evon Flesberg (Bullying, 2011),
• Bishop John Shelby Spong (Christianity in the twenty-first century, 2011),
• Jeffrey Small (East and West, what Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism can learn from each other, 2012),
• Randall Balmer (Religion and presidential elections, 2012).
• John Dear (Nonviolence, 2014)
• Nadia Bolz-Weber (Christianity in the twenty-first century, 2015)