Earlier Speakers
2013
September 20–22, 2013
St. Michael's Anglican Church, Canmore, AB
Rev. Dr. Kristine Ruffatto,
Lutheran Theological Seminary Saskatoon
Good News from Old Texts
Sessions:
- The Power of Poetry: The Psalms as Prayers of the Human Heart
- What Good Can Come from Sinai? The Biblical Witness for Changing Laws for Changing Times
Summary:
The psalms form those who pray them. What can we gain from these ancient prayers of joy, sorrow, frustration, and even rage? What do these poems say about God and God’s people, and how does the speaking of them form faith and shape reality? We will explore the power of biblical poetic prayer for the life of faith and the richness of this evocative (and provocative) language.
The legal traditions of the Bible are living and dynamic. The Old Testament preserves a conversation about the relation between divinely revealed law and human interpretations of those laws. The New Testament proclaims Jesus as the One who both fulfills the law and overturns it, and it witnesses to the revising and even setting aside of older laws. We will explore what is the guiding principle behind biblical legal ethics.
2012
September 28–30, 2012
St. Michael's Anglican Church, Canmore, AB
Rev. Dr. Samuel Torvend
Pacific Lutheran University
Luther and the Hungry Poor
Topic
Martin Luther’s concern for the reform of society, as well as a reform of theology
2011
September 16–18, 2011
Best Western Pocaterra Hotel, Canmore, AB
Rev. Dr. Gordon Jensen
Lutheran Theological Seminary Saskatoon
Luther, Scripture and the Word
Topic
Discussed what Luther meant when he spoke of the Word as both audible and visible, and what that means for Christian ethics and worship.
2010
September 24–26, 2010
St. Michael's Anglican Church, Canmore, AB
Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Chicago
Ecology, The Bible and Our Future:
Are We Living at the End of the World?
Topic
Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing discussed scripture and the care of the earth.
2009
September 25–27, 2009
St. Michael's Anglican Church, Canmore, AB
Rev. Dr. Kevin Ogilvie
Lutheran Theological Seminary Saskatoon
Christian Hospitality: Invited to Stay, Invited to Go
Sessions:
- Radical Hospitality
- Raw Mission
- Ministry as Leaving or Staying
2008
October 3–5, 2008
St. Michael's Anglican Church, Canmore, AB
Rev. Dr. Volker Greifenhagen
Assistant Dean and Professor of Religious Studies at Luther College in Regina
The Bible and Qur’an:
Competing or Cooperating Revelations?
Sessions:
- Ishmael and Isaak: The Fractured Family of Jews, Christians, and Muslims
- Ishmael Instructs Isaak I: The Bible and the Qur’an
- Ishmael Instructs Isaak II: The Bible Through the Qur’an
2007
September 28–30, 2007
Ramada Hotel, Canmore, AB
Dr. Christian Eberhart
Lutheran Theological Seminary Saskatoon
Atonement:
New Perspectives on a Central Idea
in Christian Faith
Sessions:
- Discovering uncharted territory in the Old Testament: Worship and Sacrifices
- Understanding the Sacrifice of Jesus: Cultic Images of Atonement in the New Testament
- Understanding the Sacrifices of Jesus: Secular Images of Atonement in the New Testament.
2006
September 30–October 1, 2006
Coast Canmore Hotel, Canmore, AB
Dr. Dittmar Mündel
Augustana Campus, University of Alberta
Through the Eyes of the Prophets:
How Amos, Hosea and Isaiah Criticize and Energize Us in Our Lives in Society Today
Sessions:
- Amos, Justice Prophet
- Hosea – “She will pursue her lovers, but not overtake them…”
- Isaiah 45-55 – Prophetic energizing “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength”
2005
September 23–25, 2005
Coast Canmore Hotel, Canmore, AB
Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Chicago
Reading Paul Again for the Very First Time
Sessions:
- Romans from Back to Front: Meeting Paul’s Communities
- Koinonia and Economic Sharing: Early Christian Diversity
- Letters Paul Did Not Write: How Did Paul’s Legacy Continue?
2004
September 23–25, 2014
Coast Canmore Hotel, Canmore, AB
Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Chicago
The Rapture Exposed
