T.O.P. Spring 2009

Spring 2009

The planning for the Spring 09 series began on the first day of the Spring 08 series.
11th June 08: We have discussed our issues and a theme has jelled, along with possible topics.
10th July 08: We have now pruned the number of topics down to ten, refined the titles and put them into a provisional order.
17th July 08: Dianne Dumanoski and George Vaillant have both generously accepted the invitation to speak. We adjusted titles and suggested more possible speakers.
24th July 08: Dates adjusted to allow for unavailability of the church on 9th April 09. Titles tweaked.
31st July 08: Callie Crossley and Katherine Adam have both accepted.
21st August 08: Amy Banks and Ruth Nemzoff have both accepted.
7th October 08: We now have Annie Hoffman with the True Story theater ensemble, Charles Derber and Arnie Arnesen.
Here is the current draft of TOP Spring 2009 program:

Yearning for Wholeness:
Healing Disconnection in Our World
Theological Opportunities Program - Thursday Half-Day Conferences

"You are related to everything else in the world, since you and all things come from the same star-stuff."
Charlene Brotman: We Live in a World of Awesome Stuff

March 12, 2009 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran

THE HUMAN BRAIN: HARD-WIRED FOR CONNECTION

Setting the issue: ???*
Lecture by Amy Banks, instructor in psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Jean Baker Miller Training Institute

March 19, 2009 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran

AWAKENING TO CONNECTION: WE ARE PART OF THE AWESOME WEB OF LIFE

Setting the issue: Charlene Brotman*
Lecture by ???

March 26 , 2009 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran

THE PLANETARY EMERGENCY: WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE TIME WE HAVE?

Setting the issue: Susan Brown*
Lecture by Dianne Dumanoski, journalist, pioneer in reporting on the global crisis, author of Our Stolen Future

April 2, 2009 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran

STALKING THE WILD ASSUMPTION: WHY WE ARE ENDANGERING THE EARTH

Setting the issue: ???*
Lecture by Elizabeth Dodson Gray, author of Green Paradise Lost and Patriarchy As a Conceptual Trap

April 9, 2009 - NO TOP--CHURCH UNAVAILABLE because of a NOON Service for Maundy Thursday

April 16, 2009 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran

LIVING IN A CONSUMERIST SOCIETY WITHOUT BUYING INTO IT: RECONNECTING WITH WHAT MATTERS

Setting the issue: Pat Morris*
Spontaneous Participatory Performance by Annie Hoffman & the True Story theater ensemble

April 23, 2009 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran

ALIENATION FROM OUR GOVERNMENT: WHERE AND HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE A SOLUTION?

Setting the issue: Cara Morris Stern*
Lecture by Arnie Arnesen, teacher, talk show host, writer for Boston Globe, "recovering politician"

April 30, 2009 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran

RACE AND GENDER: CAN WE EVER ARRIVE AT MUTUALITY?

Setting the issue: ???*
Lecture by Callie Crossley, TV & radio commentator, WGBH TV, "Beat the Press," NPR

May 7, 2009 -10:00AM, at University Lutheran

OUR MOTHERS OURSELVES/ OUR DAUGHTERS OURSELVES: FROM DISCONNECTION TO COMPASSION

Setting the issue: Jadzia Allison*
Lecture by Ruth Nemzoff, author of Don't Bite Your Tongue: How to Foster Rewarding Relationships with Your Adult Children, resident scholar at Women's Studies Research Center, Brandeis University

May 14, 2009 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran

HOW CAN WOMEN'S VALUES CHANGE AMERICA?

Setting the issue: ???*
Lectures by Katherine Adam & Charles Derber, co-authors, The New Feminized Majority: How Democrats Can Change America with Women's Values, Charles Derber is professor of sociology at Boston College

May 21, 2009 - 10:00AM, at University Lutheran

SPIRITUAL DIS-EASE: YEARNING FOR WHOLENESS

Setting the issue: Monique Morimoto Flaherty*
Lecture by George Vaillant, author of Spiritual Evolution, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School

*- Advisory Committee member

Thursdays 10AM-1PM at University Lutheran Church, Cambridge MA - for 18 months while Rockefeller Hall at HDS is being renovated.
University Lutheran Church is at 66 Winthrop St, just east of JFK St near the Kennedy School.
To register for the series or for more info: TOP, 4 Linden Sq, Wellesley MA 02482 • 781-235-5320

Version of October 7, 2008 • TOP, 4 Linden Sq, Wellesley MA 02482 • 781-235-5320