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October 28 - Rev Dr Michael Kinnamon
This week we will have a discussion on ecumenism with Rev Dr Michael Kinnamon, who has been called "one of the most active ecumenists in the world." Rev Dr Kinnamon has been nominated as the new Secretary General of the National Council of Churches and we're very happy to have him as our guest this week.
We'll be talking about ecumenism with Rev Dr Kinnamon as well as his vision for the National Council of Churches and more. Make sure to tune in this week!
Click here to visit the website for the National Council of Churches.
October 14 - Kate Wolford
Kate Wolford is the sitting President of the McKnight Foundation, an organization that describes itself as "a Minnesota-based private philanthropic foundation, [that] seeks to improve the quality of life for present and future generations. Through grantmaking, coalition-building, and encouragement of strategic policy reform, [they] use our resources to attend united, and empower those [they] serve." We will be talking about some of the current initiatives of the McKnight Foundation.
Additionally, Ms. Wolford herself has also lived quite an active life including establishing relief offices in the Caribbean and living in South America. We'll also be talking about these experiences and how they've shaped her vision of the McKnight Foundation.
Click here to visit the McKnight Foundation website.
Click here to read a Star Tribune article about Ms. Wolford
Click here to read Ms. Wolford's address to the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits.
October 7 - Dr. Marilynne Robinson
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson will be our guest on Considering Faith this week. Marilynne Robinson has written several works including Housekeeping, Mother Country, The Death of Adam, and Gilead. We will be speaking with her about her concern about Americans' withdrawal from public life. We will talk with her about personal faith and how it affects public life and all of our work for the common good.
Marilynne Robinson will also be speaking at the College of St. Catherine's O'Shaughnessy Theatre on Thursday, October 11th at 7pm. For more information call 651-690-6700.
To read an interview with Dr. Robinson from Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly, click here.
To see a list of books written by Marilynne Robinson, click here.