Michael Morwood, resident theologian at the Kirkridge Retreat Center in Bangor, Pa., will present two lectures in April.
He will give the 24th Annual John Mills Turner Jr. Lecture on Life and Faith: Re-Shaping Religious Imagination and Thought on Sunday, April 6 at 4 p.m. at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Morwood will give the 2014 Jennie Cutler Shumate Lecture on Christian Ministry: Windows to the Divine: Prayer in a 21st Century Worldview on Monday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Snidow Chapel at University of Lynchburg.
Both lectures free and open to the public
A native of Australia, Morwood has more than 40 years of experience in retreat, education, parish and adult faith development ministries, and is well known in Progressive Christian movements in Australia and the US.
His books include: Tomorrow’s Catholic: Understanding God and Jesus in a New Millennium; Is Jesus God? Finding Our Faith;Praying a New Story; From Sand to Solid Ground: Questions of Faith for Modern Christians;Children Praying a New Story: A Resource for Parents, Grandparents and Teachers;Faith, Hope and a Bird Called George: A Spiritual Fable; and It’s Time: Challenges to the Doctrine of the Faith.
In the past 10 years Morwood has worked with progressive Christian groups in 30 states, in most provinces in Canada, and in Ireland and England.
