Thursday Lunch – Past Events
(formerly “Fellowship & Fare” Series)
Fall 2020 & Spring 2021 Lectures
The theme for the year is how different associations, groups of students, faith communities, and our STH community in general, are standing together in solidarity against racism. Lectures can be found on our Facebook.
- Recommended Reading/Viewing List from our Fall 2020 Lecturers.
2018-2019
September 20, 2018- Dr. Cristian De La Rosa “Our Lady of Guadalupe as a Resource for Latinx Women”
September 27, 2018- Kara Jackman “Seeking a Contended Peace: My Faith Journey”
October 4, 2018- Dr. Nicolette Manglos-Weber “Global Evangelical Churches and their Ambivalence Towards Women”
October 11, 2018- BU STH Library Staff “What You Didn’t Know About the Theology Library”
October 18, 2018- Leticia “Lety” Trujillo “Meeting my Mexican Family for the First Time”
October 25, 2018- Rev. Dr. Karen Coleman “Overlapping Oppressions in the Church”
November 1, 2018- Sadiqa Delaney “From Tragedy to Triumph”
November 8, 2018- Eileen Daily “Religious Art in Spain”
November 15, 2018- Shelton Oakley Hersey “What I’ve Learned about Whiteness”
November 29, 2018- Bishop Susan Hassinger “Faith in the Face of Fear”
December 6, 2018- Dashinika Poindexter “Just Because You are in the Storm, does not mean the Storm has to be inside of You.”
January 31, 2019- Anna Howard Shaw Staff “Reflections on the Journey So Far”
February 7, 2019- Sagar Rajpal “The Divine Feminine in Hinduism”
February 14, 2019- Nora De Arco “No es Fácil: Getting to Experience Cuba as a Local”
February 21. 2019- Ana Maria Rodriguez “Working With Ex-Combatants”
February 28, 2019- Anna Howard Shaw Staff “What is the Way Forward”
March 7, 2019- Nina Levine “How my Passion for Food and Community became a Part-time Social Media Business”
2017-2018
September 21, 2017- EunSu Kim “Be Healthy for Your Life”
September 28, 2017- Kara Jackman “Recovering From It All”
October 5, 2017- Matthew Lewellyn-Otten “This Ain’t A Man’s World: How Women Have Shaped My Call to Ministry”
October 26, 2017- Lance Laird “Research on Muslim Women and Domestic Violence in Boston”
November 2, 2017- Rev. Rachel Fisher “Part-time Pastor, Full-time Mom: Work-life Integration”
November 9, 2017- Steven Bingaman “Prison Ministry”
November 16, 2017- Amy Tighe “Study Break: Relaxing with Laughter Yoga and Folk Tales”
November 30,2017- Judith Oleson “Women’s Leadership Circles and Spiritual Practices”
January 25, 2018- Bria Belim “Living Through Different Types of Pain”
February 1, 2018- Hazel Johnson “I Give Myself Away: Servant Leadership in the Face of Uncertainty”
February 8, 2018- Sheila Otieno “Shell Shocked: Living my Best Academic Life”
February 15, 2018- Godwin Nnanna “Naija Yearning:When Religion Brings Peace, not War”
February 22, 2018- Susie Jostyn “Emergence Into Light”
March 1, 2018- Dr. Eileen Daily “Loving People With Developmental Disabilities”
March 15, 2018- Olusegun Osineye “Articulating a Road-map for a Distinct African Civilization in the 21st Century”
March 22, 2018- Bishop Susan Hassinger “In the Midst of New Dimensions: Where are We?”
April 5, 2018- Rev. Dr. Anne Marie Hunter “What does #AndSoIStayed have to do with Ministry?”
April 19, 2018- Sherma Simpson “Essentials of Prayer”
2012-2013 (under construction)
January 31, 2013 – Elizabeth Fonferek, “Turning Inward: Cultivating the Interior”
February 14, 2013 – Anna Howard Shaw Birthday Celebration
February 21, 2013 – Stefanie Ruper, “Your Cultured Body: Self-love, Nutrition, and Food in America Today”
February 28, 2013 – Dr. Anjulet Tucker, Fellowship and Fare (Q&A)
March 7, 2013 – Dr. Cristian De La Rosa, Fellowship and Fare (Q&A”)
March 21, 2013 – Rev. Ted Karpf, “My Work with HIV and AIDS in the U.S. and Around the World”
March 29, 2013 – Rev. LaTrelle Miller Easterling, “Empower the Women, Save the World”
April 4, 2013 – Samantha Ball, “Communities of Mourning, Communities of Hope: Transforming Trauma”
April 25, 2013 – Robin Olson and Chris Evans, “Shared Covenants of Ministry and Marriage”
May 2, 2013 – JanJay Innis, “All the Single Ladies: Debunking Myths and Embracing Singleness as a Gift”
2011-2012
September 22, 2011 – Dr. Courtney Goto, “Learning Self-care: The Case of the Bumbling Goddesses”
October 13, 2011 – Stephanie Riley, “Approaching Shame: The Confrontation with a Personal and Political Affect”
October 20, 2011 – Derrick Muwina, “Women Ordination in the Anglican Communion: An African Perspective”
October 27, 2011 – Rev. Gail Avery, “Many Paths, One Journey: Finding Our Way Along Dark Pathways”
November 3, 2011 – Dean Hill, “The Partnership of the Gospel”
November 10, 2011 – Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey, “Networking Finesse: Collaborating Without Cronyism”
November 17, 2011 – Rev. Marion Grant, “Statistics and Stories Related to The Status of Women Clergy in The New England Conference”
December 1, 2011 – Rev. Dr. Robin Olson, “Imagination and Images of God: A Welcome Partnership”
February 2, 2012 – Dr. Amy Limpitlaw, “Living Without Regrets”
February 9, 2012 – David Scott, “The Uplift of Women: Missions and Women’s Rights”
February 12, 2012 – Dr. Christopher Evans, “Living into my Vocation: My Journey as a Historian”
February 16, 2012 – Rev. Dr. Wanda Stahl, “All Is Well, As Will Be Well”: Wisdom from Julian of Norwich for Contemporary Life and Ministry
March 1, 2012 – Kasey Cox and Kelly Hill, “Reflections on Israel/Palestine”
March 8, 2012 – Rev. Michelle Walsh, “Personal Experiences with Race, Class, and Gender in Urban Community Ministry”
March 22, 2012 – Micah Christian, “Mothering the Poor: Reflections on the Work of Catholic Women Missioners”
April 5, 2012 – Dr. M. Thomas Thangaraj, “Women Who Shaped My Life”
April 19, 2012 – Pastor Andrew Kjorlaug and Bonnie Gatchell, “Going into the Strip Club: Route One Ministries”
April 26, 2012 – Anna Howard Shaw Center End of Year Celebration
2010-2011
September 23, 2010 – Donna Johnson, “Life is a Fairytale: 7 Magical Keys for Transforming Your Life”
September 30, 2010 – Amanda Norris, “‘Eminem’s Been Reading My Bible!’ A Sermon for Women With No Names”
October 14, 2010 – Michael Mercier, “A Mid-Term Reprieve: Now Is Our Salvation Closer Than When We First Matriculated”
October 21, 2010 – Andrew Tripp, “Phallocracy in Alan Moore’s From Hell“
October 28, 2010 – Dan Kim, “The Korean American Church: Korean? American? Both? Neither?….Church?”
November 4, 2010 – Xochitl Alvizo, “Con-Questioning Mary Daly: Building on the Wisdom of our Foresisters”
November 11, 2010 – Rev. Holly Benzenhafer Redford, “Dreaming Dreams and Seeing Visions: A Conversation on Reclaiming Spiritual Language about Mystical Experience”
November 18, 2010 – Bishop Susan Hassinger, “When ‘Being First’ Is Not the Last Word”
December 2, 2010 – Meredith Hoxie, “Reflecting on World AIDS Day”
February 10, 2011 – “Jeffrey Rickman and Monica Yungeberg, “State of the Union: Women in American Pulpits”
February 17, 2011 – Patricia Hatch, “Including Female Voices: Raising Awareness”
February 24, 2011 – “Insung Ko: God as Mother, focusing on the book of Isaiah”
March 3, 2011 – Casey Conway, “The Youth-Led Interfaith Movement”
March 10, 2011 – Rev. Shandi Mawokomatanda, “Between Babel and Pentecost: Principles and Practices for Moving from Coexistence to Communion in Multicultural Communities”
March 24, 2011 – Christine Nakyeyune, “Considering the Self: The Self in Realizing the Potentials for Women”
March 31, 2011 – Shirley Paulson, “Celebrating Women’s History Month: Mary Baker Eddy”
April 7, 2011 – Dr. Shelly Rambo, Maya Dietz, and Irene Willis, “On the Front Lines: Women, Faith, and the Military”
April 14, 2011 – Rev. Hope Luckie, “Spiritual Ecumenism in University Chaplaincy”
April 21, 2011 – Annah Undenge, “African Women and Challenges of Domestic Violence”
April 28, 2011 – Jennifer Quigley, “Inclusive Wedding Liturgies: From Obedience to Partnership”
May 5, 2011 – Dr. Walter Fluker, “THE MLK-IDEAL: Where Do We Go From Here?”
2009-2010
September 17, 2009 – Marla Marcum, “New Spiritual Disciplines in Covenant with God, Creation and Future Generations”
September 24, 2009 – Deborah Chi, “Is desiring for ‘Perfect’ futile?”
October 1, 2009 – Kasey Cox, “Building Peace: The Value of Women & Education (Reflections on Three Cups of Tea)”
October 8, 2009 – Arthur Koh Swee-Leong, “Women In Our Lives”
October 15, 2009 – Dr. Anjulet Tucker, “So you Want a Ph.D? Tips for Women Considering a Career in the Academy”
October 22, 2009 – Rev. Annie Britton, “The ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of BEing the Inclusive Church” &
Tallessyn Grenfell-Lee, “The Way We Are Created: Eco-feminist Explorations of Bodily Hair”
November 5, 2009 – Rev. Samuel Johnson, “The Relationship between Global and Feminist Theology and Pedagogy”
November 12, 2009 – Dr. Jennifer Knust, “Counting Time: On Being a ‘Young’ Woman in the (Christian) Academy”
November 19, 2009 – Patricia Hatch, “From Seeker to Inspirational Preacher: One Women’s Journey”
February 4, 2010 – Joy Perkett, “Domestic Violence: Not Just a Women’s Issue”
February 11, 2010 – Rachel Vogelzang, “Notes of Faith”
February 18, 2010 – Tendy Moyo: “Jesus and the Gospels: Art and Music Meditation”
February 25, 2010 – Philomena Hare: “Rural Salvadorian Women – Uncelebrated Strengths”
March 18, 2010 – Rev. Victoria Glaskell, “Yea, the Work of our Hands: Traditional Craft as Spiritual Practice and Sanity-Saving Product”
March 25, 2010 – Dr. Karen Westerfield Tucker, “When the Cradle is Empty: Rites for Miscarriage and Stillbirth”
April 1, 2010 – Caleb Acton, “Appropriation or Appreciation: Where Do We Draw the Line? AKA Cautions Against Presumptuous Borrowing”
April 8, 2010 – Rev. Jean Halligan Vandergrift, “Changing Church: Why should we and how?”
April 15, 2010 – Chihoon Jeong: “Not Aid, Trade: My Fair-Trade Campaign Experiences in Korea”
April 22, 2010 – Dean Mary Elizabeth Moore, “Women in Leadership: Charismas and Challenges”
Older events
April 2, 2009 – Lauren Nofsinger, “Mary Baker Eddy: Her Significance for Women and the Church”
October 4, 2007 – Rev. Newsome-Camara, “Experiencing Shekinah”
February 1, 2007 – Women in the Public Eye
February 14, 2006 – Dr. Gina Cogan, “The Ordination of Women in Buddhism”
January 26, 2006 – Eriko Sase, “I Don’t Want to be Troublesome to my Family”
February 9, 2006 – Rev. Laurel Scott, “Interesting and Surprising Things About Urban Ministry”
February 2, 2006 – Q&A with Rev. Aida Irizarry-Fernandez
February 23, 2006 – Sakena Young-Skaggs, “AME Preaching Women: Sisters in the Spirit”
March 23, 2006 – Dr. Karen Westerfield Tucker, “A Reflection on 28 Years of Parish Ministry, Campus Ministry, and The University”
April 20, 2006 – Dr. Shelly Rambo, “Inclusive Language”
November 28, 2005 – Michael J. Fulhage, “Accidental Exclusion?”
October 20, 2005 – Dr. Jennifer Knust, “Abandoned to Lust: Sexual Slander and Ancient Christianity”
November 17, 2005 – Susan Amick, Relaxation and Guided Imagery