The Spring 2020 Mahle Lecture will be held February 25th at 7 p.m. in Sundin Hall. This year's speaker is Bishop Karen P. Oliveto from United Methodist Church Mountain Sky Area. Bishop Oliveto is the first openly LGBTQ+ Bishop in the UMC, and she will engage with campus community and congregations about the challenges and opportunities of the United Methodist Church's current struggle to be "together at the table" and yet open to new paths. The tentative schedule for her visit is:
February 23
- 10 a.m. Service at Hamline Church
- 3–5 p.m., Conversations with Minnesota Methodists at the United Methodist Church of Anoka, 850 South St, Anoka, MN 55303
February 25
- 4 p.m. Conversation with Two Bishops, Kay Fredericks Ballroom
- 5:30–6:45 p.m. Reception, Kay Fredericks Ballroom
- 7 p.m. Keynote Lecture, Sundin Hall
FEBRUARY 26
- 10:30 a.m. District Ash Wednesday Service, Hamline Church
- 7 p.m. Ash Wednesday, Hamline Church
2020 Mahle Artwork
The artwork for our 2020 Mahle Lecture in Progressive Christian Thought is this multimedia piece titled "Hagar." It is by local artist, Katie Matson-Daley.
In Katie's words: "When Hagar has her encounter with God in the wilderness, pregnant and afraid, she becomes the first person in scripture to name God. El roi can either be understood as "the God whom I've seen," or "the God who sees me." I created this mixed media portrait (acrylic paint, balsa wood, yarn, photo printed fabric and photos) to celebrate the God who sees us in our pain and the God who sees us in our joy, as well as the God whom we can only relate to as we understand and experience them."
Past Mahle Lectures
- "Goddess and God in the World: Conversations in Embodied Theology." Dr. Carol P. Christ and Dr. Judith Plaskow (Fall 2018)
- "Hearing Earth in our Time: Ecowomanism, African American Women, and Earth-Honoring Faiths." Dr. Melanie L. Harris (Spring 2018)
- “Healing, Wholeness, Holiness: Religious Responses to Trauma and Illness.” Dr. Shelly Rambo (Spring 2017)
- "Eco-Theology for the Heartland: A Bioregional Approach," Dr. Timothy Eberhart (Spring 2016)
- "Religious Life, Public Life, and the Adventure of Civility," Krista Tippett (Fall 2015)
- "Are the Gospels of Mary, Thomas and Truth Scripture? Imagining New Ways of Reading the Bible in the 21st Century," Dr. Hal Traussig (Spring 2015)
- "Becoming Buddhist When Jesus Isn't Enough: A Third Wave Womanist Negotiation of Race, Gender and Religion," Dr. Monica A. Coleman (2014)
- "Occupy Religion?: Reimagining the God of the Multitude," Dr. Joerg Rieger (2013)
- "World Balance vs. Personal Salvation in American Indian Postcolonial Perspective," Dr. George 'Tink" Tinker (2012)
- "Holy Food & Groceries: How Feeding and Healing Transforms Lives," Sara Miles (2011)
- "Finding Beauty in a Broken World," Terry Tempest Williams (2010)
- "Saving Paradise: A Life-Affirming Christianity for the 21st Century," Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock (2009)