I’m going to hear NT Wright tomorrow

Posted by Helen on: 03.22.2007 /

I got an e-mail from up/rooted North this week that NT Wright is giving two lectures at Mundelein College tomorrow.

NT Wright is well-liked by the emerging Church; I actually heard of him before the emerging Church existed, ten years ago. At that time no-one else seemed to know who he was so it’s interesting his name is so much better known these days by American Christians. I’ve been reading his books for ten years and have appreciated a lot of what he says. He was one of my favorite Christian authors until my own beliefs changed – maybe the favorite, in fact.

This is the first opportunity I’ve had to go hear him speak – and it’s even free (registration is required, though) – so I figured I may as well, in spite of my change in beliefs.

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11 Responses to "I’m going to hear NT Wright tomorrow"

  • Comment by: Rachel

    1 03/22/07 6:53 AM | Comment Link |

    I’ll be looking forward to your report, Helen!

  • Comment by: Paul

    2 03/22/07 10:09 AM | Comment Link |

    have fun – free is cool :)

  • Comment by: Helen

    3 03/22/07 12:39 PM | Comment Link |

    Thanks Rachel. I realized that if I go I need to take good notes! (I hope it won’t be like his books I have that I don’t understand)

    Paul, yes, free is cool – and it even includes free lunch!

    (See, it’s not true there’s no such thing as a free lunch… ;-))

  • Comment by: Rachel

    4 03/22/07 3:46 PM | Comment Link |

    I realized that if I go I need to take good notes!

    Indeed! Eliza has set the bar quite high! ;-)

  • Comment by: Nick Gill

    5 03/22/07 11:27 PM | Comment Link |

    I’m looking forward to his three day lecture series at Asbury in Kentucky in November.

  • Comment by: Helen

    6 03/23/07 9:39 AM | Comment Link |

    Live update from during the Q&A at the end of the first lecture: wow, he is an AWESOME speaker. I love listening to him.

    He’s funny too – he just said in answer to a question “I’m having to pull back the lecture that’s threatening to come out”.

  • Comment by: Mike Clawson

    7 03/23/07 1:39 PM | Comment Link |

    I’m soooo jealous! :)

  • Comment by: Helen

    8 03/23/07 5:17 PM | Comment Link |

    You should be – he was soooo good!!!

    I’ll blog about it when I’ve had time to write it up.

  • Comment by: Rod Pickett

    9 03/23/07 5:30 PM | Comment Link |

    Helen,

    I posted my notes from the lecture on my site. I’m sure I left out a bunch of important stuff.

    Rod

  • Comment by: Helen

    10 03/23/07 7:06 PM | Comment Link |

    Wow Rod, you got those up quickly! I’ll go see what you wrote.

  • Comment by: Helen

    11 03/24/07 8:48 AM | Comment Link |

    My notes on the first lecture are up:

    NT Wright: Biblical Foundations for a Sacramental Theology

    I plan to write about a) the day in general b) lecture #2 when I have time.