December 13, 2007 | Greenwich Leadership Forum, Greenwich, Connecticut. David Miller taught and led a lively discussion with senior executives on matters pertaining to faith, ethics, and leadership in the marketplace. Guest: Tim Irwin, Author and Industrial Psychologist.
December 6, 2007 | University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management, Minneapolis, Minnesota. David Miller gave the annual Faith and Business lecture.
November 17, 2007 | ATS (Association of Theological Schools) Chief Financial Officer's Conference, San Antonio, Texas. David Miller gave the keynote address on Ethics and Spirituality in the Financial World.
November 16, 2007 | Greenwich Leadership Forum, Greenwich, Connecticut. David Miller taught and led a lively discussion with senior executives on matters pertaining to faith, ethics, and leadership in the marketplace. Guest: Rob Pace, Head of America’s Financing Group, Goldman Sachs
November 7, 2007 | Baylor University, Waco, Texas. David Miller preached in chapel (“Work as Ministry?”) and lectured at the Hankamer School of Business on Ethics, Faith, and Leadership.
November 6, 2007 | CEO Forum, Dallas, Texas. David Miller presented and led a workshop on "Making Your Company Faith-Friendly?"
November 5, 2007 | CEO Symposium, Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, Chicago, Illinois. David Miller gave the keynote address on his book, God at Work (Oxford University Press, 2007).
October 30-31, 2007 | Workplace Chaplains Training Conference, Springdale, Arkansas. David Miller led a seminar on workplace chaplaincy in a pluralistic company setting.
October 26, 2007 | Greenwich Leadership Forum, Greenwich, Connecticut. David Miller taught and led a lively discussion with senior executives on matters pertaining to faith, ethics, and leadership in the marketplace. Guest: John G. Rowland, Former Connecticut Governor
October 19-20, 2007 | Adult Education Forum, Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, Tennessee. David Miller presented to the forum and led a Saturday seminar on “How Can God Help Us Find Joy at Work — Personal Stories and Practical Experiences.”
October 12, 2007 | “Voices & Votes II: Shaping a New Moral Agenda,” Marquand Chapel, Yale Divinity School, 2:00-6:30 pm, asymposium presented by The Yale Forum on Faith and Politics (YFFP). Cosponsored by the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Sojourners, Christianity Today, and The Christian Century, the symposium featured debates among forty leading scholars, clergy, journalists, politicians, and authors on the most pressing issues facing our country and world. For more information, see the YFFP website.
October 1-2, 2007 | Leaders Offline V, Minneapolis, Minnesota. David Miller led a group of Twin Cities CEOs in a case study and theological reflection on the challenges and opportunities of marketplace leadership.
September 27-29, 2007 | Ecclesiology & Ethnography Conference, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut. “Exploring the Emerging Conversation Between Theology and Congregational Studies.”
September 27, 2007 | Ethics
and Compliance Officer
Association, Los Angeles,
California. David Miller presented to this industry association’s
annual conference on “The Ethics of a Faith-Friendly Company.”
September 18, 2007 | Imagination and the Kingdom of God, Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Ohio. Chris Scharen delivered the first lecture in a year-long series on “Imagination and the Kingdom of God.” He is speaking on “Faith in Popular Culture: A Carnal Theology of Surrender.”
September 14, 2007 | Greenwich Leadership Forum, Greenwich, Connecticut. Topic: “Leadership Models and the Bible?”
July 17, 2007 | Business As Ministry Seminar, Calvin College, Michigan. David Miller led a seminar and lecture on his book, God at Work, to this gathering of theologians and business scholars.
June 26-28, 2007 | Centenary Celebration of Lutheran Campus Ministry, Chicago, Illinois. Chris Scharen was one of two keynote speakers for this national celebration of the 100th anniversary of Lutheran campus ministry.
June 22-24, 2007 | Leaders Offline III, Fargo, North Dakota. David Miller led a group of CEOs in a retreat weekend for a case study and theological reflection on the challenges and opportunities of marketplace leadership.
June 22, 2007 | The Concordia College Center for Ethical Leadership, Moorhead, Minnesota. David Miller presented a special dialogue session on living our faith in the business world.
June 14-15, 2007 | CEO Summit, New York, New York. David Miller participated in this event hosted by Yale School of Management, presenting on questions of faith in the workplace.
May 17-19, 2007 | National Pastoral Leadership Conference. As part of our Faith as a Way of Life program, we hosted this conference. (Click title to view complete details on the event page.)
May 18, 2007 | Faith as a Way of Life Concert with Zehnder and Willie Pickens
May 11, 2007 | Greenwich Leadership Forum. Topic: “Leadership by the Book— But Which Book?” (Part III)
April 25, 2007 | ACGME, Chicago, Illinois. Chris Scharen attended a meeting with national leaders on graduate professional medical education aiming to compare formation in professional training between medicine and ministry.
April 23-24, 2007 | Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Views on the Creation of Wealth, University of Notre Dame. David Miller gave a paper and participated in this interfaith conference on religious perspectives on the creation of wealth, sponsored by the Mendoza College of Business at the Hesburgh Center Auditorium, University of Notre Dame.
April 21-22, 2007 | Miroslav Volf at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church in Dallas, Texas. Miroslav Volf led classes on “The Art of Giving” and “The Art of Forgiving.” He preached at two Sunday services, and, in the afternoon, led a class on “Suffering and Memory.”
April 18, 2007 | Greenwich
Leadership Forum.
Guest: Ken
Melrose, Chairman and CEO (retired), The Toro Company
April 13-15, 2007 | Finding God at Work in Times of Change. David Miller presented at the 2007 CMDL Consultation in Cleveland, Ohio. This was CMDL’s 15th annual consultation, hosted by the United Church of Christ.
April 12, 2007 | Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Chris Scharen presented a lecture on “Living Heaven on Earth: Faith and U2” for the Lutheran Campus Ministry at Washington University.
April 11, 2007 | Public Voices/Public Faith. Miroslav Volf, Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology, presented the lecture “Problems and Promise of a Public Theology.”
March 13-23, 2007 | Scholar-in-Residence at Wolfsberg, in Ermatingen, Switzerland. David Miller served as Scholar-in-Residence at Wolfsberg, the Union Bank of Switzerland’s institute for executive and professional development. David participated in a “think tank” on leadership and ethics, gave guest lectures at area business schools, conduct research, and met with Swiss business executives.
March 9, 2007 | Greenwich Leadership Forum. “Leadership by the Book –But Which Book?” (Part II)
March 3-4, 2007 | Edina Community Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Chris Scharen presented the lecture “Even Better than the Real Thing” to open the spring series on Music, Media & Marketing. The evening lecture opened with music from the Minneapolis area playing their favorite U2 songs.
February 28-March 2, 2007 | Lilly Practical Theology Meeting, St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota. Chris Scharen attended this small working seminar of leading practical theologians nationwide who seek to envigorate this field of research and writing for the sake of vital discipleship in and for the sake of the world.
March 1, 2007 | Miroslav Volf, keynote speaker at this year’s conference of the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The conference topic was “Centering in Christ, Open to the Spirit.”
February 20, 2007 | Greenwich Leadership Forum. “Movement” Guest: Greg Page, President and COO, Cargill
February 23-24, 2007 | Second Annual Yale Christian MBA Conference. The Center's Ethics and Spirituality program again partnered with the Yale School of Management Christian Fellowship Club to sponsor the second annual Christian MBA Conference. The goal was to discuss practical and conceptual ways to integrate faith and work. The target audience was MBA students and fellowship group leaders from MBA programs across the nation. The conference featured presentations by and interactions with various CEOs (including Steve Reinemund, Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo). Panels and other group discussions grappled with the ethical, career and other business issues facing MBAs as they enter the workforce.
February 15, 2007 | “God at Work: The History and Promise of the Faith at Work Movement” David Miller gave an address at the Alumni Association and College of Law based on his new book at the Center for the Study of Spirituality (CSS) at Florida International University.
February 12, 2007 | Voices and Votes: Religious Convictions in the Public Square. Symposium on Faith and Politics sponsored by YCFC.
February 6, 2007 | Greenwich Leadership Forum. Guest: Bill Pollard, Chairman Emeritus, The ServiceMaster Company
February 1, 2007 | Public Voices/Public Faith. The Rivendell Institute, The Rivendell Graduate Organization and the Yale Law Christian Fellowship presented “Modern Moral Philosophy and the Goal of Religious Neutrality,” by John Hare, Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology.
January 18, 2007 | Miroslav Volf at Calvin College, Grand Rapids Michigan. At the Calvin College Fine Arts Center. Lecture based on “Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace.”
January 18, 2007 | Miroslav Volf to lecture at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor campus. On his book, Free of Charge.
January 18, 2007 | Greenwich Leadership Forum. Topic: Leadership by the Book— But Which Book? (Part I)