I love to get in front of people and talk about the issues and how we respond to them as followers of Jesus. That's what I call speaking on Christian ethics, and It’s been my life’s work. As individuals and groups, we experience new challenges every day, and as an ethicist, pastor, author, and advocate, I strive to help you meet those challenges with a principled approach that you can share with others.
I'm ready to inspire and inform your audiences for lectures, sermons, and interviews whether it’s a church, college, conference, podcast or other venue. See my issues page for a full list of topics I can speak to, and some of my most popular topics below. For updates on upcoming speaking, subscribe to my email list, or follow me on social media.
Current Speaking
August 10. Detroit. Open Table Collective. Meeting at Rochester Christian University. https://www.theopentablecollective.com/gatherings
August 17-18. Louisville. William M. Johnson Lectureship, Crescent Hill Baptist Church. https://chbcky.org/william-m-johnson-annual-lectures/
September 3. Stockholm, Sweden. International IDEA -- Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance. Closed event. There may be other events in Sweden, will update as I know more. https://www.idea.int/about-us
September 7-8. Lebanon, PA. St. Luke's Episcopal Church. https://stlukeslebanon.org/gushee/
September 14-16. Newton, Kansas. Bethel College Mennonite Church, Bethel College Bible and Religion Department, Kansas Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution. Multiple events. No publicity posted yet.
September 21. Kirkwood Baptist Church, St. Louis www.kirkwoodbaptist.org
September 28-29. Cambridge, MA. Reservoir Church. https://www.reservoirchurch.org/ No publicity yet.
October 5. I am also speaking locally in Atlanta on the theme of "Jesus and Justice," alongside the wonderful Jemar Tisby, at the following event hosted by Christians Seeking Justice: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../jesus-justice-ii-tickets...
October 23, Ashland, VA, Brown Memorial Lecture at Randolph-Macon College. No publicity yet.
Speaking Topics
01
Following Jesus After Evangelicalism
02
Full Inclusion for LGTBQ Christians, Once and For All
03
Against Authoritarianism
Other Topics
Repenting White Christian Supremacism; Why Following Jesus Is So Hard: Renewing Christian Commitment to Democracy; Christians as Reconcilers in a Polarized Land; The Meaning of Truth in an Age of Weaponized Lies; The Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust, Moral Leadership for a Divided Age; The Sacredness of Human Life; The Meaning of Forgiveness; Caring for God's Creation; Covenantal Sexual Ethics; The Kingdom of God as the Vision and Motivation for Christian Ethics
Recent speaking events:
- Post Evangelical Collective
- Dangerous Dogma Podcast (Word&Way)
- The Bible for Normal People podcast
- Embracing the Journey speaker series
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Alliance for Peacebuilding
- The Academy of Parish Clergy
- The New Evangelicals podcast
- Homebrewed Christianity podcast
- Anderson Forum for Progressive Theology
- Straight White American Jesus podcast
- Towne View Baptist Church, Kennesaw, GA