Speakers Bureau
The Chesterton House Speakers Bureau exists to serve Christian fellowships at Cornell by providing speakers and suggested topics for fellowship meetings and retreats. The speakers bureau is also designed to serve the needs of churches in Upstate/Western NY for pulpit supply, adult Sunday School, and/or retreats.
The Speakers Bureau consists of a series of talks—and movie nights—that have as their coordinated purpose the development of "thinking Christianly" about all things. The talks are clustered into five categories: Christian Worldview, Higher Education, Ethics & Public Policy, Integration of Faith and Learning, and Praxis.
Speakers include professors, pastors, campus ministry workers, and other members of the Chesterton House community who care deeply about a holistic application of the gospel to all of life and learning.
| I. Christian Worldview |
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| • Christianity & Culture |
Karl Johnson |
| • Creation Regained | Karl Johnson |
| • Culture & Common Grace | Karl Johnson |
| • God and Glory | Dr. Bob Fay |
| • The Problem of Pain | Dr. Bob Fay |
| • Sex, Lies, and the History of Love | Karl Johnson |
| • The Trustworthiness of the Bible | Rev. Steve Froehlich |
| II. Higher Education | |
| • Faithfulness in Academic Work | Dr. Bob Fay |
| • Getting the Right Start: A Christian Perspective | Dr. Bob Fay |
| • Moral Relativism & the Academy | Dr. Richard Baer |
| • What’s a University For? | Karl Johnson |
| III. Ethics & Public Policy | |
| • Pluralism, Tolerance, & Multiculturalism | Dr. Richard Baer |
| • Reflections on the Separation of Church & State | Dr. Richard Baer |
| • Religious Freedom & the First Amendment | Dr. Richard Baer |
| • The Indicative & the Imperative in Christian Ethics | Dr. Richard Baer |
| IV. Integration of Faith & Learning | |
| • Jesus, Lord of the Feast (Sabbath & Leisure) | Karl Johnson |
| • Science and Faith | Dr. Bob Fay |
| • Science, Scripture, and the Natural World | Dr. Bob Fay |
| • Christianity & the Environment | Dr. Richard Baer |
| • Reel Spirituality (Film) | Rev. Steve Froehlich |
| • The Bible as Literature | Rev. Steve Froehlich |
Chesterton House also encourages thoughtful engagement with culture by facilitating Movie Nights, during which we view and then discuss a film at some length. Movie nights may be scheduled during a regular fellowship meeting or as a special event. To date, we have watched and discussed two dozen films, ranging from Hollywood blockbusters to less noticed foreign and artistic films, all of which are reviewed here. We are happy to repeat showings of any films already viewed, or to take requests for other films. Below is a list of recommended films to consider for the coming year. Movie Nights are led by Rev. Steve Froehlich.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Dead Man Walking
Garden State
Hotel Rwanda
Lost in Translation
Million Dollar Baby
Run, Lola, Run
Shawshank Redemption
Spiderman 2
To End All Wars
To Kill a Mockingbird
Vera Drake
Wit
To schedule a speaker or movie night, you may either contact the speaker directly, or contact Chesterton House director Karl Johnson at karl@chestertonhouse.org.