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Date
March 9 at 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM EDT
Location
Physical Science Building, PSB 120
Chesterton House presents:
You’re Only Human: Could Embracing Limits Unlock Your Fullest Potential?
March 9th, 2026 | 5:30-7pm Lecture | 7-8pm Dinner Reception
Physical Sciences Building 120 | Virtual
Provided dinner reception to follow in Physical Sciences Building 150
Life at University is fast-paced and full to the brim:
full of coursework, projects, exams, and papers
full of socializing, meetups, club gatherings and team practice
full of trips, retreats, and service opportunities.
So many around us are doing so many things with an apparent effortlessness that can only be envied. How do they do it? Where do they find the find the time? How do they have energy? Do they have any limits? How can I “hack” my life so that I can live with less limitations and become more than just an average and ordinary human being?
The achieve-a-tron world we inhabit at University teaches us to optimize our lives and overcome all human limitations. What if our human limitations were a gift essential to being human and not a weakness to transcend?
Human limitations––a gift? Finitude––good news? Perish the thought! Or… ponder it and consider its worth… Maybe the dream to do as much as possible, to overcome our human limitations rather than embracing them with patience and grace, is part of what is limiting us from being fully alive.
Join us as we welcome Kelly Kapic, Professor of Theological Studies and the Honorary Chair of Theology and Culture at Covenant College, who will attempt to persuade you that your human limitations are a good to be embraced rather than an evil to be transcended. Kelly has authored many books, the most recent of which, You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why That’s Good New, won a number of awards, including Christianity Today’s Book of the Year award in the category of Theology (Popular) and The Southwestern Journal of Theology’s Book Award in Applied Theology/Ethics.
Kelly Kapic, Honorary Chair of Theology and Culture at Covenant College
Kelly M. Kapic holds the Honorary Chair of Theology and Culture at Covenant College where he has taught since 2001. With a PhD in Systematic and Historical Theology from King’s College University of London, Kapic has written or edited over twenty books. His newest book, Christian Life (Zondervan Academic, 2025) was just recently released, and before that his volume You Were Never Meant to Do it All: A 40-Day Devotional on the Goodness of Being Human (Brazos 2025) was built on his earlier work You’re Only Human: How Your Limits Reflect God’s Design and Why that’s Good News, which was published in 2022 and won a number of awards, including Christianity Today’s Book of the Year award in the category of Theology (Popular) and The Southwestern Journal of Theology’s award in Applied Theology/Ethics. His earlier work includes Embodied Hope: A Theological Meditation on Pain and Suffering, which also won the Christianity Today book of the year award in the area of Theology and Ethics and World Magazine’s Short List award for Accessible Theology Book of the year. A few years ago he completed two volumes with the economist Brian Fikkert called Becoming Whole: Why the Opposite of Poverty isn’t the American Dream and A Field Guide to Becoming Whole: Principles for Poverty Alleviation Ministries. In 2014 Kapic received a Templeton Grant to be part of The Center for Christian Thought studying the topic of Psychology and Spiritual Formation. He has also served as part of the Core Research Teams for the Templeton-funded studies, including “Project Amazing Grace” and “Christian Meaning-Making, Suffering, and the Flourishing Life.”
