The Gospel-Given Life:
Discipleship Revisited

Fourth International Crossings Conference
January 22-25, 2012
Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, Illinois

Pre-Conference Sunday night (Jan. 22): 3:00 Registration with supper on your own 7:00 Pre-conference opening for A participants; Jerome Burce - Setting the Foundation: How Distinguishing God's Law and God's Gospel brings Jesus' Full Benefits to Bear on Real Lives in the Real World Monday (Jan. 23): Track A: 9:00-5:00 You Can Handle the Truth: Using the Crossings Six-Step Method to Read the Word and the World (Marcus Felde & Cathy Lessmann) Track B: 9:00-12:00 Patient Impatience and Other Astonishments: A Reading of St. Mark, Crossings-style - Jerome Burce 1:00-5:00 The Thought and Challenge of Bonhoeffer (Matthew Becker and Richard Bliese, Steve Kuhl moderating) Conference Monday night: 3:00-6:00 Registration for conference attendees 6:00 Dinner 7:00 Steve Kuhl: - Keynote #1 - "The Disciple and Christ: Faith Alone" 8:15 Evening Prayer 8:30 Wine and Cheese Reception Tuesday: 7:45 Morning Prayer 8:15 Mark Mattes - Evaluating Contemporary Views of "Discipleship" in Light of Luther 9:15 Robert Kolb - A History of Discipleship in the Lutheran Tradition 10:15 Break 10:30 Round table with Kolb & Mattes 11:30 Steve Kuhl: - Keynote #2 - The Disciple and the Church: The Fellowship of Faith 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Prayer at Midday 1:45 Matthew Becker - The Theologian as a Disciple of Christ 2:45 Martin Wells - The Church Executive as Disciple of Christ 3:45 Break 4:00 Round Table with Becker & Wells 6:00 Dinner 7:30 Holy Eucharist (Lori Cornell Preaching) 8:30 Wine and Cheese Reception Wednesday: 7:45 Morning Prayer 8:00 Steve Kuhl: - Keynote #3 - The Disciple and the World: The Hidden Discipline or Faith Working Incognito 9:00 Kathryn Kleinhans - Tweet if You Love Jesus: Discipleship in a Wired World 10:00 Break 10:15 Felix Meylahn - Following Jesus when Things are Falling Apart - a Post-Liberation Perspective from South Africa 11:15 Round table with Meylahn & Kleinhans 12:30 Closing Prayer and Box lunch