Thursday Food For Thought
You are invited to bring a brown-bag lunch to the Library to hear SPU faculty and staff authors read from their latest books! A question-and-answer time follows, and copies will be available for purchase.
When: Thursdays, 12:30–1:15 p.m.
Where: Library Reading Room, Main Floor
2012 Spring Quarter
April 12
Gregory Wolfe, director, M.F.A. program, and writer-in-residence
Beauty and imagination are essential for cultural renewal. Gregory Wolfe, the founder and editor of Image, makes this clear as he shares from his new book—a close look at the work Wendell Berry, Evelyn Waugh, Shusaku Endo, Makoto Fujimura, Russell Kirk, Malcolm Muggeridge, and other essential artists and thinkers.
April 19
Lingua, Heidi McElrath
SPU's student literature and art journal, Lingua, presents a selection of readings from their most recent publication and tries to define where student writers become writers.
April 26
Benjamin McFarland, associate professor of biochemistry
Dr. Benjamin McFarland reads “Built With Words: What Chemists and Poets Have in Common,” which was featured in the Winter 2012 issue of Response.
May 3
Robert Drovdahl, professor of christian ministries and education
Long hair. Short hair. Head coverings. Potlucks. What do these have to do with proper worship in the church at Corinth? Do they have anything to do with proper worship in your church? Dr. Robert Drovdahl will be sharing his Lectio guided reading on I Corinthians 11.
May 10
Sharleen Kato, director, FCS program, and Mia Hays, FCS administrative assistant
In celebration of the Department of Family and Consumer Science’s 70th birthday, Dr. Sharleen Kato and editor Mia Hays share from a commemorative alumni cookbook, Head, Heart, and Soul: 70 Years of Building Healthy and Sustainable Families. Come hear (and taste) how trendy foods from these years have both reflected and shaped our attitudes and values.
May 17
Sara Koenig, assistant professor of biblical studies
While there is so little written about Bathsheba in the Bible, there is such a spectrum on which people have interpreted her throughout the centuries. Dr. Sara Koenig will be sharing about this interesting biblical character from her book, "Isn't This Bathsheba?"
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A Full Plate of Offerings
Response magazine takes a look at the start of the Library's Thursday Food for Thought.