Theology on Tap

August 3, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
**NEW LOCATION: The Underground (former pool area)
Main Campus, Dominican University

Robert Miller, JD, Professor of Business Law and Management, Brennan School of Business

"Many Hats – One Head: Understanding Work in the Light of Faith"

In life we each play many roles (wear many hats), one of which encompasses the work we do. Some attempt to distinguish personal behavior and work behavior, as if they were different hats that are worn on different heads.   C.S. Lewis once wrote: “I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen. Not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”  This session of Theology on Tap will present a diagram that places Faith in a behavioral context, as a means of beginning a discussion on how we see our work in light of our Faith.  

July 13, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Springer Suites, Crown Library Lower Level
Main Campus, Dominican University

Kathy Heskin, DMin, Director of Pastoral Ministry & Master’s in Leadership for Family Ministry; Associate Professor of Pastoral Ministry, Dominican University

“How Not to Marry a Jerk Part 2: Intimacy and Conflict”

The most important decision most of us will make in our lives is choosing a partner. Everything else will be affected by that decision. Good marriages don't just happen - they are created - by two people who are willing to work on their relationship. Our conversation this evening will focus on deepening intimacy as a couple works through conflict together.

July 20, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Springer Suites, Crown Library Lower Level
Main Campus, Dominican University

Sr. Jeri Cashman, OP, Director of Vocation Ministry, Sinsinawa Dominicans

"Prayer Across Time and Around the World "

We each have our own story...neither time nor space alter it. Jeri's story is her sacred story that she will share with us! She believes we find God in contemplation and action, and that the short form of history goes like this: God used to speak directly to us and, when we wouldn't listen, God turned to the prophets. That didn't work out so well so God sent us Jesus... and Good Friday shows us how that part of the story ended. So now... lucky us! It's all about Resurrected Time and how God reaches out and speaks with us today... through each other and through our glorious, beautiful world.

July 27, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Springer Suites, Crown Library Lower Level
Main Campus, Dominican University

Hugh McElwain, PhD, Professor of Theology, Dominican University

"The Great Adventure: Interreligious Dialogue As Spiritual Journey"

Fr. John S. Dunne first described interreligious dialogue as the heroic adventure of our time, wherein we shift our standpoint, going over to the standpoint of another culture, way of life, religion.  But then, there is a return—an equal and opposite process of coming back to one’s own culture, way of life, and religion not only with new insights but also with a transformation of oneself.  This challenging phenomenon of  “passing over and coming back again” is a good model for our reflections on interfaith dialogue.