THURSDAY, APRIL 25th
2:00pm — Pre-conference tour of “Tolkien: Maker of Middle Earth” Exhibit at the Morgan Library (email info@mbird.com to sign up)
5:15pm — Registration opens
5:30pm — Pre-conference live taping of The Mockingcast
7:00pm — Opening Devotion and Evening Talk: Ethan Richardson — “Isle of Snobs”
8:00pm — Dinner (View menu here. All meals catered by The Pixie and the Scout.)
FRIDAY, APRIL 26th
8:00am — Coffee and Registration
9:00am — Devotion and Morning Talks
- Carrie Willard — “It Could Be Worse: The False Gospel of Optimism (and Pessimism)”
- Jeff Mallinson — “The Unforgivables: Is there Hope Even for Those Consigned to a Secular Hell”
10:30 — Coffee Break
10:45 — Breakouts A
- “StoryMakers present: Imagination, Stories, and God” — Melina Smith & co
- “Shooting Blanks: Baby Making in an Age of Anxiety” — Ben Maddison
- “Living in Sin: Making Marriage Work Between I Do and Death” — Jason Micheli
- “Love Is Stronger Than Fear: Rethinking the Conversation about Privilege” — Amy Julia Becker
- “I Died and Didn’t Go To Heaven: Grace, Grief, and the Big Question” — Connor Gwin
12:00pm — Lunch (view menu here)
1:15pm — Afternoon Talk: Alfie Kohn — “Without Strings Attached: An Exploration of (Un)conditionality”
2:00pm — Breakouts B
- “Same Old Song: Live Recording and Q&A” — Jacob Smith & Aaron Zimmerman
- “On Comic Books: Our Commonly Felt Need and the Search for Hope” — Kyle Tomlin
- “When God Makes All Things Nude: Gospel Hope for Marriage When It’s Not All Princess Bride” — Charlotte Getz
- “Judgment, Grace, and Rest in Flannery O’Connor” — Will McDavid
- “Beyond Gold Stars: A Law/Gospel Approach to Pedagogy” — Bryan Jarrell
3:00pm — Breakouts C
- “Why Me Lord: A Brief Look at the Scoundrels, Buffoons, and Ne’er Do Well’s Whom God Pursues in the Parables” — Erick Sorensen
- “Be Your Worst Self” — Stephanie Phillips
- “Orange is the New Blessing” — Debbie Griffith
- “At Ego’s End: Where Grace Intersects Us” — Josh Retterer
- “Sleeping in Church: A Short Story About a Sign from God” — CJ Green
5:30pm — Drinks with PZ
6:30pm — Seculosity launches! David Zahl speaks and signs books
7:30pm — Dinner (view menu here)
9:30pm — Boogie down at The EpiscoDisco with DJ JAZ!
SATURDAY, APRIL 27th
8:15am — Coffee
9:00am — Devotion and Morning Talks
- Leslie Jamison — “Lack and Lush: On Divinity, Maternity, and Sobriety”
- Sarah Condon — “I Feel Personally Attacked RN”
- Nick Lannon — “Life, Love, and Other Impossibilities: Your Savior is Not You”
12:15pm — Book table closes
6pm — StoryMakers Launch Party (Post-Conference)
SUNDAY, APRIL 28th (Post-Conference)
11:00am — Worship at Calvary Episcopal Church