A major thank you to all who helped with this past weekend’s conference, especially everyone at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlottesville, VA. Not sure how it could have gone any better! It was undeniably some of our richest content yet. The audio files for the presentations are below, listed in chronological order, and embedded to be playable on this site. You may download them by clicking on the title. As always, we offer everything to you free of charge. If you were unable to attend the event and would like contribute to the cost of putting it on, that would be a huge help–you may do so here, or via the button at the bottom.
Friday September 28th
“A Sovereign Bullet? Hope, Pain, and God” – R-J Heijmen
Clips Used: Bruce Almighty (0-:45), Jack Deere (1:55-8:45)
Breakout Sessions A
Grace with Daughters and Sons – Dave Johnson (handout)
The Life and Work of William Faulkner – Paul Walker and James Wilson
Ministry with Little Children: Grace in Sunday School – Kemp Hill and Christie Walker
“The Wound and the Gift” – Matthew Sitman
Breakout Sessions B
The Beautiful Ugliness of HBO – William McDavid
The iLife Pursuit: Social Media and Adultescent Loneliness – Ethan Richardson (handout)
Hearing The Scream: Edvard Munch, Modern Art, and Grace – Dan Siedell (PowerPoint presentation)
3:30pm Breakout Sessions C
The Counter-Intuitive Wisdom of the Twelve Steps – John Zahl
How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love The Beach Boys – David Zahl
Saturday September 29th
“Hoping Without Hope” – Paul Zahl
“To Help, Not to Rob: The Reversal of Freedom” – R-J Heijmen
Clips Used: Jack Deere (4:55-12:00), Pete Droge
Closing Q&A with R-J, Matthew and Paul
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BONUS TRACK: The full version of the film mentioned in Paul Zahl’s talk above, The Phantom Carriage (1921). He was not kidding about the unbelievably cathartic (and genuinely Easter-fied) ending… It’s essential viewing in conjunction with the talk, esp the final 20 minutes:
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20 comments
Mr. T says:
Oct 3, 2012
Awesome. Any chance of getting a link to download them all @ once?
David Zahl says:
Oct 3, 2012
Coming soon! Just waiting on a couple of handouts.
David Zahl says:
Oct 4, 2012
Just added!
Tommy Blackburn says:
Oct 3, 2012
Thank you for getting these up so quickly! I’m looking forward to listening to the sessions I missed. Kudos to Mockingbird for hosting an amazing conference. Much love from Texas!!!
Jonathan says:
Oct 3, 2012
R-J you killed it! “A Sovereign Bullet? Hope, Pain, and God” Grate stuff and good for my heart today…
Jim McNeely says:
Oct 3, 2012
Great conference! This was some incredible and deep content, I just have no end of respect for the ministry of Mockingbird! RJ’s two sessions, and Matt Stillman’s, and Paul Zahl’s session were fantastic and courageous messages. I was so blessed to be able to attend this! Thanks to everyone!
I’m posting review/reflections on some of the sessions if anyone is interested: http://thereforenow.com/tag/mockingbird-fall-2012/
John Zahl says:
Oct 5, 2012
A+
Victoria says:
Oct 12, 2012
Hard to find the words to match how happy I am to see this. Thank you!
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Mockingbird Fall Conference 2012 – RJ Heijmen » Therefore Now says:
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Mockingbird Fall Conference 2012 – Matt Sitman » Therefore Now says:
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Oct 10, 2012
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