Social
Ethicist To Speak at Trinity Congregational
It’s
been there in the right-hand column for a few days, so maybe you’ve already
noticed that Gary Dorrien is coming to town as this year’s Belko Peace
Lecturer. Cornel West has called Dorrien “the preeminent social ethicist in
American today.” Dorrien has authored 14 books and over 250 articles in ethics,
social theory, philosophy, politics, history, and religion, and I’m more than
tickled to tell you also that, while he grew up in Michigan’s Thumb region, he
was born in the U.P. Yep, he’s a Yooper!
Dr.
Dorrien taught for over 20 years at Kalamazoo College and is now an ordained
Episcopal priest and the Reinhold Neibuhr professor of social ethics at Union
Theological Seminary, as well as Professor of Religion at Columbia University.
His talk on Saturday evening, June 2, will be on Social Ethics and the Economy.
The presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Dorrien will speak a second time at the
regular Sunday morning worship service, which begins at 11 a.m.
Both
presentations are free and open to the public, and there will be opportunities
following both talks for questions and comments.
Friends
of Library Summer Series
The
Friends of the Leelanau Township Library, or Leelanau Township FOL, established
in 1962, celebrates their 50th birthday this year, and the lineup
for the Susanne Rose-Kraynik Summer Author Series is impressive: July 10,
Stephanie Mills; July 17, Mario Batali, July 24, Teresa Scollon, July 31, Jim
Ribby. All programs begin at 7:30 p.m.. They are free and open to the public,
with donations appreciated.
Leelanau Twp. FOL will also host a strawberry brunch preceding the annual meeting on Saturday, June 9. The buffet brunch is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the township fire hall. Come and celebrate 50 years of a great organization. Reservations for the brunch should be made by Tuesday, June 5. Call the library at 231-386-5131. Cost to members is $12; nonmembers $15. f you aren't yet a member, please join!
Leelanau Twp. FOL will also host a strawberry brunch preceding the annual meeting on Saturday, June 9. The buffet brunch is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the township fire hall. Come and celebrate 50 years of a great organization. Reservations for the brunch should be made by Tuesday, June 5. Call the library at 231-386-5131. Cost to members is $12; nonmembers $15. f you aren't yet a member, please join!
Michigan
Poet Comes Home from New England
Fleda Brown, long-time Michigan summer resident and recent Poet Laureate of Vermont, now retired to Traverse City and a frequent guest on Interlochen Public Radio, will be this summer's inaugural guest author at Dog Ears Books in Northport. She will read from her book of memoir essays, Driving with Dvorak, and, I hope, some of her poetry, also. I'll be telling you more about Fleda as we get closer to her appearance on June 22, but mark your calendar today.
