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Guest Speaker Series

Each fall, St. Paul congregation hosts a community-wide Guest Speaker Series, bringing persons of national stature to the Quad Cities for learning in the faith. This event reflects St. Paul’s mission to serve as a learning center for our people and the community.

Brad Hirschfield

2008 speaker: Brad Hirschfield

Sunday, Nov. 2
Free community lecture at 3:30 p.m.

  • Adult learning | 10:45 a.m.: Learn about Judaism in a session titled Creation, Covenant, and Redemption: Understanding Jewish Life and Faith over 3,000 Years
  • Community lecture | 3:30 p.m.: You Don’t Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right: Finding Faith without Fanaticism

An acclaimed thinker, speaker, rabbi, and commentator on religion, society and pop culture, Brad Hirschfield offers a unique perspective on the American spiritual landscape and on political and social trends to audiences nationwide.

Rabbi Hirschfield is recognized as one of the nation’s leading Preachers and Teachers by Beliefnet.com

A sought-after media analyst, Hirschfield is often quoted on topics ranging from religion and violence to the changing role of spirituality in America. He is the author of the powerful book You Don’t Have to Be Wrong for Me to Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism. Copies are available in the Book Corner.

An impressive line-up

Over the years, Quad-Citians have met renowned authors through St. Paul’s Guest Speaker Series:

1999: Martin E. Marty
2000: Lewis B. Smedes
2001: Dorothy Bass
2002: Tony Campolo
2003: Gerald Sittser
2004: Ann Weems
2005: Craig Barnes
2006: Greg Jones
2007: Tom Long

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was 'thank you,' that would suffice. " ~Meister Eckhart