Christ Church Charlotte Faith Forum

How can we improve the relationships that matter to us? We treasure our family and friends, yet often our closest relationships are the ones most in need of healing. Dr. Gary Chapman, author of The Five Love Languages, offers tools to strengthen and heal our relationships with one another.

Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Greene shares music and reflections on the healing power of music. Greene lost his daughter in the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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The Reverend Chip Edens led a conversation with Dr. Jamison, a clinical psychologist whose memoir, "An Unquiet Mind," details her own experience with severe bipolar disorder. Jamison has won numerous awards and was named a "Hero of Medicine" by Time magazine. Her bestselling books not only help patients, they have also raised society's consciousness and helped to chip away at the stigma of mental illness.

A conversation with The Reverend Chip Edens, Rector of Christ Church Charlotte and Dr. Luke Timothy Johnson. Dr. Johnson is The Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. Johnson's research concerns the literary, moral, and religious dimensions of the New Testament, including the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts of early Christianity. A former Benedictine monk, Dr. Johnson is a senior fellow at Emory University's Center for the Study of Law and Religion. His most recent book, Among the Gentiles: Greco-Roman Religion and Christianity explores the relationship between early Christianity and Greco-Roman paganism. (October 4, 2015)

Join Dr. Leonard Sax, author of Boys Adrift, Girls on the Edge, and Why Gender Matters, as he offers startling facts and evidence about the growing epidemic of unmotivated and underachieving boys as well as the factors that are driving the new crisis for girls in America. Dr. Sax will also share concrete solutions and resources for helping parents deal with the growing challenges of raising children and youth in an ever-changing and complex world. Any parent with a child under the age of 30 will not want to miss this unique opportunity.

A conversation with the Reverend Chip Edens and Barbara Brown Taylor. Barbara Brown Taylor is a New York Times best-selling and award-winning author, professor, and an Episcopal priest. In 2014, TIME magazine listed her as one of its annual TIME 100 most influential in the world. To date, she has written over a dozen books focusing on faith and spirituality, including titles such as Leaving Church and An Altar in the World. In her most recent book, Learning to Walk in the Dark, she explores darkness in all of its manifestations: literal, emotional, and, of course, spiritual.

A conversation with Chip Edens and Malcolm Guite, world-renowned poet, author, singer-songwriter, priest, musician, and gifted theologian. Malcolm is the Chaplain at the University in Cambridge, England and travels extensively sharing his many gifts and love of the gospels.

One of the most influential Bible interpreters of the 21st century and author of over 100 books, Walter is an ordained minister who makes the pages of the Bible come alive through his prophetic wisdom, explanation, and interpretation.

Bryan Stevenson is the founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice

Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, and a professor of law at New York

University School of Law. He has won relief for dozens of condemned

prisoners, argued five times before the Supreme Court, and won national

acclaim for his work challenging bias against the poor and people of color.

His book, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, chronicles his

experiences defending those most desperate and in need.