Think Speaker Series

Sunday, April 12, 6:30-8 p.m.
Easter by the Lake, 4545 Pilot Knob Road, Eagan (Pilot Knob and Cliff)
Childcare provided

Professor Lois Malcolm’s enthusiasm and passion for the Holy Spirit combined with her rapid fire presentation style is something you won’t want to miss. This energetic and engaging conversation will answer questions like, who is the Holy Spirit? How is the Holy Spirit present and active in our lives, in the church and in the world? Come and discover how the Spirit creates faith within us and prompts us to love and serve the world, and our neighbor.

Lois Malcolm (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is a professor of systematic theology at Luther Seminary, where she has been teaching since 1994. She grew up in the Philippines as the daughter of missionaries. Before becoming a theologian, she received an M.A. in Applied Linguistics (from the University of Minnesota) and taught linguistics and English as a second language courses in the U. S. and overseas. Her books include Holy Spirit: Creative Power in Our Lives (Fortress, 2009); God, an edited volume for The Westminster Collection of Sources of Christian Theology (Westminster John Knox Press, 2012), and three forthcoming books: A Theological Commentary on Second Corinthians for the Belief series (Westminster John Knox); Sophia Cries Out in the Street: Wisdom in Christian Theology (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press); and Christian Understandings of God: The Historical Trajectory, The Fortress Historical Trajectories Series (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press).

This event is a collaboration between Easter Lutheran (Eagan), Prince of Peace Lutheran (Burnsville), Augustana Lutheran (West St. Paul) and Luther Seminary