An incredibly heartfelt thank-you to everyone who helped put on this year’s Mockingbird Conference in NYC, especially our friends at Calvary St. George’s Church. We took some risks this time around, and if reports are to be believed, it sounds like they paid off. Phew!
We are once again making the recordings available at no charge; we only ask that those who were not able to attend this year *consider* making a donation to help cover the cost of the event. Download links are followed by an in-line player for each recording. Almost everything was videotaped, and we’ll be rolling the clips out gradually over the next few weeks (some of the presentations won’t make much sense without the accompanying footage). At the bottom we have provided a link at the very bottom to download everything in one big file.
Thursday April 3rd
Devotion 1, “Presentation” – John Zahl
Can You See the Real Me? – David Zahl
Friday April 4th
Devotion 2, “Profession” – John Zahl
The Chimera of Identity in an Anxious World – Paul Walker
Communicating Grace Through Story – Sally Lloyd-Jones*
As we hopefully made clear beforehand, Sally’s wonderful talk was not recorded or taped.
Morning Breakouts
I’m New Here! What’s Going On? – RJ Heijmen
Stephen Colbert and the Ancient Pulpit of Satire – Ethan Richardson
Everything New Is Moralism Again – Jacob Smith
What’s My Faction? (Teen) Angst and Young Adult Dystopias – Deborah Leighton
The Uglier Ditch: First Century Love in the Present Tense – Jono Linebaugh
Devotion 3, “Pedigree” – John Zahl
Jesus, Nietzsche & Me – Tim Kreider
Thomas Cranmer’s Gospel of Divine Allurement – Ashley Null
Afternoon Breakouts
Ye Who Are Heavy Laden: Anxiety, Suffering and the Gospel – Lauren Larkin
Online Honesty and Instagram Authenticity – Bryan Jarrell
Eden and Afterward: Introducing an Mbird Guide to Genesis – William McDavid
Grace in Identity-Induced Despair: The Literature of Reynolds Price – Win Bassett
It Can’t Mean That: The Terrible Parables of Jesus – Nick Lannon
Devotion 4, “Predisposition” – John Zahl
Can You Say the Creed (and Still Call Your Soul Your Own)? – Francis Spufford
Saturday April 5th
Devotion 5, “Passion” – John Zahl
The Rationalist Delusion and the Perils of Certainty – Jonathan Haidt
On Not Being C.S. Lewis – Francis Spufford
Bonus Track:
Presenting Comfortable Words: A Reception in Honor of Paul F.M. Zahl – Jady Koch, Todd Brewer & Paul Zahl
DOWNLOAD EVERYTHING IN ONE ENORMOUS ZIP FILE (320MB)
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4 responses to “2014 NYC Conference Recordings: Identity, Anxiety & the Christian Message”
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Francis Spufford’s session on not being C.S. Lewis was profound and really good. I loved his thoughts on what is now involved in writing apologetics — I found it very helpful! I’m so sorry I couldn’t be at the conference this year.
I just listened to Bryan Jarrell’s talk. I love the phrase “curated persona”. Absolutely profound, and a great insight at the end about our Facebook pages as tombstones. WOW! I’m going to have to listen to that one a few more times. It meshes hugely with some of my thoughts about 1 John; I noticed that he even referenced a couple of my goto verses. THANK YOU BRYAN JARRELL!!!