What are the bells we want our lives to ring? What are the banners we are called to raise?
Join Alan Storey, South African minister, activist, and author of The Bell, Banners, and Blasphemy, in conversation with Kathryn McElveen, Executive Director of the Center for Courage & Renewal, for an evening exploring what it means to live and act with integrity at a time when moral questions of justice, truth, and courage are pressing into our daily lives, our communities, and the institutions that shape our lives.
Rooted in decades of ministry and public witness in Cape Town during and after apartheid, Alan’s work has centered on the question of what happens when faith communities refuse to remain silent in the face of injustice. At the Central Methodist Mission, Alan helped cultivate a tradition of public moral courage through the church’s “Yellow Banners,” which boldly spoke to issues of power, privilege, and human dignity in the public square.
Drawing from these experiences and the work stewarded at the Center for Courage & Renewal, Alan and Kathryn will reflect on the deeper inner and relational work required to live faithfully in a world marked by division and struggle. Together, they’ll explore questions such as:
- How do we listen for the deeper voice within us that calls us toward truth, justice, and compassion?
- What habits and practices help individuals and communities cultivate the courage to speak and act when it matters most?
- What does it look like for faith communities and people of conscience more broadly to bring their values into public life?
At its heart, this evening will be an exploration of how we sustain the posture of love, truth, and justice over the long arc of our lives, and how we nurture the trustworthy relationships and communities that make that possible.
The Center for Courage & Renewal and its facilitators do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, height, weight, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status.
