July 28, 2024 | 10am | McKnight Lecture | Genesis 3 'Where Have You Taken Your Hunger and Thirst?'

Throughout this series we will look at the questions God asks in Genesis 3: Where are you? Who told you? and Where have you taken your hunger and thirst? As we ask ourselves these questions we will begin to understand where we are before God and how we might be hiding or disconnected from him or others. This begins an inward journey to reorient and return us to the life God created us to live.

Our guest speaker is Dr. Chuck DeGroat, and his book, Healing What's Within, is the basis for this year's McKnight Lectures. In his book, he leads us to discover how to:

-Gently consider and confront what's keeping you stuck and blocking the path to joy and flourishing,
-Better understand the relationship between your body and your emotions,
-Experience God as a compassionate witness to your trauma and his unconditional kindness to wherever you find yourself,
-Discover real rest and renewal as you reconnect with God, others, and yourself.

Dr. DeGroat is Professor of Counseling and Christian Spirituality and Executive Director of the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan.