The Summer of Tsunami by S. Campbell Williams

New Creation - “Reconciliation toward what end?” - This is a question about the goal, so this first day anchors us in our destination.The questions being explored in our Common Journey: This year, in alignment with Duke University's re-commitment to addressing climate change, plenary speakers will also be invited to consider how/where their work intersects with climate change, and to examine how/where faith communities have a place in practices of transformation and reconciliation. Our methodology, “Word Made Flesh,” explores the theological, contextual, and practical dimensions of this movement of hope and liberation. These questions address the heart of the journey of reconciliation. The formation that takes place at the Summer Institute for Reconciliation builds on critical questions that frame our content and design. Each day will include worship, daily plenary sessions (Common Journey), interactive discussion, Q&A portions, and workshops on reconciliation, transformation, and justice. This year's institute will consist of three full days of engagement.

The Summer Institute for Reconciliation in 2023 will take place in person on the Duke Divinity campus. As an integral part of the Divinity School and rooted in a Christian vision of God’s ministry of reconciliation, the institute aims to serve the academy, the church, and the world.

This formation of communities is nurtured by each other’s witness that Christ is strengthening us to the end and affirming us so that we do not “lack any spiritual gift” in our life together (1 Corinthians 1:4-9). The institute centers on content with a biblical vision of reconciliation that inspires a movement of transformed communities and relationships. These cross-shaped or cruciform reconcilers will have a robust vision and practice of Christian reconciliation that is faithful to the scriptural witness, discerning of the times, and sensitive to the life of the church. Since God’s ministry of reconciliation is entrusted to all Christians, the institute is designed to cultivate leaders who “carry the marks of Jesus” on their body (Galatians 6:17). Rooted in Duke Divinity School’s conviction that reconciliation is at the heart of the gospel, the institute draws on the strengths of a faculty of world-class scholars and practitioners. Come expand your theological imagination, grapple with practical problems, and continue a journey of reconciliation within a wider community at Duke Divinity School's Summer Institute for Reconciliation. At this annual event, the focus on reconciliation is grounded in a distinctively Christian vision and a framework that is richly practical, contextual, and theological.

The Summer of Tsunami by S. Campbell Williams