Conference on Worship, Theology and the Arts

July 16-20, 2012

Guest Faculty:

	Bruce Bengtson Director of Music Luther Memorial Church Madison, Wisconsin	Bruce Bengtson is the Director of Music at Luther Memorial Church in Madison, Wisconsin, a position he has held since 1978. Besides the duties of organist, he is responsible for the choral and instrumental program of the parish. An organ CD made at Luther Memorial presents literature from the Church Year. Mr. Bengtson's organ study was begun at the age of 11 with William Fawk of Salem, Oregon. Undergraduate work was in organ performance under Dr. Robert Anderson at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Graduate work in organ and church music was done at Valparaiso University with Dr. Philip Gehring. Mr. Bengtson is recognized as an accomplished organist throughout the United States. He has also claimed an international audience through concerts in Mexico, Canada, Finland, Sweden, France, Austria, and Denmark. An award winning musician, he has played for the National Convention of the Organ Historical Society, and the National Conference of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians(ALCM). He has also led hymn festivals across the country. Bengtson is an active clinician and member of the ALCM. Augsburg Fortress Publishing Company has two of his anthems in print. He has appeared in broadcasts of Wisconsin Public Radio.
	Judy Bowers Professor of Choral Music Education Florida State University	Judy Bowers is Professor of Choral Music Education at Florida State University, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in choral music education, as well as conducting the Women’s Glee Club, a performing group that also provides Adopt-A-Choir and Study-Buddy partnerships with area secondary public school choirs. She has received a University Award for Excellence in Teaching at FSU. As a choral educator, she is an active conductor of all-state and honor choirs across the United States, and in 2005 was awarded the Wayne Hugoboom Distinguished Service Award from Florida ACDA Chapter. Bowers frequently presents workshops and clinics for teachers, and her research interests include developmental choral groups, the adolescent voice change, learning partnerships, and voice use of music teachers and students. Professor Bowers holds music degrees from Louisiana State University (Ph.D.) and Texas Tech University (B.M.E.). From 1990-2000, she led the Capital Children’s Choir program at FSU and more recently has developed a community service partnership with an urban middle school. Since 2000, this collaboration has provided additional music ensembles for the middle school students (a jazz band, steel drum ensembles, and a world music choir) while also enriching the teacher preparation experiences for Florida State University students. In 2010, this community service partnership was honored locally by the Leon County school district and by the state, via the Florida Campus Compact, an agency designating FSU as the university most engaged in community partnerships for 2010.
	Amy Frykholm Scholar, Writer and Journalist	A scholar, writer and journalist, Amy Frykholm has considered an array of subjects. She has interviewed women recovering from prostitution and migrants, missionaries, apocalyptic believers and sex addicts. She has written on contemplative Christianity and popular literature. In every case, her writing is based on careful listening to people and texts. To each subject, she brings what she calls an “empathetic imagination” that involves both active attention and inquisitive analysis. As a scholar, writer and journalist, Amy Frykholm has considered an array of subjects. Amy Frykholm’s most recent book is See Me Naked: Stories of Sexual Exile in American Christianity (Beacon). She works as a special correspondent to The Christian Century.
	Laurie Richardson Johnson Artist and Teacher	Laurie Richardson Johnson is an artist and teacher whose interest lies in the exploration of spirit through line, shape, color and form. Her suspended panels Wind, Earth, Fire and Water are currently hanging in Buntrock Commons at St. Olaf College. As a 2006 CWTA faculty member, Johnson taught Drawing From the Earth as well as exhibiting paintings and drawings. She has developed a drawing course called Drawing as Daily Prayer (after Eugene Delacroix). Johnson’s teaching experiences have included numerous school and church residencies, Holden Village in Chelan, WA, the former Minnesota Museum of Art, and a variety of community and religious gatherings. Johnson received her degree in studio art and art education from St. Olaf College with additional study at the University of Minnesota, Luther Seminary (St. Paul), and with teachers Gabriele Ellertson, Ken Wenzel and Elizabeth Erickson.
	Kristen E. Kvam Saint Paul School of Theology Kansas City, Missouri	Dr. Kristen E. Kvam is a graduate of St. Olaf College where she learned to reflect critically on the Bible and Christian theology. Studies at Yale Divinity School nurtured her interest in the faithful appropriation of scripture and tradition. Doctoral studies at Emory University continued to hone her skills and opened opportunities to study Judaism and Islam. In 1992 Kris joined the faculty of Saint Paul School of Theology, in Kansas City, Missouri where she has taught numerous courses on specific doctrines (Christ and Salvation, Theological Anthropology, Scriptural Authority and Interpretation) as well as on particular theologians (Elizabeth Johnson, Serene Jones, and Martin Luther). She also is involved in the Women, Society, and Church Studies program, a specialization within the MDiv degree. Kris currently chairs the ELCA’s Justice for Women Consulting Committee. For ten years, she served on the Lutheran-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity, the international bilateral dialogue between the Vatican and Lutheran World Federation. She also served on the national Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue USA, and chaired the ELCA’s Advisory Board for the Department of Ecumenical Affairs. Scriptural interpretation, the theology and context of Martin Luther, and the doctrines of anthropology and ecclesiology form primary concerns for her research and writing. She recently contributed a chapter to Transforming Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, Womanist, and Mujerista Perspectives, edited by Mary Streufert. Kris co-edited Eve and Adam: An Anthology of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender. Her ecumenical work contributed to the volumes The Church as Koinonia of Salvation and The Apostolicity of the Church. Currently she is working with Don E. Saliers on a theological commentary on the Psalms for Westminster John Knox’s Belief series. Kris’s civic and community involvements include: Citizens for Justice in the Middle East, National Organization for Women, Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri, and True Blue Women.
	David Lose The Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching Luther Seminary St. Paul, MN	David Lose is The Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, MN. He also serves as the Director of the Center for Biblical Preaching. A graduate of Franklin & Marshall College and The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, he earned his doctorate in homiletics from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is the author of Making Sense of the Christian Faith (2010), Making Sense of Scripture (2009), and Confessing Jesus Christ: Preaching in a Postmodern World (2003).
	Diane Paulu Liturgical Artist	Diane is a visual artist who works in multiple media. She enjoys collaborating with other artists and disciplines on projects expressing faith, design for theater, public art & creative visioning. A resident of Buffalo, MN, where she is a member of Zion Lutheran Church, she has created several banners and various artwork for her congregation and others. This CWTA Conference is providing a new opportunity to share her gifts, to take on a creative challenge and grow in skills and faith. “Art is a way of exploring and expressing my faith. The dialogue of prayer, study and visualization is approached as a journey that reveals new and deeper perspectives. It is hoped that these visual offerings, guided by the Holy Spirit, will provide a context for similar journey on the part of the viewer. “ Ms Paulu is a 1977 graduate of St. Olaf College with additional studies at the University of Minnesota in sculpture and design. She is employed as a graphic designer for SRF Consulting Group, Inc. in Minneapolis. Her work at SRF has given her the opportunity to be involved with many engineering and design projects in the region including public artwork for Harriet Island Regional Park, development of a large portfolio of aerial oblique photos and keeping current in the digital tools of art and design.
	Donald E. Saliers William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Theology and Worship, Emeritus Emory University	Donald E. Saliers is William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Theology and Worship, Emeritus and past director of the master of sacred music program at Emory University. After attending Ohio Wesleyan University, he earned his B.D. degree and a Ph. D. from Yale University. Dr. Saliers is currently writing on liturgy and theological aesthetics. Recent publications include: Filled with Light (2008), Music and Theology (2007), A Song to Sing, a Life to Live (2004), coauthored with daughter Emily Saliers; Having published over 125 articles and book chapters, he lectures widely in colleges, universities and churches. Dr. Saliers has been organist and musical director of the Sunday liturgy at Cannon Chapel since 1975, and is an active composer. He is an oblate of Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota.
	Benjamin M. Stewart Gordon A. Braatz Assistant Professor of Worship and Dean of Augustana Chapel Lutheran School of Theology Chicago, IL	Benjamin M. Stewart is the Gordon A. Braatz Assistant Professor of Worship and Dean of Augustana Chapel at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Ben is a co-author of Worship Guidebook for Lent and the Three Days (2009) and author of A Watered Garden: Christian Worship and Earth’s Ecology (2011). Ben previously served as pastor to a small, Appalachian community in Ohio, and as village pastor to Holden Village retreat center in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of Washington. He received his Ph.D. in 2010 from Emory University's Graduate Division of Religion, where he served as a Piedmont Fellow in Teaching and the Environment.
	Christian Wiman American Poet Editor of Poetry Magazine	Christian Wiman is an American poet and editor of Poetry Magazine. He graduated from Washington and Lee University and has taught at Northwestern University, Stanford University, Lynchburg College in Virginia, and the Prague School of Economics. His 2010 book, Every Riven Thing (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010), was chosen by poet and critic Dan Chiasson as one of the best poetry books of 2010.