VOICES, the Redeemer Speaker Series, invites contemporary voices to challenge and inform us: they are artists and authors, visionaries and thought leaders, advocates of change courageous enough to hold the loveliness and sorrow of the world at once and find the wonder in both.
Please join us on Wednesday evenings in Lent for a simple brown bag supper at 6:00 p.m. in the parish hall. And at 7:00 p.m. we will gather in the church as we learn from a dynamic line up of speakers each inviting us to hear their stories and find more meaning in ours.
Marion Winik is an author, humorist, and critic known for her “unflinching honesty” and emotional depth. Her career spans poetry, memoir, and critical review. Naomi Shihab Nye is a self-described “wandering poet” whose work draws on her Palestinian American heritage and global travels to emphasize shared humanity. Over a 40-year career, she has authored or edited more than 30 volumes of poetry and fiction.
Wednesday, February 25: Heidi Schreiber Pan, Ph.D, 7- 8:30 p.m.
Rewilding the Human Psyche
Join us for a meet and greet at 6:30 prior to 7:00 presentation
Heidi Schreiber-Pan, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist, author, and speaker specializing in resilience, anxiety, and burnout. A former Loyola University Maryland faculty member, she integrates neuroscience and nature-based therapy into her clinical training and corporate wellness programs. She is the author of Taming the Anxious Mind. Her new book, to be released in April, is The Outside Within: Nature’s Healing Power Unveiled.
Dr. Tracy Radosevic, a Wesley Seminary graduate and adjunct professor, and dean of the Academy for Biblical Storytelling. For over two decades, she has served as a freelance educator and performer, leading international storytelling pilgrimages and specializing in an oral performance of the Gospel of Mark. Radosevic is dedicated to reclaiming the “pre-Gutenberg” oral tradition, helping students at St. Mary’s Ecumenical Institute and beyond discover how embodied scripture can transform modern ministry.
Elaine Weiss is an award-winning journalist and narrative historian based in Baltimore. A Society of Professional Journalists prize-winner, her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and Harper’s. She is the author of three acclaimed books: Spell Freedom (her latest work explores the underground schools of the Civil Rights Movement), The Woman’s Hour (a political thriller on the suffrage movement that won the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award and was adapted for young readers) and Fruits of Victory (a history of the Woman’s Land Army featured in Smithsonian Magazine.)
Wednesday, March 25: Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS, 7-8:30 p.m.
Medicine for the Greater Good
Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins Medicine and a specialist in pulmonary and critical care. A Baltimore native and son of Greek immigrants, he co-directs Medicine for the Greater Good (MGG). MCG is an initiative he co-founded in 2013 that partners with churches, schools, and community centers to provide health screenings and education. His expertise in health equity. He serves as the community engagement co-director for the Baltimore Breathe Center. Dr. Galiatsatos is also the co-author of Building Healthy Community Partnerships through Medical-Religious Partnerships, a guide to the collaborative health models he implements across the city.
