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Retreat Faculty The retreats will be led by practicing preachers and educators who have known gifts for teaching and mentoring others in the arts of preaching and communication. Educators will tend to come from the faculty at Duke Divinity School.
| Richard Lischer |
Position:
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James T. and Alice Mead Cleland Professor of Preaching |
Degrees:
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B.A. Concordia Senior College
M.A. (English) Washington University
B.D. Concordia Seminary
Ph.D. University of London |
Address:
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Duke University Divinity School
Box 90968
Durham NC 27708-0968 |
| Phone: |
(919) 660-3421 |
| Email: |
rlischer@div.duke.edu | |
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Biography
A native of St. Louis, Professor Lischer's graduate theological training is in systematic theology. He is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and has nine years of pastoral experience in rural and suburban settings. He joined the faculty in 1979 and teaches in the areas of homiletics and ministry. In his scholarly work Dr. Lischer has sought to portray proclamation as an integrated theological activity. He has also explored the interactions of preaching, politics and contemporary culture, notably in The Preacher King: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Word that Moved America and in his most recent book The End of Words. His theological memoir, Open Secrets, evokes the hidden dynamics of ministry in a small-town parish. Professor Lischer has taught and lectured widely in the areas of practical theology, ministry, religious autobiography and preaching. He has held many distinguished lectureships, including the Lyman Beecher Lectures at Yale Divinity School. |
Christine Parton Burkett, a North Carolina native, is a Visiting Professor of Speech at Duke Divinity School. Since 1991 she has worked with the homiletics and worship students at Duke helping each find and enhance their own voice in preaching and leading worship, that each minister might communicate the gospel effectively and with grace. Christine has a Bachelor of Science in Fine Arts and Master 's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She has contributed an essay on voice to the "Concise Encyclopedia of Preaching" and considers herself to be a professional pew-sitter. When not sitting in the pew, Christine enjoys gardening, scuba diving, and spending time with her husband and two children.
Nathan Kirkpatrick is the Program Director for the Center for Excellence in Ministry at Duke Divinity School. Nathan holds a Master of Divinity degree from Duke and an undergraduate degree in Religion and Politics from Wake Forest University. He is an ordained minister in the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church and previously served as the pastor of Asbury and Longtown United Methodist Churches before returning to Duke. He has taught or preached in churches with memberships ranging from fifty to five thousand. When not working, teaching, or preaching, Nathan is often found running the trails around the Triangle, wandering through its art museums, or enjoying a good book over a cup of good coffee.
 Jim Harnish has been Senior Pastor at Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa since 1992. Prior to coming to Hyde Park , he was the founding pastor of St. Luke's UMC, Orlando. He also served at Howe Memorial, Crescent City and Trinity Church, DeLand. A graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary, he has served in leadership positions throughout the church. He is the author of ten books and numerous bible studies and articles. He has served as a Teaching Congregation pastor for Duke Divinity School where he chairs the Board of Visitors. Jim is passionately committed to effectively communicating the gospel through preaching.
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