Each panelist will read an assigned section of the book. They will tell us about the ideas and/or images in their sections that most intrigue, move, irritate, or amuse them. After each person has spoken, Rabbi Goldstein will respond. Conversation will follow, with q & a in the chat as time permits.

Our panelists are:

Yonas Ketsela, senior nursing major
Caleb Shrock Hurst, seminarian
Tim Seidel, Asst Professor of Peacebuilding and Development, and Director of the Center for Interfaith Engagement
Fatimah Subdi, sophomore psychology major

Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein is the spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Shalom of Napa Valley. Rabbi Goldstein, an experienced and dynamic Reform rabbi and educator, is also the award-winning author or editor of ten books, including Gonzo Judaism and God at the Edge. He was the founding rabbi of The New Shul, an innovative and independent synagogue in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, which he served for over a decade. He is also a founder of the Napa Center for Thought & Culture. Prior to his arrival at CBS Napa, Rabbi Goldstein worked in a variety of congregational, interfaith and academic settings while based in his native Chicago.

Additional information about Niles can be found on theÌýACE Festival Keynote page.

As part of a broader university focus on , undergraduate academic departments hosted chapel gatherings in various locations scattered across campus. In this podcast,Ìý faculty and share stories and reflections on their own personal sense of vocation and how their calling has shaped and continues to shape their teaching and other endeavors. ÌýSmith, who also serves as founder/CEO of , discusses the process of developingÌýtheÌýÌýin 2010, Virginia’s first large solar photovoltaic system.

This departmental chapel is part of ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿â€™s collective effort toward building faith that fosters servant-leadership, as students have the opportunity to gather during the chapel time for focused conversations about the intersections of faith and their area of study with faculty members of their department. ÌýTen other academic departments held chapel meetings in other spaces across campus at the same time:

– –ÌýFaith and Career after Graduation
– –ÌýA Life Worthy of the Calling
–/ –ÌýFaith, Science and Ethics
– –ÌýConnecting Faith with Teaching: A Conversation with ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Alum Kenny Boyers
– –ÌýWriters We Met on the Way to WorkÌý– Marti Eads, Eric Eberly, Carol Snell-Feikema, and Mike Medley
– –ÌýAn Informal Conversation on Calling
– –ÌýWays the Sacred Covenant has Impacted/Shaped our CareersÌý– Some alumni gathered with Ìýthe nursing department to sing, refresh their souls, and learn about life after nursing school
– –ÌýStudents Share about their Spiritual Journeys atÌýºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿
– –ÌýIntegration of Faith and PsychologyÌý– upper level psych majors share reflections from papers and personal stories/ideas.
– and –ÌýChristian artist or artist who is a Christian? How do we talk about and live out our faith as artists?