Family Week 2

Ten Ways – NOT to Love Others

Demonize. Romanticize. Consumerize. Colonize. Generalize. Sexualize. Trivialize. Infantilize. Homogenize. Vaporize. Each day we will discuss two ways NOT to love others and look at them in light of the Bible and the Lutheran Confessions.

John Nunes, Baltimore, MD, Dean

John Nunes is president and CEO of Lutheran World Relief, an international relief and development agency working in 35 countries. In his more than 25 years of ministry, he has been a speaker, musician, writer, youth director, pastor and professor. He lives with his wife, Monique, who is principal of Baltimore Lutheran School, and their son, the youngest of their five children.

A Thirst for Your Word

The Most Mysterious Thing: How the Divine Love of the Holy Trinity Animat es the Divine Life of the Church The Church makes its living talking about love, but what does that really mean – and what is all it could mean? Any love worth living must be divine love, so how does Trinitarian love drive devotional life, marriage, family, life together as a congregation or our merciful embodiment of Christ in the world? Come consider how divine love matters – emotionally, spiritually, and incarnationally – bringing faith, hope, and joy right now to us and those around us.

Scott Bruzek, Wheaton, IL, Lecturer

Scott Bruzek is senior pastor of St. John Lutheran Church in Wheaton, IL. He has taught at the Concordia seminaries in St. Louis and Fort Wayne, and at Valparaiso University. He has done mission work in Siberia, and regularly speaks at seminars and convocations on a variety of theological topics. He lives with his wife, Kirby, and they have three young adult children.