Conversations from Christ Church Cranbrook

Beginner's Mind (Sermon)

Join Father William Danaher as he gives his sermon on the Third Sunday of Advent at Christ Church Cranbrook.

Getting Your Advent On (Sermon)

Join Pastor Manisha Dostert as she gives her sermon on the Second Sunday of Advent at Christ Church Cranbrook.

A Waiting that Awakens (Sermon)

Join Father Chris Harris as he gives his sermon on the First Sunday of Advent at Christ Church Cranbrook.

Art, Pandemic, and Protest: A Conversation with Artists, Community Leaders, and Writers (Program)

All Art, Nina Simone famously said, “reflects the times.” Whether by design or default, COVID-19 challenges the way art is made, the issues it takes up, the community it gathers, and the publics it engages. Bringing together a writer, an artist, and a leader of an arts organizations, we will look at the emerging duties and opportunities that artists face now and in the future.

Panelists include:

• Wayne Brown: President & CEO, Michigan Opera Theater
• Elizabeth Outka: author of Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature (Columbia University Press, 2019)
• Sabrina Nelson: multi-media artist based in Detroit
• Omari Rush: Executive Director, CultureSource

Transformation, not transaction (Sermon)

Join Pastor Bill Danaher as he gives his sermon on the Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost at Christ Church Cranbrook.

Rebuilding the Economy Post COVID-19: A Discussion with Business Leaders (Program)

Mending The Social Safety Net During A Pandemic

Join leaders of social service organizations and utilities that address food security, affordable housing, foster care, homelessness, and water services in Metro Detroit. Together, they will look at the short and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Metro Detroit.

Panelists include:

• Faith Fowler (Cass Community Social Services)
• Palencia Mobley (Detroit Water & Sewer Department)
• Ryan Hertz (Lighthouse of Oakland County)
• Kirk Mayes (Forgotten Harvest)
• Kelli Dobner (Samaritas)
• Moderator: The Rev. Dr. William J. Danaher, Jr. (Christ Church Cranbrook)

Parables with a Twist (Sermon)

Join Pastor Manisha Dostert as she gives her sermon on the Twenty-Fourth Sunday After Pentecost at Christ Church Cranbrook.

Rebuilding Community During And After COVID-19 (Program)

This webinar will address the following topics: the newly created Michigan Coronavirus Task Force on Racial Disparities; the challenges to rebuilding community after the COVID-19 virus; the racial disparities and inequities that have contributed to the disproportionate number of African Americans affected by the COVID-19 virus; the economic challenges faced as a result of the pandemic and what the State of Michigan is doing to help small businesses; what new partnerships and paradigms might develop as a result of this pandemic; how the COVID-19 virus is shaping our common life now and will continue in the future; and, how can religious and governmental leaders continue to work together to address the COVID-19 virus and its aftermath.

Panelists include:

• Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist (State of Michigan)
• State Rep. Mari Manoogian (Michigan House of Representatives)
• The Rev. Charles Christian Adams, (Hartford Memorial Baptist Church)
• The Rt. Rev. Bonnie Perry (Episcopal Diocese of Michigan)
• Moderator: The Rev. Dr. William J. Danaher, Jr. (Christ Church Cranbrook)

Don't miss out (Sermon)

Join Father Chris Harris as he gives his sermon on the Twenty-Third Sunday After Pentecost at Christ Church Cranbrook.

What History Teaches us about Pandemics (Program)

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep through our American and Global landscape, we are grateful to have Dr. Barry share with us his experience and research in the common historical threads of infectious disease, its common courses and its impact on society.

Dr. John M. Barry is an American author and historian who has written books on the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the influenza pandemic of 1918, and the development of the modern form of the ideas of separation of church and state and individual liberty. He is a Distinguished Scholar and adjunct faculty at Tulane University. He is regularly sought after by policy-makers, and he has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, Fortune, The Washington Post, Esquire, and other publications and frequently appears as a guest commentator on networks in the U.S., including on NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s World News Tonight, PBS’s The News Hour, numerous NPR shows, and such foreign media as the BBC and Al Jazeera.