Our nation is in crisis, and Marin Lutheran is responding with a serious, faith-grounded conversation. Beginning Sunday, May 3rd, Pastors Tom and Ted Peters will co-lead a six-session adult education class built around one of the 20th century’s most important works of public theology: Reinhold Niebuhr’s The Children of Light and the Children of Darkness, written during the darkest days of World War II. Niebuhr argued that people of goodwill — “children of light” — are often outmaneuvered by those who wield power without moral scruple, and that naïveté can be its own kind of danger.

Drawing on Niebuhr, Scripture, and the contemporary theological work of Tripp Fuller, Tom and Ted will help us hone our discernment, honestly face the darkness the Bible has always warned us about, and discover what a distinctly Christian response to this moment might look like.

Classes meet Sundays following worship, 11:00 am to 12:15 pm, on May 3rd, 24th, 31st, and June 7th, 14th, and 21st.

All are welcome — and bring a friend!