About the Speaker

C.R. Wiley

C. R. Wiley is a Presbyterian minister living in the Pacific Northwest. He has written for Touchstone Magazine, Modern Reformation, Sacred Architecture, The Imaginative Conservative, Front Porch Republic, National Review Online, and First Things, among others. His short fiction has appeared in The Mythic Circle (published by the Mythopoeic Society) and elsewhere, and he has published young adult fiction. He is one of the hosts of The Theology Pugcast (a podcast available on iTunes and elsewhere), and he has been a commercial real estate investor and a building contractor. He also taught philosophy to undergraduates for a time. He is the Vice President of the Academy of Philosophy and Letters, and a board member of New Saint Andrews College.

Dates: July 31–August 2
Location: Providence Church — Lynchburg, VA
Conference Title: Bombadillian Wisdom

Friday, July 31
5:30-5:55pm Welcome time
6:00-6:45pm    Talk 1: Man Made Houses
7:00-7:45pm    Talk 2: A Productive House
7:45-8:15pm    Reception

Saturday, August 1
9:00-9:25am   Coffee and Pastries
9:30-10:15am Talk 3: Who is Tom Bombadil?
10:45-11:30am  Talk 4: The Limits of AI
11:30-12:00pm Q&A
12:00-1:00pm Lunch (Chick-fil-a boxed lunches will be available for $8/ea)
5:00-6:00pm Psalm Sing
6:00-6:30pm Dinner (free pizza and drinks)
6:30-8:00pm Dance

Sunday, August 2 Church Services
9:00am Worship Service - Sermon: The Three Households
11:00am Same sermon