Fortune: A Conversation with Lisa Sharon Harper

On Sunday, February 22, St. Peter’s is thrilled to welcome a special guest: author & activist Lisa Sharon Harper.

At a free event in the church (Third & Pine Streets) at 11:30 AM, Ms. Harper will discuss her newest book “Fortune: How Race Broke My Family And The World–And How To Repair It All.” The event will be followed by a book signing and sales.

Before the event, Ms. Harper will be the guest preacher at our 10 AM Worship Service.

A prolific speaker, writer and activist, Ms. Harper is the founder and president of FreedomRoad.us, a consulting group dedicated to shrinking the narrative gap in our nation by designing forums and experiences that bring common understanding, common commitment and common action. Ms. Harper is the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed “The Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong can be Made Right.” A columnist at Sojourners Magazine and an Auburn Theological Seminary Senior Fellow, Ms. Harper writes extensively on shalom and governance, immigration reform, health care reform, poverty, racial and gender justice, climate change, and transformational civic engagement.

Ms. Harper earned her Masters degree in Human Rights from Columbia University in New York City, and served as Sojourners Chief Church Engagement Officer. In this capacity, she fasted for 22 days as a core faster in 2013 with the immigration reform Fast for Families. She trained and catalyzed evangelicals in St. Louis and Baltimore to engage the 2014 push for justice in Ferguson and the 2015 healing process in Baltimore, and she educated faith leaders in South Africa to pull the levers of their new democracy toward racial equity and economic inclusion. In 2015, The Huffington Post named Ms. Harper one of 50 powerful women religious leaders to celebrate on International Women’s Day.