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N.T. Wright will come to Toronto as one of the keynote speakers on the 2nd annual Refresh! conference which will be held from May 9-12 2006. The theme of the conference is Ministry in the Power of the Holy Spirit (Romans 8)

From the conference website:

The Holy Spirit was once called the “quiet member of the Trinity,” and so has been the Spirit’s profile in the history of theology. But by contrast the contemporary scene is flush with competing accounts of the Spirit’s work, whether in the depths of the psyche, in political activism, or in renewal movements. Paul treats life in the Spirit in Romans 8 in the richest context: the freedom of prayer to the triune God, the groaning of all creation, the Christian’s hope of glory, and our confident battle with the powers of the world. What would it look like for us as Christians, lay and ordained, to develop a rich doctrine of the Spirit for ministry at the present time? Both guest lecturers and members of the Wycliffe faculty will help to answer this question in the second annual Refresh! conference.

You can find the conference schedule here. General information can be found here and the Conference program here. Registration has started as well.

If time allows, I will attend the evening plenary on May 10 ("Creation Renewed") and 11 ("The Spirit's Powerful Groaning"). 

Anyone interested?

P.S. Wright did speak about "The Holy Spirit in the Church" last year at the fulcrum conference. Another related talk was his 2000 Charles Gore Lectures entitled, "Coming Home to St Paul? Reading Romans a Hundred Years after Charles Gore", which he laid out the structure and thought-process behind Romans. And of course you can always refer to his NIB commentary on Romans if you have THAT much time.