June
8, 2008 Guest – Jeremy Langford
Program: Good Soil
Jeremy Langford is a popular presenter and parish consultant,
Langford writes and talks on contemporary faith issues, especially those
affecting young adults in their twenties and thirties.
A speaker and writer with a 15-year publishing
career, Jeremy has served as Editorial Director of Rowman &
Littlefield, Religious Studies, Sheed & Ward and Loyola Press. He
currently is the director of communications for the Chicago Province of
the Jesuits and runs The Langford Literary Agency, LLC. Jeremy received
his B.A. in English literature and philosophy from the University of
Notre Dame in 1992 and his M.A. in theology from Catholic Theological
Union.
Editor of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin’s nationally best-selling memoir
The
Gift of Peace (Loyola, 1997), Langford has published several articles
and is author of God Moments: Why Faith Really Matters to a New
Generation (Orbis, 2001); co-editor of the collected homilies of
Cardinal Bernardin, The Journey to Peace: Reflections on Faith,
Embracing Suffering, and Finding New Life (Doubleday, 2001). Professions
of Faith: Living and Working As a Catholic (Sheed & Ward, 2002), The
Spirit of Notre Dame: A Treasury of Legends, Lore, and Inspiration,
Seeds of Faith: Practices to Grow a Healthy Spiritual Life (Paraclete
Press, 2008); and
contributing author to Walking with God in a Fragile World (Rowman &
Littlefield, 2003) and Happy Are They: Living the Beatitudes in America
(Triumph Books, 1997).
He lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his
wife Liz and their three children. |