A Weekend with Kelly Kapic
C.S. Lewis Institute Atlanta invites you to a weekend retreat in the north Georgia mountains.
Dr. Kelly Kapic will be our guest and featured speaker for this small gathering of about 25 people. There will be opportunity for discussion and Q&A during the sessions and plenty of time for fellowship and good food throughout the weekend. Dr. Kapic holds the Honorary Chair of Theology and Culture at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, where he has taught since 2001. He is the award-winning author or editor of more than 20 books and is an active speaker.
The Hard Road to Glory
“The journey through suffering, while unwanted, can be the road to flourishing—the hard road to glory.”
For his most recent book, When the Journey Hurts: Finding Meaning in Suffering for Heart, Mind, and Soul, Dr. Kapic worked with a highly respected Christian psychologist (M. Elizabeth Lewis Hall) and another theologian (Jason McMartin) to write a book explaining much of what they have learned together from their many years of research into the topic of suffering funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Aiming to be both biblically and psychologically faithful, this book offers practical advice on how to navigate the hard seasons of life. Kelly will draw from this book and his previous volume, Embodied Hope, to share key ideas and practices which aim to help you navigate your own suffering and/or to better equip you to encourage others during the difficult seasons of their journeys.
Accommodations at Walnut Grove Lodge or at the mountain home of Tom & Lynn Tolleson. All sessions and meals will be held at the lodge.
Cost: $250 per person, double occupancy.
Non-refundable after July 10, 2026. Paid registration reserves your spot.
Walnut Grove Lodge, Ellijay, GA
August 28-30, 2026
Friday, 4:00pm – Sunday, 9:30am
Cost is $250 per person | Non-refundable after July 10, 2026
Contact Ashley Kelfer at a.kelfer@cslewisinstitute.org for questions.
Kelly M. Kapic
Kelly Kapic is professor of theological studies at Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. He is the award-winning author or editor of more than 15 books, including You’re Only Human, Embodied Hope, The God Who Gives, and Becoming Whole. Kapic is also part of a John Templeton Foundation grant studying “Christian Meaning-Making, Suffering, and the Flourishing Life.” Through teaching he enthusiastically aims to equip future Church leaders, missionaries, professionals, and other lay-people to serve Christ in the church and world. Through research and writing he hopes to provide accessible scholarship which is theologically rich, textured with the past, relevant to the present and helpful for the future. This includes writing in the areas of systematic, historical, and practical theology.
