Faith and Loss: Don Williams: ADU Colloquium
Hours: 1.00

Dr. Don Williams of ADU grapples with losses in life, and the surprise that people of faith sometimes feel when suffering comes. Shouldn’t faith inoculate us against loss? With wisdom and humor, Dr. Williams interweaves personal stories, film clips, and the biblical book of Ecclesiastes to reflect on life, loss, and faith.

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After viewing this video, you will be able to:
  1. Name kinds of losses that people experience, whether or not they are people of faith.
  2. Identify features of “faith in the God of childhood” and those of mature faith, as discussed by Dr. Williams.
  3. Summarize the perspective on life that Dr. Williams shares from the book of Ecclesiastes.
  4. Discuss the importance of perspective in finding meaning in our losses.
  5. Recall examples Dr. Williams shared of persons making meaning after loss.

Don Williams, Ph.D.

Dr. Williams is currently the Academic Dean for Adventist University of Health Sciences. Prior to his current position, Dean Williams worked as a counselor and educator in a variety of settings over the past 30 years. His counseling work includes being a high school counselor, a pastoral counselor, the host of a call-in counseling program, the director of a crisis intervention hotline, and a college counselor.

As an educator, he has been on the faculty of a Family Practice Residency, and taught psychology courses at the college level for many years.

He holds a Bachelors degree in psychology, a Master of Divinity degree from Andrews University, and a PhD in Professional Counseling from Purdue University.

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