DIRTY DOGMA Monday, April 13, 2026 Doors 6:15 Event: 6:30 Free!

Monday, April 13, we begin a new series of conversations at Greenwood Social Hall — gatherings rooted in curiosity, compassion, and the courage to think beyond rigid, inherited frameworks. Dirty Dogma invites theologians, philosophers, and seekers who center love as the grounding force, even as they question, unravel, and reimagine the systems they came from.

This is not a space for persuasion. There is no intention to convert. No one is here to win.

Instead, this is an open dialogue — a rare, neutral forum to explore something deeply human: spirituality. Not as doctrine, but as lived experience. As something that evolves. As something that belongs to all of us, regardless of where we land.

At Greenwood Social Hall — a sanctuary in drag — we gather to hold that tension together.

Our first guest, Dr. Casey Sigmon, brings both intellectual depth and personal honesty to the conversation. An engaging and creative communicator, Casey earned her MDiv from McCormick Theological Seminary and her PhD from Vanderbilt. She serves as Professor of Preaching and Worship and Director of the Pause/Play Center for Preachers at Saint Paul School of Theology.

Her work — and her story — trace a powerful arc: a journey from evangelical fundamentalism into open, relational, process-oriented ways of thinking about the divine. It’s a movement away from certainty as control, and toward relationship, complexity, and becoming.

An interpretation of this gathering: Dirty Dogma is about loosening the grip of inherited certainty without discarding the instinct to seek meaning. It’s about what happens after deconstruction — when the dust settles and something quieter, more spacious begins to emerge. Not a new system to replace the old, but a practice of staying open. Of letting love — not fear, not rigidity — be the orienting force.

Expect conversation that is honest, layered, and unfinished. Expect to hear something that resonates — and something that challenges you. Expect to leave with more questions than answers.

Hosted by Pastor Fred Herron, whose work creates space for exactly this kind of expansive dialogue. Through his podcast Spirituality Adventures, Fred engages voices across traditions and perspectives, inviting listeners into thoughtful, nuanced explorations of belief, doubt, and connection.

Join us for drinks, dialogue, and the kind of conversation that doesn’t ask you to be finished — only present. Bring a friend. Bring your questions.

Greenwood Social Hall is located on the second floor of a historical building and is only accessible via a set of exterior concrete stairs.