Hal Shrader, lead pastor of Trinity Mennonite Church in Glendale, Ariz., will be the speaker at Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week Forum, at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Founders Hall.

Shrader’s presentation, “Between the Mountains and the Trees: A Biblical Geography of Hope,” is free and open to the public.

He will also speak at other events during the week, whose theme is “Esperanza: Trusting in God in an Easy-Mac World.” Bluffton sets aside one week each semester as Spiritual Life Week.

Shrader is a former student ministries pastor in Ventura County, Calif., and holds a master’s degree in theology from Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif.