Dear friends in Christ,
Today (Sunday) at 10am—that’s 10am Daylight Savings Time, because we really do need to save daylight, who knows when we’ll run out of it—the Abraham: Back to Genesis class will finally, yes, finally, get to the birth of Isaac. That event is told, interestingly, in the middle of two stories that involve Abimelech. We’ll try to discern why God chose Abraham for the leader of the New Way, even though Abimelech seemed (in chapter 20) to be much the better man. I hope you’ll get up early (that’s one hour early) and join me on the 5th floor. Visitors are always welcome.
The class will be repeated on Monday at 12:40pm on the 2nd floor.
Tuesday at 6:30pm, the Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class turns to the Eucharist, what my liturgics professor called “the repeatable part of the baptismal rite.” Father Turner has titled the session, “ ‘They Recognized Him in the Breaking of the Bread’: The Eucharist at the Heart of our Common Life.” It is very much at the heart of our life as Christians, and if you want to know more about the topic, you are welcome to the class. We meet in Andrew Hall on the 3rd floor.
Wednesday at 6:30pm, Professor Jeremy Waldron gives his final talk on the basis of human equality—a series of talks, “One Another’s Equals,” that derive from his Gifford Lectures in Edinburgh earlier this year. This week Dr. Waldron will take us to some hard cases, even heart-rending cases, which challenge us both intellectually and existentially. “The Profoundly Disabled as Our Equals” is his title, and it may turn out to be the most important talk of the series. If you have made the earlier talks, you know the feast that is awaiting you; but if you have not made the earlier talks, I would encourage you to attend this one if you can. We meet in Andrew Hall for one hour, which includes time for questions.
Next Sunday, March 15, we will have a special class on T. S. Eliot’s “Ash Wednesday,” a panel discussion, moderated by Father Daniels and featuring Heather Cross, David Daniel, and Kari Gold.
And a bit later, on Monday, March 23, I will lead a seminar discussion of Josephine Tey, Miss Pym Disposes.
