Theology Update for the Week of March 6

Dear friends in Christ,

Sunday at the 10 o’clock theology class, Father Daniels will resume our series on the collects of the Book of Common Prayer. He will be picking up with Ascension and Pentecost. The class meets on the 5th floor and welcomes visitors every week, who will find tea and coffee in the room.

Monday, March 7, at 12:40pm on the 2nd floor, the Sunday class on the collects will be repeated. This class ends at 1:20.

Tuesday, March 8, the Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class will be “Life after Baptism: Confirmation and the mission of the Church.” Although designed especially for people who would like to be confirmed or received in the Episcopal Church, the class is open to anyone interested in the topic of the day. It meets in Andrew Hall from 6:30 to 7:30pm.

On Friday at 12:45 p.m. Father Spurlock will continue his Bible study on the 2nd floor of the parish house. The group is working through the Gospel according to Saint Luke.

Looking ahead to Eastertide: On Monday, April 4, the Good Books & Good Talk seminar will discuss The Warden by Anthony Trollope. Trollope bears repeat reading; he remains witty and skeptical and charming and, above all, deeply satisfying. And The Warden, the first of the Barchester Chronicles, is a short classic.

Wednesday, April 13, the Spring Theology Lecture will be given by Dr. Neil Arner of Notre Dame and, this term, the Center for Theological Inquiry in Princeton. His topic will be: Biological and Theological Explanations of Morality (or, if you will, theology and the facts of life!). Some people claim that morality is rooted in our biology (genetics, natural selection, etc.); some claim further that this claimed reality makes religious ethics unnecessary. Dr. Arner disagrees. The lecture will be at 6:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

Peace,
Father Austin