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The weather was a little iffy, with the possibility of rain, Thursday, July 28, during the ecumenical worship service in the Amphitheater. The Rev. Emma
“I am calling us to be citizens of a country that does not yet exist,” the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson said. “The most hopeful thing for
“The music has been a balm on my heart this week, starting with the Christmas in July service on Sunday evening. Today we walk through
“These words always come back to me,” said the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson at the 9:15 a.m. Monday, July 25, morning ecumenical worship service in the
“Even in the beauty of this place, I do come with a heavy heart. You have been ministering to me with your smiles,” said the
In the fall of her junior year at Fisk University, the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson was asked to be the “makeshift student chaplain.” Someone had to
Melissa Spas has multigenerational roots firmly planted in Chautauqua’s soil. As a child, her curiosity about the purpose of human life began to sprout on
“So, I was invited to speak to a gathering of foster grandparents in Orange County one summer. And for some reason they invited me back
With the heat wave confining Chautauquans inside with hope of gaining shade and seclusion, some may long for the colder days of winter with the
“So, a guy named Daniel, an older guy who walks with a limp and has a cane, is in charge of the list, the list
Ya gotta love the Homeboys. “So, Manuel and Pancho and I were going to speak at Palm Desert High School,” said Fr. Gregory Boyle, SJ,
Fr. Gregory Boyle, SJ, uses stories about the Homeboys and Homegirls to give the congregation he is preaching for a glimpse of their humanity. The
One day Fr. Gregory Boyle, SJ, was standing in front of the Homeboy store in Chinatown in Los Angeles. Johnnie, who had worked in the
“I was last here in 2019, and I wanted to wait to come again until I had published another book,” said Fr. Gregory Boyle, SJ, at
When Fr. Gregory Boyle, SJ, founder of Homeboy Industries, first came to Chautauqua in 2013, he told the Interfaith Lecture Series audience, “The measure of