Jared Jacobsen, organist and coordinator of worship and sacred music, practices for of the 2019 season. SARAH YENESEL/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Organists are sensitive to the suggestion that their instruments aren’t musical ones. “Because it’s basically a
Irving For most of her life, Debby Irving had been confident she knew what “race” and “racism” were. That all changed when, at 48, she took a graduate school course on racial and cultural identity.
Organist, and coordinator of worship and sacred music, Jared Jacobsen, speaks at the beginning of the "In Remebrance" service on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in the Ampitheater. Jacobsen created this annual service in 2010.MHARI SHAW/STAFF
Simran Jeet Singh’s worldview doesn’t allow for the existence of evil. “Everything is equally divine and sacred and beautiful,” said Singh, an author, activist and senior fellow at the Sikh Coalition. “This idea — that
Bacevich Andrew Bacevich believes the nation — and the world — is in the midst of a profound moral and political crisis. “I’m going to argue that President Trump is not the cause of that
Heather McGhee was a guest on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” when she received a call from a white male listener who was openly racist. But instead of issuing a hateful diatribe, this caller frankly admitted his
In a world roiled by conflict, Hardy Merriman wants to project a message of hope. “I want to talk about the emerging challenge of rising authoritarianism in the world, and declining democracies,” said Merriman, an
Jared Jacobsen was looking for music for this week’s Tallman Tracker Organ concert when he ran across a couple of musical pieces that all had paysages — French for “landscapes” — printed on them. “That
Moyers His resume, too long to list in full, stretches all the way from before the John F. Kennedy administration to the present day. As the White House press secretary for President Lyndon B. Johnson,
The Chautauqua Choir and organist Jared Jacobsen lead a special Christmas in July themed Sacred Song Service on July 28, 2019 with their, "A Little Advent Music," performance in the Chautauqua Amphitheater. ALEXANDER WADLEY/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Katherine Ozment began her interfaith lecture on grace by harkening back to a time when that word wasn’t part of her vocabulary. She was watching a Greek Orthodox ritual in the church across the street
According to Roshi Bodhin Kjolhede, everyone encounters evil at some point in their lives — it’s only a question of when. “In a way, all human beings are afflicted by the three poisons: greed, hostility
Ozment For those who don’t participate in organized religion, defining “grace” can be tricky. “It’s what my book is really about,” said Katherine Ozment, a journalist and author of Grace Without God: The Search for
Daar Abdallah Daar intends to tell a story rooted deeply in his identity. Through both his book, Garment of Destiny: A Surgeon’s Global Identity and the Ties that Bind, and his reflections on philosophical, ethical
She’s Episcopalian — not Roman Catholic, not Pentacostal and not Mormon. But even with the panoply of Christian denominations, the Rev. Dr. Barbara Brown Taylor said she wants to “do her best” to speak about
From a Jewish perspective, grace is the very nature of God. “Grace is, in a sense, everything that happens to you, good or bad,” said Rabbi Rami Shapiro, an author and teacher specializing in liberal