“All Naaman, the great Syrian general, had to do to be cured of leprosy was listen to a little girl who was a captive; realize
Lectures
J. Douglas Holladay once called William B. Harrison, then CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., and asked him to host his friend from Ethiopia —
Trevor Potter rode what may be the most improbable path to fame in recent history: late-night comedy by way of the Federal Election Commission. He’s
Editor’s Note: As the world mourns the July 2 death of Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, we looked back in our archives for news from the
In the final moments of the last lecture of his weeklong series, “Biblical Literalism: A Gentile Heresy,” retired Bishop of Newark John Shelby Spong called
Alan and Arlene Alda work creatively on many different platforms. Alan Alda spent his career as an actor, director and writer. Arlene Alda is a
The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor Sunday, July 25, 2010 10:45 a.m. -Amphitheater July 26-30, 2010 9:15 a.m. -Amphitheater “We have all heard that Jesus spoke
Eleven years before he took power and 17 years before the gassings began, Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf that Christ was nailed to the
During this presidential campaign year, already infamous for its divisive political rhetoric, Mary Beth Rogers will interject a dose of humanity and ethics based on
For Ann Patchett, writing is a linear process. The hardest part is finding the beginning line, but once she finds her beginning, the rest
Having concluded on Monday the Virgin Mary was something less than a virgin, and on Tuesday eliminating Joseph from the Christian narrative altogether, John
Arlene and Alan Alda have been married nearly 60 years. During that time, the couple, whose various artistic pursuits include acting, writing, photography and music,
His story has been told countless times over thousands of years by innumerable artists. Michelangelo sculpted him, Caravaggio painted him and Gregory Peck played
Award-winning songwriter Alan Bergman joined Roger Rosenblatt to continue the weeklong conversation about creative expression during the Wednesday morning lecture in the Amphitheater. His
“When the desert fathers were feeling panicky or disconsolate they would say one word. It was not God or Jesus or love but ‘today.’ It
Marilyn and Alan Bergman wrote a song together the day they met, and have never stopped since. The duo eventually married and began a life