Love, Fr. Gregory Boyle said recently, is greater than the virus. “We know love never fails,” Boyle said earlier this spring in a “Thought for
Religion
Despite the name of Gretta Vosper’s lecture, “Falling in Love with Being Together, Because We Can’t Afford to Fall Apart,” she and the audience were
Abrahamic Program for Young Adults APYA, founded 15 years ago, is designed to reflect the efforts and mission of the Department of Religion by teaching
“Every now and then, giants show up in our lives,” said the Rev. Traci deVon Blackmon. “They are uninvited and unexpected, but all of us
Jennings The Rev. Willie James Jennings has always been inquisitive. “I have always been drawn to questions about the way life is. Questions about God.
Lohr When Hartford Seminary President Joel N. Lohr finds it hard to pray, he doesn't seek words of strength from the Bible or another religious
“Elijah put aside his preconceived notions of how God works in order to receive God’s blessings — even if those blessings came from ravens,” said
Gretta Vosper is an ordained minister who has served congregations at several Canadian churches. She is also an atheist. Vosper Vosper “came out” as an
Lief Buddhist Acharya Judith Lief has never not questioned faith. “I find questions more interesting than answers,” Lief said. “Questions open things up while answers
Chautauqua Catholic Community Daily Mass is held at 8 a.m. Mondays and Fridays and at 7 p.m. Thursdays at St. Mary of Lourdes in Mayville.
“A lifetime of service to others is a life well spent for some people,” said the Rev. Traci deVon Blackmon in her homily on Wednesday,
Hogue As a religious naturalist, Michael Hogue doesn’t think humankind is the center of the universe. Hogue opened up the first of Chautauqua’s 2020 Interfaith
Salkin Every Sunday, Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin opens The New York Times and counts wedding announcements. It might not be a perfect scientific study or a
In preparation for this week’s Interfaith Lecture Series, “Forces that Shape Our Daily Lives: The Contemporary Search for Spirituality,” speakers were asked to contemplate a
“Story matters. We have thousands of years of sacred story, stories of the peoples’ journey with God,” said the Rev. Traci DeVon Blackmon. “Stories shape
Lief Go to a place of worship. Listen. Leave. Go home. Do the dishes. Return next week. Judith Lief, a Buddhist acharya, said it’s not