Mary Lee Talbot

The Rev. Mary Luti shares some of her personal struggles and moments along her journey to faith, during the Vespers

Rabbi and guest preacher of the week, Sharon Brous, gives her sermon at the Sunday's morning worship service June 23,

Hutzpah, said Rabbi Sharon Brous, means embarrassingly nervy behavior, unencumbered audacity, overentitledness and shamelessness “as in ‘there are not enough

“In our ideologically oriented world, every term has to be defined. When we say ‘common good,’ we don’t all have the same definition. We have to have room for individual freedom as well as social commitment to cooperation,” the Rev. C. Welton Gaddy said.

In 1978, the Rev. Anthony Campolo came to Chautauqua and spoke for the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle on William Easum’s Sacred Cows make Gourmet Burgers. Since that time, he has returned to Chautauqua frequently to speak from various pulpits on the grounds. He returns as the Week Three chaplain beginning at the 10:45 a.m. Sunday-morning worship service. His sermon title is “An Emerging Church for a Post-Modern Era.” His Scripture is Matthew 6:25-30. He will speak about his faith journey at the 5 p.m. Sunday Vespers and at the 9:15 a.m. morning worship service Monday through Friday.

A Methodist, a Presbyterian, a UCC and a rabbi walk into Chautauqua, and what do they find? A safe place, space and time for interfaith dialogue through the New Clergy Program sponsored by the Department of Religion. During this week, 16 religious leaders who have been out of school no more than seven years are participating in a unique seminar that uses the programs of Chautauqua to provide an interfaith experience.

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori shared some of her faith journey at the 5 p.m. Vespers Service Sunday. Ruth Becker, registrar at the United Church of Christ denominational houses, served as liturgist, and Janet Miller provided accompaniment on the piano. Born in Pensacola, Fla., while her father was in the Navy, Jefferts Schori grew up outside of Seattle until she was 9 years old.

The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson will be the chaplain for Week Two at Chautauqua. He will preach today through Friday at the 9:15 a.m. worship service in the Amphitheater. Today, his theme is “God Bless America: Be Careful What You Pray for!”; Tuesday is “Religion and Politics: A Controversial Brew”; Wednesday is “Give me your tired, your poor: ‘Who is My Neighbor?’”; Thursday is “From ‘More’ to ‘Enough’: Moral Economics in the Me-First World”; Friday is “Putting the ‘Common’ Back into the “Common Good”: Critiquing the American Dream.”

Nunziatas bring cabaret to Amphitheater tonight

If the way to get to Carnegie Hall is to practice, practice, practice, how do you get to the stage of the Amphitheater? For Will and Anthony Nunziata, it was practice and the PBS special Chautauqua: An American Narrative.

When you think of being chaplain to the Queen of England, you don’t normally expect a person who also has a hand in everyday ministry to a young man convicted of armed robbery, but the Rev. Alastair Symington has kept a presence in parish work while carrying a title that only 32 other people hold. Symington will be the chaplain for the first week of the 2011 Season at Chautauqua. He will preach at the opening worship service at 10:45 Sunday morning.