religion

In Psalms, Presa preaches, ‘Selah’ calls us to pray, hope, serve

by Mary Lee Talbot on July 10, 2023

The Rev. Neal D. Presa preaches Sunday morning in the Amphitheater. This week’s chaplain-in-residence, Presa is vice president of student outreach at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary. Carrie Legg / Staff Photographer "Sticks and stones

Incoming pastor Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton to give closing sermon of ’22

by webchq on August 26, 2022

The Rt. Rev. Eugene Taylor Sutton will give the closing sermon of the 2022 season at 10:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug.

Sacred Song, Three Taps close season by reflecting, rejoicing

by Kaitlyn Finchler on August 26, 2022

The end of a Chautauqua season is bittersweet for all, so rather than providing a theme for the last Sacred

Howard Divinity Dean Yolanda Pierce calls for new religious rhetoric

by Will Karr on August 24, 2022

Yolanda Pierce grew up reading Scripture in the pews of a Pentecostal church. And yet, she believes that faith is

Rev. Yvette Flunder emphasizes need to keep fighting

by Ellen E. Mintzer on August 23, 2022

The Rev. Yvette Flunder, during the 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 23 worship service in the Amphitheater, relayed her experience with

Rev. Yvette Flunder to bring songs, sermons to Week 9 chaplaincy at Chautauqua

by webchq on August 22, 2022

The Rev. Yvette Flunder, a San Francisco native, has served her call through prophetic action and ministry for justice for over 30 years. The call to “blend proclamation, worship, service and advocacy on behalf of

With Josh Stafford as guide, Nicholas Stigall spends summer as 1st organ scholar

by Kaitlyn Finchler on August 16, 2022

Balancing on a beam, a pair of hands were steady and ready for the next move. These hands would go

It takes more than to just not throw stones, Douglas preaches: people of faith must be stone catchers, standing against hate

by webchq on August 15, 2022

Column by Welling Hall The V. Rev Kelly Brown Douglas expounded on the text of John 8:1-11 at the 9:15

God’s world is ‘kindom,’ not kingdom, Hord Owens preaches

by webchq on August 11, 2022

“We all need to work to achieve the kindom,” said the Rev. Teresa “Terri” Hord Owens at the 9:15 a.m.

Rabbi David A. Ingber to deliver week’s sermon series

by Mary Lee Talbot on July 30, 2022

At the top of Rabbi David A. Ingber’s information page of the Romemu website is a quote: “What we need

Sacred Song, CLSC work together for combined service, vigil

by Kaitlyn Finchler on July 29, 2022

Light and dark cannot exist without each other. They serve as complements, two forces always separate, but never quite coexisting in the same moment. Yet this weekend, light and dark are twisting together as two

Stand hopeful, ready to be intercepted by God’s love

by Mary Lee Talbot on July 25, 2022

“These words always come back to me,” said the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson at the 9:15 a.m. Monday, July 25, morning

Getting into river is beginning of journey, Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson says

by Mary Lee Talbot on July 24, 2022

“Even in the beauty of this place, I do come with a heavy heart. You have been ministering to me

Amy Edelstein details evolutionary calling of connection for new capacities to emerge

by Alyssa Bump on July 24, 2022

When humans deeply meditate, they may find themselves connecting with the smallest of atoms to the enormous expansiveness of the

Auburn’s Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson to lead Week 5 worship with series on ‘Seeking for A City’

by Mary Lee Talbot on July 23, 2022

In the fall of her junior year at Fisk University, the Rev. Emma Jordan-Simpson was asked to be the “makeshift

After years of non-profit, higher education work, Melissa Spas returns to Chautauqua origins as vice president of religion

by Alyssa Bump on July 22, 2022

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 Institution grounds. Spas, the new vice president of religion at

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