A Taste of Seminary

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OCT 22: Chesterton at 150: Why Read His Work Today? Dr. Melody Green — Friends Conference Room 215

Born in 1874, the enduring popularity of G. K. Chesterton is, for many, an enigma. While he is best known today as the creator of Father Brown, a crime-solving priest in an ongoing BBC Television series, he was also an apologist, a journalist, a poet, a playwright, and a novelist. This talk will serve as an introduction to some of his enduring ideas, as well as some of his best-known work. 

OCT 29: Pascal for a Post-Secular Age. Dr. Emily Wenneborg — Friends Conference Room 215.

Our cultural moment both reveres and mistrusts the certainties of science, welcomes every form of spiritual expression except traditional Christianity, and yearns to find purpose in pain. How does the life and work of Blaise Pascal, a seventeenth-century Frenchman, help us navigate the pressures and possibilities we face today?

NOV 5: Insomniac America: A Theological Perspective on Sleep. Dr. Todd T. W. Daly — Busey Bank Conference Room 222

Sleep seems to have gotten very complicated in our modern era, as cases of insomnia continue to rise. What is the difference between sleep hygiene and sleep as a spiritual discipline, and what does Christian theology have to say about sleep and sleeplessness?

NOV 12: Paradise Lost: A Contemporary Litmus Test for Our Moral Condition. Dr. Pearce Durst — Robeson Pavilion Room A

A contemporary Christian’s reading of Puritan John Milton’s Paradise Lost, where devilish actions luster with attractiveness and godly actions prove perplexing, serves as a litmus test that offers deeper insight into the fallen human condition. Come see where you stand during this discussion which aims to bring this classic epic poem into our contemporary conversation.