Online Conversation | All the Lonely People: Isolation, Connection, and the Common Good with Ryan Streeter and Francie Broghammer On April 9th we were thrilled to host author and scholar Ryan Streeter along with psychiatrist Francie Broghammer. Streeter is the director of domestic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute and is the author of
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Online Conversation | Being, Living, and Dying Well with Lydia Dugdale On April 2nd we were delighted to welcome professor and physician Lydia Dugdale. Dugdale is a New York City internal medicine primary care doctor and medical ethicist. She is the author of The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom, a book about a
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Online Conversation | Invitation to Solitude and Silence with Ruth Haley Barton On March 19th we were delighted to host Christian author, leader, and teacher, Ruth Haley Barton. Barton is founding President/CEO of the Transforming Center, a ministry dedicated to strengthening the souls of Christian leaders and the congregations and organizations they serve. Ruth is the
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Online Conversation | Faith, Fear, and Conspiracy with David French On March 12th we were delighted to welcome Senior Editor of The Dispatch and American political commentator, David French. French has written numerous articles discussing how and why our unsettling times have proven fertile ground for the growth of conspiracy thinking, especially within the Christian community. His new book, Divided
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Online Conversation | Hope and Healing for a Hurting Culture with Jonathan Haidt and Peter Wehner On February 19th we were delighted to welcome social psychologist and bestselling author, Jonathan Haidt, along with widely published speechwriter and author, Peter Wehner. Wehner is a New York Times columnist, a contributing editor for The Atlantic, and Trinity Forum
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Online Conversation | The Inklings, Creativity, and Community with Diana Glyer On February 12th we were delighted to welcome award-winning author and professor Diana Glyer. Glyer is intrigued by the creative process, particularly the way that creativity thrives within small groups and creative clusters. She has written extensively on the lives and work of C.S.
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Online Conversation | Art + Faith: A Theology of Making with Makoto Fujimura On January 29, 2021 in partnership with The Rabbit Room and the Windrider Institute we were delighted to host artist, author, and senior fellow Mako Fujimura for a conversation around his brand new book, Art + Faith: A Theology of Making. Mako believes that in the
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Online Conversation | Division, Decadence, and Renewal with Ross Douthat On January 22, 2021 in partnership with The Institute for Human Ecology, the Harvard Christian Alumni Society, and the Catholic Information Center, we were delighted to welcome author and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. In Douthat's book, The Decadent Society, he provides an enlightening
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Online Conversation | Waiting on the Word with Malcolm Guite On Friday, December 18th, in partnership with Regent College, The Rabbit Room, and The C.S. Lewis Foundation we were delighted to host the renowned poet, singer-songwriter, and Anglican priest Malcom Guite. We hope you enjoy this final Online Conversation of 2020! Special thanks to our
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Online Conversation | The Spiritual Practice of Remembering with Margaret Bendroth On Friday, December 11, we hosted author and historian of religion Margaret Bendroth to discuss the nature and importance of memory in the Christian life and tradition. In her luminous work The Spiritual Practice of Remembering, Bendroth argues that “remembering is an act with
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