Sponsorship Opportunities

E.M. Forster’s The Machine Stops is a prescient and chilling short story that imagines a future where humanity lives in isolation, dependent on technology for all needs—and cut off from real connection. This Trinity Forum Reading raises urgent questions about progress, control, and what it means to be truly human. A compelling exploration for our increasingly digital age.

Our Christmas Trinity Forum Reading will be a collection of 12 poems including some of Malcolm Guite’s “O Antiphon” sonnets;the poem “Nativity” by Scott Cairns, with an introduction by Malcolm Guite; and a poem by John Milton, with an introduction by Malcolm Guite.

We hope to create a new curriculum on technology and human flourishing which can be used to  invite participants to consider how innovation shapes our understanding of human nature, freedom, and responsibility. It will be designed for small groups, classrooms, and discussion forums seeking deeper engagement with modern ethical questions. Technology writer and Senior Fellow Michael Sacasas will serve as the project editor for this work which will draw from classic and contemporary sources to help readers think about the ways our tools and their use ultimately shape us and our view of the good life.

N.T. Wright will join us to discuss his new book, Into the Heart of Isaiah: The Meaning and Message of Isaiah 40-55. Together, we’ll explore God’s promises in the Old Testament, how they were fulfilled by Jesus in the New Testament, and their relevance to us today. Wright is the Chair of New Testament and Early Christianity at the School of Divinity at the University of St. Andrews and one of the world’s leading Bible scholars.

What can the Christian mystics teach us about finding God in the midst of our daily lives? From his new book, The Everyday Mysticism of C.S. Lewis: Spirituality for Daily Life, Gary Selby will educate us on C.S. Lewis’s writings on the mystics and what it can mean for our spiritual growth and practices. Selby serves as a professor of ministerial formation at Emmanuel Christian Seminary, where he teaches courses in spiritual formation, preaching, leadership, and ministry.

With a mix of music and conversation, Mia Chung and Richard Westerfield will continue our previous conversation on Handel’s Messiah, focusing on its final part, which looks forward to the new creation in Christ. 

In his forthcoming book, The Screen-Free Church: How Pastors Can Diagnose and Resist the Spiritual Costs of Technology, Brad East discusses our inability to pray, read, and focus within our technology-saturated culture. He will help us understand how churches can reclaim their freedom to worship and address pastors’ own relationship with technology in their preaching preparation and pastoral care. East is an associate professor of theology at Abilene Christian University, and his previous books include Letters to a Future Saint: Foundations of Faith for the Spiritually Hungry.

The Trinity Forum will present the Michael J. Gerson Prize for the second time. Once again, the award will honor and extend Mike’s legacy by providing support and recognition to an emerging writer whose work embodies his conscience and courage.

This year’s winner will be announced and the award presented on Tuesday evening, October 13, as part of a Trinity Forum Evening Conversation at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Sponsors will be acknowledged in all event materials and will also be welcomed as our guest at a pre-event dinner with other sponsors and friends of Mike.

Michael Sacasas will join us on November 9 at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, TN to talk about technology and AI and its implications on culture and society. 

Sacasas is Executive Director of the Christian Study Center at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida and an Associate Fellow in Ethics and Culture at the Greystone Theological Institute. Michael is also one of our newest Trinity Forum Senior Fellows and brings a wealth of expertise and thoughtfulness to our Senior Fellows. He writes The Convivial Society, a widely-read newsletter on technology and society.

To make your sponsorship contribution, please contact Campbell Vogel.