Category: Theology

Theology Class: “The Fifty Days” For our Sunday 10am Theology Class on the Fifth Floor, […]

For our Sunday June 2nd Theology Class at 10am on the Fifth Floor, we welcome guest teacher, Helen Goodkin, who will present a class entitled “Eve, Adam, and the Garden: Feminism and Ecology in the Creation Stories.” Read more…

Evening Theology Classes with Fr. Spencer: “Tongues of Fire.” God spoke and Creation happened. Jesus […]

Please join Father Adam Spencer for an Evening Theology Class, on the Fifth Floor of the Parish House for three Tuesday nights, May 21, 28, and June 4, from 6:30-8:00pm as we explore Jonathan Merritt’s book and our own language(s) of faith together. Read more…

Join us for our Theology Class at 10am on Sunday, May 12 as we welcome the Rev. Meg Saunders, Senior Advisor to FRRME (Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East) America. Read more…

For our Theology Class at 10am on Sunday, April 28, we will meet on the fifth floor to welcome our special guest, Fr. Sean E. Mullen, Rector of Saint Mark’s Church, Philadelphia. Read more…

Our 10am Theology Classes will be on hiatus for Palm Sunday (April 14) and Easter Sunday (April 21). We look forward to joining you for several Holy Week services. Read more…

There are many opportunities for devotional study during the final week of Lent. Read more…

There are many opportunities for reflection and study throughout Lent at Saint Thomas. Read more…

This Lent, St. Thomas’s Church invites you to share in a rich array of opportunities to discover where God seeks to meet you through our Lenten worship program, study and education. Read more…

There are many opportunities to engage in classes and times of fellowship throughout Lent. Read more…

There special adult education courses throughout Lent. Read more…

Using the book Lent, with Evelyn Underhill, a discussion group will be meeting with Fr. Moretz in the Living Room of the Parish House for a weekly devotional study on Mondays in Lent from 12:45-2:00pm. This book is available in our parish bookstore. Read more…

Upcoming courses include the continuation of the Seven Stories, the Pilgrims’ Course, and the final Wednesday course on Biblical Justice. Read more…

On Sunday, February 24, at 10 am we will welcome our guest presenter, David Garrard Lowe, lecturer, author, and director of the Beaux Arts Alliance. Read more…

On Sunday February 17 we welcome Retta Blaney who will speak on spirituality and the arts. On Wednesday February 20 Professor Jeremy Waldron will teach the second of three classes on Biblical Justice. Read more…

Theology Class, “Creation Justice: Justice as a Right Relationship.” On Sunday, February 10, at 10 […]

On Wednesday, February 13 at 6:30-8pm in Andrew Hall, Professor Jeremy Waldron will begin a series on “Biblical Justice,” focusing mainly on the concepts of judgment, justice, and social justice in the writings of the prophets. Read more…

On January 27th, at 10 am, our Theology Classes will continue. The classes are entitled “Seven Stories of Scripture,” and in them we will tour seven great themes and motifs that run through the Bible that culminate in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Read more…

unday Theology Class. Our course of study and lively discussion entitled “The Seven Stories” continues where, with the guidance of Fr. Matthew Moretz, we will explore themes of the Holy Scriptures as they make their way to their radical conclusion in Jesus Christ. Read more…

On December 16th, at 10 am, our Theology Classes will continue with a special guest, Jeremy Waldron, professor of legal and political philosophy at NYU School of Law. Read more…

On Sunday, December 16, join us for our Theology Class at 10am on the fifth floor of the parish house as we welcome our special guest, Jeremy Waldron, professor of legal and political philosophy at NYU School of Law. Read more…

On December 2nd, at 10 am, our Theology Classes will continue. The classes are entitled “Seven Stories of Scripture,” and in them we will tour seven great themes and motifs that run through the Bible that culminate in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Read more…

Join us at 10am on SUnday November 25 as we welcome Dr. Robert W. Radtke, president of Episcopal Relief & Development. Read more…

On November 18 at 10 am we will continue our new class on the seven great themes and motifs that run through the Bible that culminate in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Read more…

On November 11, at 10 am, our Theology Classes will resume, hosted by myself, Father Matthew Moretz, the new Associate Rector. Read more…

Classes will resume Nov. 11, after a Nov. 4 Congregational Meeting. Read more…

For Sunday, November 4, the Adult Theology class will be postponed, so that all members […]

Fr Daniels has been called to become Rector of a parish in another Diocese. Read more…

On October 21 at 10 a.m., the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

On Sunday October 14 at 10am the Sunday theology class continues its study of the book of Exodus. Read more…

On Sunday October 14 the Sunday theology class continues its study of the book of Exodus. Read more…

Because of the organ dedication, there will not be the usual Sunday class on October 7. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ, Out of Egypt: Reading Exodus Theologically On September 30 at 10 […]

Please join us for an upcoming talk this week: Peter Bouteneff on “How to be a Sinner”. Thursday, September 27, 6:30 p.m. Read more…

The Sunday theology class continues its study of the book of Exodus. On Thursday September 27 there will be a lecture by Dr. Peter Bouteneff: “How to be a Sinner”. Read more…

The Sunday theology class continues its study of the book of Exodus. Read more…

On September 2 at 10 a.m., the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

On August 26 at 10 a.m., the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

On August 19 at 10 a.m., the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

On Sunday August 12 at 10 a.m., the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

On August 5 at 10 a.m., the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

On July 29 at 10 a.m., the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

On Sunday July 22 at 10 a.m. the Sunday class resumes its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

On Sunday July 8 there will be a special class on what it means to be both a Christian and a soldier. The recurring class on Exodus will resume on July 22. Read more…

There are three special classes on the first three Sundays of July before the weekly class on Exodus resumes. Read more…

On Sunday June 24 the theology class continues its study of the book of Exodus. Next month there will be a Sunday class on the psalms and another on the relationship between being both a Christian and a soldier. Read more…

On June 17, the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament, picking up with the seventh plague: the storm of hail and fire. Read more…

On June 10, the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

On June 3, the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

The next meeting is on Wednesday, June 20, at 6:30 p.m. in Andrew Hall. They will discuss Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park. The only requirement to attend the discussion is that you have read the book. Read more…

On Sunday May 27 at 10am the Sunday class explores Gregory of Nyssa’s The Life of Moses, written in the fourth century. Read more…

On May 20, the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ, Out of Egypt: Reading Exodus Theologically On May 13, the Sunday […]

On May 6 the Sunday class continues its study of the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. Read more…

Saint Thomas Book Group: The next meeting is on Wednesday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. in Andrew Hall. They will discuss Chinua Achebe’s Arrow of God. The only requirement to attend the discussion is that you have read the book. Read more…

Out of Egypt: Reading Exodus Theologically On April 29, the Sunday class begins a study […]

Special classes on Christian spirituality and realism are offered on April 22 and 23 respectively. On April 29 the Sunday class begins a study of the book of Exodus. Read more…

In the next few weeks there will be special Sunday classes on the book of common prayer and Christian Spirituality. The three-part class, Reinhold Niebuhr and Christian Realism, continues on April 16 and concludes on April 23. Read more…

The Sunday class on Christian doctrine in the Old Testament concludes on March 25. Please note that there is no class on Easter Sunday. Read more…

The Sunday class on Christian doctrine in the Old Testament continues through March 25. Please note that there is no class on Easter Sunday. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ, Christian doctrine and the Old Testament On March 11, at 10 […]

The Sunday class studying Christian and the old Testament continues on Sunday March 4. Then, in a special Lenten program, on Wednesday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m., Dr. Peter Bouteneff of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary reflects on the language of guilt and sin common to much Christian prayer. Read more…

The Sunday class continues its study of Christian theology in the Old Testament. On Wednesday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m., Dr. Peter Bouteneff of St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary reflects on the language of guilt and sin common to much Christian prayer. Read more…

A new class on Christian doctrine and the Old Testament begins on Sunday, February 11. Read more…

In this class on Sunday, February 4 at 10am the Rev. Brandt Montgomery discusses the historic appeal of the catholic expression of Anglicanism to a great number of the Episcopal Church’s black members. Read more…

As the weekly orthodox class comes to a close, we look forward to a lecture by the Rt. Rev. Allen K. Shin on January 31 and a special class given by the Rev. Brandt Montgomery on February 4. Read more…

The Genesis of Orthodoxy On Sunday January 21 at 10 a.m., the Sunday class continues […]

On January 14 at 10 a.m. the Sunday class continues its study of the origins of the Christian orthodox theological tradition. Read more…

The Theology of Christmas class concludes on December 31 at 10 a.m.. In the new year the Sunday class continues its study of the origin and development of the Christian theological tradition on January 7 at 10 a.m. Read more…

Beginning Wednesday, January 24, at 6:30 p.m. in Andrew Hall, and meeting monthly thereafter, Father Spurlock will lead a discussion on a book of the month. Read more…

On Sunday December 21 at 10am the Sunday class concludes its series on the theology of Christmas. Read more…

The Theology of Christmas class continues on December 17. This session looks closely at the story of the Nativity found in the Gospel of St. Luke. Read more…

The Theology of Christmas class continues on Sunday, December 10. Read more…

Beginning on December 3 at 10 a.m., and continuing on December 10, 17, and 31, the Sunday class takes up the theology of Christmas. Read more…

Father Spurlock is going to share some of his insights after a two-year study of the Gospel of Luke with the Sunday adult Christian education class on November 19 at 10:00 a.m. Read more…

The Sunday class on the origins of the Christian theological tradition continues on November 5 at 10 a.m. Read more…

The Sunday class on Orthodoxy continues, the Tuesday class series on the theology of the building concludes, and the Fall Theology Lecture will be presented on November 8. Read more…

The Sunday class on the origins of the Christian theological tradition meets on Sunday October 22 at 10 a.m. Read more…

Dr. Katherine Sonderegger, William Meade Chair in Systematic Theology at Virginia Theological Seminary, will give the Fall Theology Lecture on Wednesday, November 8, at 6:30 p.m. Read more…

On Tuesday, October 3, at 6:30 p.m., this class undertakes a theological study of the church building. This first session focuses on the layout and design of the building, and how it orients people toward Jesus Christ. Read more…

Tomorrow, Wednesday September 27, at 6:30 p.m., we welcome Dr. Sarah Ruden, an esteemed classicist who recently produced a fresh translation of the Confessions of Saint Augustine. Read more…

On August 20 at 10 a.m. the Rector offers the second of a two-class series on the Blessed Virgin Mary. Read more…

On August 13 and 20, at 10 a.m., the Rector offers a two-class series on the Blessed Virgin Mary. Read more…

On Tuesday, May 23, and Thursday, May 25, at 6:30 p.m. in Andrew Hall, Father Spurlock will offer a two-session class on the Old and New Testaments of the Bible including the Apocrypha. Read more…

On May 28 at 10 a.m., the Sunday class examines how St. Paul and St. James refer in their epistles to the “righteousness of Abraham.” Read more…

The Sunday class on May 21 at 10 a.m. continues its study of how the Hebrew scriptures are interpreted within the New Testament itself. Read more…

The Sunday class on April 30, at 10 a.m. continues the series “Testaments, Old and New,” looking at how the Gospel writers interpreted the Hebrew scriptures within the texts of the gospels themselves. Read more…

The Son of Man. The new class series, Testaments, Old and New, begins on Sunday, April 23 at 10 a.m. The Rector’s Christian doctrine class resumes on Tuesday, April 25, at 6:30 p.m. Read more…

The Rt. Rev. and Rt. Hon. Rowan Williams discussed theology and the Church with Fr Daniels on Palm Sunday. Read more…

Our two-session class on the Gospel of John concludes today, April 2. Next week there will be a question and answer session with the Rt. Rev. and Rt. Hon. Rowan Williams. Read more…

This new class begins March 26, 2017, at 10 a.m., taught by guest instructor Matthew Knotts of the University of Leuven. Read more…

The second and final session of a two-class series exploring the recent book The Tragic Imagination by Rowan Williams meets on Sunday, March 19. On the following Sunday there will be first of another two-class series studying the Gospel of John. Read more…

There will be two classes which will run from now through April 2. The first is on The tragic Imagination by Rowan Williams and will meet on March 12 and 19. The second is on the Gospel of John and will meet on March 26 and April 2. Read more…

The Sunday class on the Revelation of Saint John the Divine concludes on March 5 at 10 a.m. Read more…

The Sunday class on the Revelation of Saint John the Divine continues on February 26, at 10 a.m. Read more…

On February 19, at 10 a.m., the Sunday class continues its study of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine, looking particularly at chapters 18 and 19. Read more…

On Sunday, February 12, at 10 a.m., the Rector teaches a special introductory class on the Psalms. Read more…

The Sunday class continues its study of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine on February 5 at 10 a.m. Read more…

The Sunday class continues its study of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine on January 29 at 10 a.m., looking at the sixteenth chapter. Read more…

On January 22 at 10 a.m., the Sunday class continues its study of the Book of Revelation, looking specifically at the fourteenth chapter. Read more…

The Sunday class begins chapter 13 of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine on January 15 at 10 a.m. Read more…

On Sunday, January 8 at 10:00 a.m., the Very Rev. Dr. Steven Peay gives a lecture about Benedict of Nursia (480-550). Read more…

“Best” Christmas writing, Benedictine spirituality, and beasts from the sea and earth. Read more…

The study of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine begins a new and much darker section of the book on December 18. Read more…

The study of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine begins a new section of the book on December 18. The twelfth chapter of Revelation introduces the reader to a woman “clothed with the sun”. Read more…

The Sunday exploration of the Revelation of Saint John the Divine continues on December 4 at 10am. On Sunday, December 11, Saint Thomas welcomes the Rt. Rev. Michael Lewis, Bishop of the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf. Read more…

Weekly classes on Revelation continue. Next month we also welcome guest speaker the Rt. Rev. Michael Lewis. Read more…

On Sunday, November 20, Dr. Robert Duvall expands our study of angels beyond the Bible in a special class, Angels in Revelation and other poetry. Read more…

The Fall Theology Lecture is this Tuesday, November 15 at 6:30pm. The End of Sacrifice: Violence, Ritual and Redemption will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Andrew McGowan, Dean and President of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale University. Read more…

The four horsemen of the apocalypse, the relationship of man to the created order, and a lecture on sacrifice, violence, ritual and redemption. All are part the November theology calendar at Saint Thomas Church. Read more…

Classes on the Revelation of Saint John the Divine continue while a new weekday evening class entitled “Creation and Covenant: Our Stewardship of the Created World” begins this week. It will be taught by Professor Jeremy Waldron. Read more…

Weekly classes on the Revelation of Saint John the Divine continue. Next month we present the Fall Theology Lecture, presented by the Very Rev. Dr. Andrew McGowan, Dean and President of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. A weekday evening class will also begin in November. Read more…

We are very happy to announce that the Very Rev. Dr. Andrew McGowan, Dean and President of Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, will give our Fall Theology Lecture on Tuesday, November 15 at 6:30pm. Read more…

There will be a very special guest lecture at this Sunday’s 10 a.m. class. Jeremy Waldron of the NYU School of Law. Read more…

This week Father Daniels’ class, The End: Reading Revelation theologically, continues on the fifth floor of the parish house at 10 o’clock. Read more…

This fall’s Sunday theology class continues on Sunday, September 25, at 10am. Read more…

The first meeting of this fall’s Sunday theology class is on September 18 at 10am. Read more…

With Father Austin beginning a new ministry in Texas there will be no Sunday Adult Education program during the summer. Read more…

Fr Austin’s final theology class will be offered at 10am on Sunday June 19. He begins his new job as Theologian-in-residence in the Diocese of Dallas and Church of the Incarnation on September 1. Read more…

Classes on genesis continue. Fr Austin also suggests a website that focuses on the daily office. Read more…

Fr Austin continues to shed books. There will be an assortment on the bench at the end of the classroom on Sunday. Feel free to peruse them after class or, indeed, to return and look at them after the 11 o’clock service. Read more…

Sunday classes on the book of Genesis continue and a webcast of Fr Austin’s lecture from Wednesday May 25 is online. Read more…

Fr Austin’s final theology class series on Genesis continues. Fr Austin will also present a lecture on his new book, Losing Susan, on Wednesday May 25 in the church. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ, Sunday’s theology class, Genesis: Who Are We?,is on the fall (ch. […]

Dear friends in Christ, The topic for Sunday’s theology class will be the second creation […]

On Sunday, Ma 1, Fr Austin begins his final Sunday class, Genesis: Who Are We? Fr Austin will also give a lecture on Wednesday, May 25, entitled “Thinking Theologically about Love and Disease”. Read more…

The final session of the class on the collects of the Book of Common Prayer will be this Sunday (and repeated on Monday). Next month there will be a seminar discussion of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ, Today at 10 o’clock we will have our class on the […]

The Spring Theology Lecture is next Wednesday, April 13. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ, During the Great and Holy Week there is only one class […]

Our weekly Bible study and classes on the collects of the Book of Common Prayer continue. Next month there will be a seminar discussion of Anthony Trollope’s The Warden and Dr. Neil Arner will present the Spring Theology Lecture. Read more…

Our weekly Bible study and classes on the collects of the Book of Common Prayer continue. Next month there will be a seminar discussion of Anthony Trollope’s The Warden and Dr. Neil Arner will present the Spring Theology Lecture. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ, Sunday at the 10 o’clock theology class, Mother Miriam, the superior […]

Weekly classes on the collects of the Book of Common Prayer and good Samaritan laws continue this week. The Rector’s Christian Doctrine class will study history of the church, and a Good Books and Good Talk seminar will be held on Monday. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ, Sunday’s class on the collects of the Book of Common Prayer […]

Upcoming events include a three-session Lenten course on The Good Samaritan taught by Fr Austin and Professor Jeremy Waldron and a Good Books and Good Talks discussion of Joshua Ferris’ The Unnamed. Read more…

On Sunday, January 31, there will be a special class on the Benedictine roots of Anglicanism by the Very Rev’d Steven Peay, the dean of Nashotah House, one of the seminaries of the Episcopal Church. Read more…

On Monday, January 25, the “Good Books & Good Talk” seminar will discuss Muriel Spark’s smart novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Anyone who reads the book is welcome to the conversation. Read more…

Victor Austin and Jeremy Waldron will lead this three-week course which will run on Wednesday evenings during lent. Read more…

The class on the collects of the Book of Common Prayer will continue on Sunday with the prayers appointed for the Christmas and Epiphany seasons. Read more…

We will study the collects for the season of Advent on Sunday January 10 and Monday January 11. The Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class also begins this week. Read more…

In January a new class on the collects of the Book of Common Prayer and the Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class will both begin. We also invite you to the first Good Books and Good Talk seminar of 2016 on Monday, January 25. Read more…

The first Good Books & Good Talk seminar of 2016 will be on Monday, January 25. Read more…

The weekly class on the 39 Articles comes to an end this week. Next month Fr Austin will begin a class on the collects from the Book of Common Prayer. Read more…

Weekly classes on The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion continue. Fr Austin has also chosen the first two selections for the 2016 Good Books and Good Talk seminars. Read more…

The class on the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion will start with Article 34 on Sunday, as we continue that section of the articles that deals with authority of the church in matters of ceremonial, preaching, and ordination. Read more…

We have come to the end of the liturgical year and a new year begins with Advent Sunday. Maranatha! But the classes, rather than ending, are continuing. Read more…

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday classes on The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion continue. Fr Austin has also set dates for some of next year’s Good Books and Good Talk seminars. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ, Holy Communion is the topic for this Sunday’s class on the […]

A new course begins on Tuesday, November 10: Professor Jeremy Waldron will join Fr Austin for a four-week study of Oliver O’Donovan’s book On the Thirty-Nine Articles. Read more…

On Sunday, November 1, Father Daniels will give an overview of the recent and historic agreement between Anglican and Oriental Orthodox Christians on the incarnation of Christ and the “procession” of the Holy Spirit. Read more…

Fr Austin and Jeremy Waldron will take up the topic of the Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion next month with a four-week class on Oliver O’Donavan’s book On The Thirty-Nine Articles. Read more…

Classes on the 39 Articles of Religion and Herbert McCabe’s Faith Within Reason continue. Also this week: a discussion of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Read more…

Classes on the 39 Articles of Religion and Herbert McCabe’s Faith Within Reason continue. Later this month there will be a discussion of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Read more…

If you missed the fall theology lecture last evening, or would like to hear it again, it is now on our website. Read more…

Our big event next week is the Fall Theology Lecture. Dr. Karina Martin Hogan of Fordham University has done a lot of research on “2 Esdras,” a book of the Apocrypha. “2 Esdras” itself is an apocalypse, as is Daniel (in the Old Testament) and Revelation (in the New). Read more…

Weekly classes on the 39 Articles of Religion and Herbert McCabe’s Faith Within Reason continue. Next week, The Fall Theology Lecture on 2 Esdras will be given by Professor Karina Hogan of Fordham University. Read more…

This week there will be a seminar discussion of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the start of a new class on Faith Within Reason by Herbert McCabe. Later in the month, Professor Karina Hogan will give The Fall Theology Lecture. Read more…

This week will feature an introduction to the poetry of Christian Wiman. Later this month there will be a seminar discussion of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the start of a new class on Heerbert McCabe’s book Faith Within Reason. Read more…

Theology at Saint Thomas ramps up as we approach Labor Day. Next month there will be a class of the poetry of Christian Wiman and The 2015 Fall Theology Lecture will be given on the Apocryphal book 2 Esdras. Read more…

Weekly classes on the 39 Articles of Religion resume. Next month there will be a discussion of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and the Fall Theology Lecture, “2 Esdras: The Apocryphal Apocalypse,” will be given by Professor Karina Hogan of Fordham University. Read more…

The second of two panel discussions on Shakespearean tragedies takes place at 10am on Sunday, August 16. The class on the 39 articles of religion resumes on Sunday, August 23, the Fall Theology Lecture will take place in September. Read more…

Special panel discussions will be held on two different Shakespeare plays on consecutive Sundays: August 9 and August 16. The first will be on Othello and the second will be on Hamlet. Read more…

A class on the “Articles of Religion” continues this week. Also, on Monday, we’ll have the Othello seminar. Read more…

A class on the “Articles of Religion” continues this week. Also, in just over a week we’ll have the Othello seminar. Read more…

A new class on the “Articles of Religion” begins this week. Also: “To be or not to be”? It will be-God willing-on Monday, a seminar discussion of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Read more…

A class on reading scripture ends as a new class on the 39 articles of religion begins. Later this month, Fr Austin leads a discussion of Hamlet. Perhaps he’ll tweet about it, which he can now do with his new Twitter account! Read more…

The Mystery of Reading Scripture class continues through the end of this month. Coming up in July: a new class on the 39 Articles of Religion and a discussion of Hamlet. Read more…

The Mystery of Reading Scripture class enters its penultimate week. Come and join Fr Austin as he discusses applications from the lessons of the past few weeks. Next month: “They play’s the thing…” Read more…

The musical quality of text is studied this week in “The Mystery of reading Scripture” theology class. Next month, for the Good Books and Good Talk seminar, Fr Austin hopes to determine what, exactly, is rotten in the state of Denmark. Read more…

While “the text [may be] a joke”, tragedies by the bard are no laughing matter. Click the link above to read more! Read more…

Classes on the mystery of reading scripture continue; the first of five discussions of Shakespeare tragedies will be held on Monday, June 1. This month’s play is Romeo and Juliet. Read more…

A course on the reading of scripture, taught by Fr Austin and Fr Daniels, continues throughout through next month. On June 1, a seminar on Shakespeare tragedies beings. Read more…

The Mystery of Reading Scripture class enters its second week. In June, tragedy strikes as monthly discussions of Shakespeare plays begin! Read more…

A new class on reading scripture begins this week and, next month, tragedy strikes (in the form of William Shakespeare)! Read more…

The final Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class is this week. A new class on reading scripture begins later this month. Next month a series of discussions on Shakespeare’s tragedies begins. Read more…

The Good Books and Good Talk Seminar meets this week on Monday, April 27, to discuss Flannery O’Connor’s second novel: The Violent Bear it Away. Read more…

On Wednesday, April 22, Nigel Biggar, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, speaks on what Christian teaching about war has been and how it might help the world today. Read more…

Regular classes resume this week. Later on in the month there will be a lecture on the Christian “just war” tradition. Read more…

Fr Austin leads the Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class this week and a group discussion for the Good Book and Good Talk seminar. Read more…

On March 15 there will be a panel discussion of TS Eliot’s “Ash Wednesday” led by Fr Daniels. Next month there will be a guest lecture focusing on just war theory. Read more…

A lecture series on equality by parishioner Jeremy Waldron concludes this week. Later this month there will be a discussion of Josephine Tey’s Miss Prym Disposes. Read more…

Jeremy Waldron continues is lectures on human equality and a sermon by Fr Austin is now on YouTube. Read more…

This week: classes on Abraham, a discussion of What Happened to Sophie Wilder by Christopher Beha, and a guest class led by Prof Jeremy Waldron. Read more…

Regular courses on Genesis and the Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class continue; upcoming special events include a discussion of Christopher Beha’s What Happened to Sophie Wilder and a series of classes on equality by Dr Jeremy Waldron. Read more…

Audio of a guest lecture from last week is available online, The Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class will discuss the Holy Trinity this week, and classes on the Biblical stories of Abraham continue. Read more…

Next week the Rector’s class resumes and Christopher Beha joins us a guest lecturer. Read more…

The Good Books & Good Talk seminar on Christopher Beha’s What Happened to Sophie Wilder has been rescheduled for Monday, February 23, at 6:15pm. Read more…

The winter storm leads to changes in the theology calendar. Read more…

We are currently offering both a weekly course on Genesis and the Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class. Special courses are upcoming. Read more…

The Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class continues as a new course on the stories of Abraham begins. Read more…

Fr Austin will begin a study on the Bible stories of Abraham on January 18 Read more…

The Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class begins this month. There will also be a discussion of Christopher Beha’s book What Happened to Sophie Wilder. Read more…

The Rector’s Christian Doctrine Class begins in January as classes on Ecclesiastes conclude. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ, As we move to the celebration of the Nativity, our weekday […]

The Divine Comedy Seminar comes to a close this week as classes on Ecclesiastes continue. Read more…

Classes on Ecclesiastes continue, the Divine Comedy Seminar ends next week, and the Rector’s Christian Doctrine class begins next month. Read more…

Fr Austin describes the spectacular way he ended one church year, and lists out some classes for the beginning of a new church year. Read more…

A week of classes and gratitude as we celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Read more…

The Divine Comedy Seminar returns this week with the first class on Dante’s Paradiso; meanwhile, weekly classes on Ecclesiastes continue. Read more…

Classes on Ecclesiastes begin; The Divine Comedy returns later in the month. Read more…

We begin a series on Ecclesiastes while Doctrinal Tuesdays and the Divine Comedy Seminar continue Read more…

Aquinas on faith returns this week while Dr. Robert Duvall leads a class on Christian Wiman’s most recent collection of poems. Read more…

We are halfway through TS Eliot’s Four Quartets. This week we turn our attention to a “strong brown god”. Read more…

This week we swill study TS Eliot’s “East Coker” and the subjects of immigration and migration from both an Anglican and Roman Catholic viewpoint. Doctrinal Tuesday classes will return later in the month. Read more…

October will feature discussions of TS Eliot in addition to continued conversations on Dante’s Divine Comedy and Aquinas’ view of faith. Read more…

The topic for next month’s weekly theology class will be TS Eliot’s Four Quartets. Read more…

September’s class on the Song of Songs wraps up while Doctrinal Tuesdays, Ethical Wednesdays, and the Divine Comedy seminar continue. Read more…

Classes on Thomas Aquinas, moral discernment, and the Song of Songs continue; studies of Dante and TS Eliot are coming next month. Read more…

Fr Turner will lead classes on the tenets of Christianity for confirmation candidates. Read more…

Saint Thomas theology classes are now in full swing. Read more…

A full program of theology classes is scheduled for September. Read more…

September brings a full rota of theology classes to Saint Thomas, and Rowan Williams to New York. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ On Sunday, August 17, at 10am (repeated the following Thursday at […]

Dear friends in Christ “The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s” will pick up Sunday, […]

Summer heat with Song of Songs. Read more…

Hell, hope and the holy kiss: just some of the things rubbing up against each other in Fr Austin’s head. Read more…

II Corinthians is ending just as hell is arriving. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ On Sunday, July 13 (and repeated on Thursday, July 17), I […]

Over the course of six months, Fr Austin’s Good Books Class will go through hell, purgatory and paradise. Some things never change. Read more…

The thought of hell makes Fr Austin think of Dan Brown. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ As June 29 is Father Mead’s final Sunday with us, I […]

Fr Austin is back, and so is the study of 2 Corinthians. Read more…

Fr Austin goes away; theology at Saint Thomas goes to the birds. Read more…

Ornitheology, anyone? Read more…

The Bible study on 2 Corinthians continues, and a new seminar on Dante’s Divine Comedy begins this summer. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ During the week of May 11 the still-new Bible study on […]

Second Corinthians ramps up; Greeks and Ethics wrap up. Read more…

A new class on 2 Corinthians starts this week. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ During Holy Week, there will be only one class: a short […]

Dear friends in Christ First, there is a very unusual poem by Christian Wiman in […]

Fr Austin is away, so Fr Mead and Fr Spurlock are teaching classes this week. Read more…

Who is the Lenten Lady with seven feet? Read more…

Dear friends in Christ This week I will be in Alexandria, Virginia, at the Virginia […]

Dear friends in Christ The new class, “Sick People in the Bible,” has its third […]

Lots of new classes getting underway. Read more…

Dear friends in Christ Here is the run-down on classes. We have a couple of […]

Job waning. Rector’s class waxing. Ethical Wednesdays and Greeks just beyond the horizon. Read more…

Job is coming to an end, but not before being interrupted by Eliot. Read more…

Classes for the beginning of January. Read more…

A summary of classes in early 2014, plus a link to a book review. Read more…

Theology classes as we approach Christmas. Read more…

Just two Wednesday class sessions on Aquinas remain. Read more…

Turkey is better after church. Read more…

Together at last: Job, Poppins, Aquinas Read more…

Looks like a dismal week ahead. Read more…

Job, Aquinas, Mohammad Hanif, and Jane Williams. Read more…

The first speech of Job’s friend Bildad, and Job’s response. Read more…

Eliphaz’s first speech to Job, and a look ahead to October. Read more…

Job, strong poison, the end of Augustine, and other ways to suffer. Read more…