This talk is part of the 2024 Bicentennial Historical Lectures and is led by Francis Blouin, Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan and Archivist of Saint Thomas Church.Read more…
Theology
Sharp Faith (Week 28): Why did Jesus die on a cross? — Sunday Theology Talks
Led by Fr. Luigi Gioia
Posted onOur Theologian in Residence, the Rev. Dr. Luigi Gioia, continues a year-long course to dive into all the main areas of theology: Faith, Scripture, Tradition, God, Christ, Salvation, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, and the Church – always with an eye to their relevance for spirituality and for everyday life.Read more…
Sharp Faith (Week 27)
Can Jesus' Death on the Cross be Called a 'Sacrifice'?
Posted onOn Sunday March 3 at 10 a.m. our Theologian in Residence, the Rev. Dr. Luigi Gioia, continues a year-long course to dive into all the main areas of theology.Read more…
The Tree of the Knowledge: Cinematic Visions of Good and Evil — A Lenten Film Series
Posted onFriday evenings in Lent, RSVP to join us for the return of Lenten Movie Nights! Following a vegetarian meal (for those abstaining from meat on Fridays), we’ll engage with a curated series of films both classic and contemporary. This year, based on suggestions and responses to last years’ cinematic excursion, our series is based around this theme—The Tree of the Knowledge: Cinematic Visions of Good and Evil.Read more…
Sharp Faith (Week 26): What is the real meaning of sacrifices in Scripture? — Sunday Theology Talks
Posted onThis week, Fr. Gioia continues a year-long course to dive into all the main areas of theology: Faith, Scripture, Tradition, God, Christ, Salvation, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, and the Church – always with an eye to their relevance for spirituality and for everyday life.Read more…
RSVP for the 2024 Spring Theology Lecture by Jon Meacham
Posted onRegister for the Jon Meacham Talk this Saturday, February 3 at 11am.
This is a personal reflection on the role Saint Thomas Church has played in the life of the nation and in the lives of its communicants through decades of tumult, from the Gilded Age through two world wars and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.Read more…
Sharp Faith (Week 25): Did Jesus die to expiate our sins? — Sunday Theology Talks
Led by the Rev. Dr. Luigi Gioia, Theologian in Residence
Posted onThis week, Fr. Gioia continues a year-long course to dive into all the main areas of theology: Faith, Scripture, Tradition, God, Christ, Salvation, the Holy Spirit, the Trinity, and the Church – always with an eye to their relevance for spirituality and for everyday life.Read more…
Sharp Faith (Week 24): Why is blood so important in Scripture? — Sunday Theology Talks
Sunday, January 14, 2023 at 10am
Posted onThis Sunday we resume the Sharp Faith Series.
When we receive communion we are offered not only the Body of Christ to eat but also the blood of Christ to drink. We might have become so accustomed to this practice that we do not realize how shocking it is.Read more…
Building the Beloved Community: The Incarnation in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Civil Rights Philosophy — Sunday Theology Talks
Sunday, January 14, 2023 at 10am
Posted onIn this talk, Fr. Montgomery will explore the incarnational theology of Martin Luther King, Jr. to show how it formed much of the foundation of his civil rights philosophy.
Read more…
MLK Weekend and Black History Month 2024
Posted onOver the following weeks, in preparation for Black History Month, we invite parishioners to reflect on what it means to them to belong to a church that is a beloved community. In the old prayer book, the priest often addressed the congregation as ‘dearly beloved;’ what is our response to that invitation which is so old and part of our Anglican identity?Read more…
