The topical readings and conversation dates for winter/spring 2026 have now been set and here they are!
Please register (see the link at the top of this page) so that your name and info is on the list for the coming discussion guides (and emailed to you free of charge).
Here's a quick look at what's ahead for the months of January-April 2026:
January 27, 2026 – Memories that can Guide Us Forward. Might there be a homeward ache for the New Heavens and New Earth embedded in our own memories? What is it about our memories that haunt us forward?
February 19, 2026 – Digital 'Life'. What can we learn from three articles: 1) A 1980's rejection of computers, 2) Two experts on what AI will do to us, and 3) An opinion columnist making the case that technology is making us dumber? Can thoughts (from our computing past) guide us OR how might we seek to redeem what’s here and yet to come?
March 26, 2026 – Alan Jacobs on How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds. What are the principles for both better understanding ourselves, others, and these times AND then, how might we deploy these new thinking skills to be a better people? Purchase this small book (new or used) via this link.
April 20, 2026 – Practical Political Theology. While not focused on the US (but relevant as we look to the coming mid-term elections and various issues), what might an Australian professor give us in terms of categories for both moral response and ways that the church might relate to our local political concerns?
For those wondering about Thoughtful Faith's readings and follow-up conversations, here is a quick summary of what was read and discussed in Winter/Spring 2025.
Racial Tension -- thinking theologically about race, considering the image of God, sin, and guilt. Also looking at Critical Race Theory, from a scholar's perspective, and how this (and its derivatives) informs our current context. In a divided age, with DEI and other efforts under-fire, what a timely conversation!
We explored and discussed Identity with much said in the cultural/political realm, with conservatives vs progressives, looking at the perceived fluidity of identity, and much more. All with a heart and mind on what can we take away from Biblical insights. A truly insightful conversation!
And with the struggles in Ukraine and Gaza, we examined Just War Theory, gaining insights from antiquity and the 4th century thought of St. Augustine. What did he teach us? These insights were explored! Another great conversation that mattered for God's people!
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