Princeton Theological Seminary

November 9, 2017 | Miller Chapel “Giving Up the Limp” In the times when the famine has been most severe you have to choose if you are going to worship God or Baal. Most of us claim to worship God, but we have a Plan B just in case. Plan B is always Plan Baal.

November 2, 2017 | Miller Chapel Listening to God is as much skill as it is gift. And the skill comes from learning to tune your ears. Elijah had to listen to God with the poor widow before he could listen to God in the high drama on Mt. Carmel.

Speaker: Sister Miriam Therese Winter, faculty associate in transformative leadership and spirituality, director, master of arts in transformative leadership and spirituality, and director of the Women’s Leadership Institute, Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut

“Thinking with our Hearts/Feeling with our Brains: Testimonies of Faith that History Might Otherwise Forget” Speaker: Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics, Union Presbyterian Seminary

“Faith of Our Mothers” Preacher: The Reverend Julie M. Hoplamazian, rector, The Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew, Brooklyn, NY

October 12, 2017 | Miller Chapel "The Wings of Refuge” It is impossible to survive in any environment, including a Christian one, without a sanctuary. It is only a matter of time before “the destroying storms” pass your way. But what does it substantively mean to find shelter under God’s wings?

October 5, 2017 | Miller Chapel “Beholding God’s Beauty” David seeks communion with God in order to seek truth and to behold God’s beauty. Most Protestants are better at seeking than we are at beholding. But the purpose of seeking truth is precisely to behold the beauty of God.

September 21, 2017 | Miller Chapel “Being Rooted” The purpose of theological study, worship, and participation in community is to develop deep roots like a tree planted by streams of water. But the purpose of being rooted is to bear fruit.

September 8, 2017 | Miller Chapel "Weeds in the Garden"

Opening Convocation for the 2017–18 Academic Year Speaker: Jacqueline Lapsley, Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Old Testament

Opening Communion for the 2017–18 Academic Year Preacher: President Craig Barnes

Opening Convocation for the 2017–18 Academic Year Speaker: Jacqueline Lapsley, associate professor of Old Testament

President Barnes talks with Old Testament Professor Jacqueline Lapsley about her experiences teaching scripture and working alongside her students at the Farminary.

President Barnes talks with Ronald C. White, best-selling author and historian, about how his theological training informs the way he does history and thinks about the intersection of religion and politics.

President Barnes talks with Lisa Bowens, Assistant Professor of New Testament, about reading scripture through a missional lens and how she seeks to prepare students for the exciting challenges of church planting.