Trinity Talks
Throughout the year, Trinity Church hosts events at the intersection of sacred and civic life. Trinity Talks educate, inform, and inspire – providing in-person opportunities to engage with writers, artists, and thinkers who deepen our understanding on issues of faith, social justice, and community.
Coming Up
A Conversation with Pico Iyer | Finding Peace in Troubled Times
September 22, 2024, 1:30-3:30pm, Trinity Commons
Acclaimed author, journalist, and travel writer Pico Iyer opens a new season of Trinity Talks with a discussion of his recent bestseller, The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise. Drawing on a lifetime of global explorations, Iyer examines competing ideas of paradise to see how we might find peace in an ever more divided and distracted world.
Pico Iyer is the author of 15 books and a regular essayist for Time, The New York Times, Harper’s, National Geographic, Conde Nast Traveler , and more than 250 other periodicals worldwide.
Doors open at 12:30 pm with light refreshments available. There will be a book signing before the talk and an opportunity for small group discussions afterward. Register here.
Past Events
A Conversation with Author Frank Bruni
In his powerful book, The Age of Grievance, best-selling author and New York Times columnist Frank Bruni examines how grievance has defined and shaped America — from the fierce debates of our Founding Fathers to today’s perilous climate of metastasizing anger. But while our politics and culture may seem irretrievably broken, Bruni says there are cures for what ails us.
Hear a compelling discussion between Bruni and the Rev. Phillip A. Jackson about how the U.S. became a divided land, and what it will take to break the hold of our grudges.
A Conversation with Author Marilynne Robinson
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson discussed her book, Reading Genesis, “a powerful consideration of the profound meanings [of scripture] and promise of God’s enduring covenant with humanity.”
Robinson’s novels are noted for their thematic depiction of both rural life and faith. Her essays have spanned numerous topics, including the relationship between religion and science, US history, nuclear pollution, John Calvin, and contemporary American politics.
A Conversation with Author Richard Powers
Bestselling author Richard Powers discusses his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Overstory, and explores our relationship with nature, our understanding of time, and the defiant act of hope in the face of the climate crisis.
Powers is the author of thirteen novels, including The Overstory and Orfeo, and the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Award.
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