Speakers and Book Talk Videos
An Old Idea is New Again: Water Fountains
December 9, 2016
In the United States each year, consumption of bottled water averages 30 gallons per person, and increases ten percent a year, even though plastic...
Our Sacred Oceans: A Hindu Perspective
December 2, 2016
Trinity Church Wall Street and GreenFaith co-sponsored “Our Sacred Oceans” in September as the first in a series of dialogues leading up to “Water...
Water and Justice
November 18, 2016
The Rev. Fletcher Harper is executive director of GreenFaith, a multi-faith environmental agency. In advance of the annual theological conference of...
Understanding Our Sacred Oceans
November 15, 2016
The five oceans---Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern---cover almost 71 percent of planet Earth. Professor Jame Schaefer of Marquette...
Water is Life
November 4, 2016
The Rev. Winnie Varghese was one of more than 500 clergy from 20 faith traditions who stood with the Standing Rock Nation in its protest against the...
Our Sacred Oceans
October 26, 2016
The first in a series of TI Dialogues on "Water Justice" called Our Sacred Oceans featured, among others, Dr. Vaughan Turekian, Science and Technology...
Southern Africa: Hoping for Rain
October 17, 2016
Drought is one of the water-related crises being explored at Trinity Institute 2017, the theological conference whose theme is “Water Justice.” For...
Facing Fear
September 30, 2016
Fear, in all its myriad forms, seems a universal human experience. Professor and author Ann Belford Ulanov recently told a Discovery class at Trinity...
Discovery: Beginning a Spiritual Journey: Fear
September 25, 2016
Please join Professor Ann Ulanov to explore levels of fear, psychologically and theologically, and to discuss its central role in our spiritual practices. Prayer makes a place for fear and puts fear in its place.
A Disappearing Island
September 15, 2016
Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana can lay claim to a very distinct character: its small community is primarily indigenous people who have historically...