Join the Rev. Dr. Theodore Hiebert, Francis A. McGaw Professor of Old Testament at McCormick Theological Seminary, as he discusses the paradox of God being both beyond the universe and within all created things.
Hear Trinity Youth Chorus take on the challenging and dramatic Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden by Johann Sebastian Bach. Accompanied by the period instruments of Trinity Baroque Orchestra, the young musicians perform Bach’s arrangement of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s famous Stabat Mater for soprano and alto voices, with text from Psalm 51. Trinity’s version is adapted to include the Trinity Youth Chorus tenor and bass voices.
Trinity Youth Chorus; Trinity Baroque Orchestra; Melissa Attebury, director
At its heart, the Parable of the Prodigal Son is a story about “the lengths to which God will go for you and me,” preaches Father Michael Bird. Like the son whose actions lead him far from family and community, each of us is lost in our own way. Yet God meets us wherever we are to bring us back home — and reconcile us with our neighbors. Through God’s love, “that which seemed irreparably broken can be made whole.”
The Rev. Judy Fentress Williams, Dodge Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Virginia Theological Seminary, on superheroes and the multiverse of the Bible.
What if the Parable of the Prodigal Son is actually about two brothers, the reckless and the rule-follower, each lost in his own way? We, too, lose our way searching for fulfillment in places we’ll never find it, writes the Rev. Yein Kim, “but God has already found us.”
When misfortune befalls people with whom we have deep disagreements, it’s easy to look on in contempt and think they deserve it. But Father Phil Jackson suggests a different response: “Repent. Turn around. Look at yourself.” In the end, each of us is accountable for what we do with our own lives — whether our actions lead us to love God and others.
In times of desperation, we often turn to self-preservation rather than surrender to God’s protection. “But just because we fail to recognize our need,” writes Patrick Haley, “doesn’t mean we need God any less.” Lent helps us see we can’t do it all on our own.
Trinity Choir leads the audience through the Lenten journey, from Ash Wednesday’s reminders of human mortality to the redemption of Christ’s death on the cross. Focusing on countertenor, tenor, and bass voices, this performance includes powerful, contemplative works by Thomas Tallis, William Byrd, Jonathan Woody, and John Sheppard.
