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Can I Smoke Pot?

411 Willard Straight Hall

Chances are, you or someone you know has asked this very question. The problem is, the Bible never mentions marijuana. Drawing from his book, Tom Breedan will discuss how scripture can still help people make wise and God-honoring desicions about marijuana use.  Tom Breeden received an M.Div. from Reformed Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C. and is […]

Wisdom & Worldview in Proverbs – Class 1

105 Ives Hall

Taught by Chesterton House Senior Scholar, Dr. Ryan O'Dowd: This course is founded on the assumption that people who lived almost three millennia ago are enough like us that their wisdom writings have value for us today.  We seek, therefore, not only to understand their writings but to find modern relevance for their ideas about […]

Wisdom & Worldview in Proverbs – Class 2

105 Ives Hall

Taught by Chesterton House Senior Scholar, Dr. Ryan O'Dowd: This course is founded on the assumption that people who lived almost three millennia ago are enough like us that their wisdom writings have value for us today.  We seek, therefore, not only to understand their writings but to find modern relevance for their ideas about […]

“Harmony: Music and Peace-Building”

411 Willard Straight Hall

Attention to various senses and types of musical harmony can do much to illuminate and clarify different conceptions of peace and peace-building already in use, as well as generate fresh and perhaps neglected ways of conceiving them and practicing peacemaking in the future.

“‘Out of this World?’ Why the Arts Matter to Faith”

Chesterton House - Residence 111 The Knoll Rd, Ithaca, New York

Livestream Jeremy Begbie Lecture Why do the arts matter so much to people of religious faith? It is often assumed that the arts are mainly concerned with pulling us out of this world of space and time into some completely different, supposedly superior world, and that this is why they are so appealing to people […]

An Evening of Blues and Jazz – Out of the Garden: Sounds, Words, and Images of Lament, Justice, Mercy & Hope

Chesterton House - Residence 111 The Knoll Rd, Ithaca, New York

The Garden.  The Garden of Gethsemane.  Where Jesus was betrayed. Where he wept, abandoned and alone.  Where he agonized in prayer through blood, sweat, and tears.  Ruth Naomi Floyd will take us to the Garden to be with Jesus.  With images, spoken word, and the rhythms and harmonies of gospel, blues, and jazz, she will […]

Wisdom & Worldview in Proverbs – Class 3

105 Ives Hall

Taught by Chesterton House Senior Scholar, Dr. Ryan O'Dowd: This course is founded on the assumption that people who lived almost three millennia ago are enough like us that their wisdom writings have value for us today.  We seek, therefore, not only to understand their writings but to find modern relevance for their ideas about […]

Where Faith Meets Justice

Chesterton House - Residence 111 The Knoll Rd, Ithaca, New York

Speaker: Liz West International Justice Mission's Senior Program Manager of Justice Operations.

Chesterton House Painting
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