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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Alumni Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up Alumni book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Alumni Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! This book club is via Zoom only. \nWe will meet every Thursdays beginning on January 29.  \nOn January 29th\, we will begin our book: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis \nIn The Screwtape Letters\, C.S. Lewis presents a series of satirical letters from a senior demon to his nephew\, revealing the subtle ways temptation works on the human soul. With wit and sharp insight\, the book explores faith\, morality\, and the everyday choices that shape spiritual life. \n  \nREGISTER HERE for the Zoom link. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-alumni-book-club-2/2026-02-26/
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at CHOP House\, located at 536 Thurston Ave\, beginning on January 28.  \nOn January 28th\, we will begin our next book: Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot \nThrough Gates of Splendor is a first-hand account of what it was like to be a missionary in the 1950s to the tribal nations in eastern Ecuador. This is the story of the five couples that journeyed there\, along with the death and hope they were met with. Elliot wrote the book while still a missionary in Ecuador\, and her strong spirit shines through the book\, rejecting ‘tidy’ valorization of missionaries while displaying a firm trust in God. \n  \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 536 Thurston Ave for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-5/2026-02-25/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Alumni Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up Alumni book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Alumni Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! This book club is via Zoom only. \nWe will meet every Thursdays beginning on January 29.  \nOn January 29th\, we will begin our book: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis \nIn The Screwtape Letters\, C.S. Lewis presents a series of satirical letters from a senior demon to his nephew\, revealing the subtle ways temptation works on the human soul. With wit and sharp insight\, the book explores faith\, morality\, and the everyday choices that shape spiritual life. \n  \nREGISTER HERE for the Zoom link. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-alumni-book-club-2/2026-02-19/
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at CHOP House\, located at 536 Thurston Ave\, beginning on January 28.  \nOn January 28th\, we will begin our next book: Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot \nThrough Gates of Splendor is a first-hand account of what it was like to be a missionary in the 1950s to the tribal nations in eastern Ecuador. This is the story of the five couples that journeyed there\, along with the death and hope they were met with. Elliot wrote the book while still a missionary in Ecuador\, and her strong spirit shines through the book\, rejecting ‘tidy’ valorization of missionaries while displaying a firm trust in God. \n  \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 536 Thurston Ave for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-5/2026-02-18/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Alumni Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up Alumni book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Alumni Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! This book club is via Zoom only. \nWe will meet every Thursdays beginning on January 29.  \nOn January 29th\, we will begin our book: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis \nIn The Screwtape Letters\, C.S. Lewis presents a series of satirical letters from a senior demon to his nephew\, revealing the subtle ways temptation works on the human soul. With wit and sharp insight\, the book explores faith\, morality\, and the everyday choices that shape spiritual life. \n  \nREGISTER HERE for the Zoom link. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-alumni-book-club-2/2026-02-12/
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at CHOP House\, located at 536 Thurston Ave\, beginning on January 28.  \nOn January 28th\, we will begin our next book: Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot \nThrough Gates of Splendor is a first-hand account of what it was like to be a missionary in the 1950s to the tribal nations in eastern Ecuador. This is the story of the five couples that journeyed there\, along with the death and hope they were met with. Elliot wrote the book while still a missionary in Ecuador\, and her strong spirit shines through the book\, rejecting ‘tidy’ valorization of missionaries while displaying a firm trust in God. \n  \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 536 Thurston Ave for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-5/2026-02-11/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Alumni Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up Alumni book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Alumni Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! This book club is via Zoom only. \nWe will meet every Thursdays beginning on January 29.  \nOn January 29th\, we will begin our book: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis \nIn The Screwtape Letters\, C.S. Lewis presents a series of satirical letters from a senior demon to his nephew\, revealing the subtle ways temptation works on the human soul. With wit and sharp insight\, the book explores faith\, morality\, and the everyday choices that shape spiritual life. \n  \nREGISTER HERE for the Zoom link. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-alumni-book-club-2/2026-02-05/
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at CHOP House\, located at 536 Thurston Ave\, beginning on January 28.  \nOn January 28th\, we will begin our next book: Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot \nThrough Gates of Splendor is a first-hand account of what it was like to be a missionary in the 1950s to the tribal nations in eastern Ecuador. This is the story of the five couples that journeyed there\, along with the death and hope they were met with. Elliot wrote the book while still a missionary in Ecuador\, and her strong spirit shines through the book\, rejecting ‘tidy’ valorization of missionaries while displaying a firm trust in God. \n  \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 536 Thurston Ave for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-5/2026-02-04/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Alumni Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up Alumni book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Alumni Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! This book club is via Zoom only. \nWe will meet every Thursdays beginning on January 29.  \nOn January 29th\, we will begin our book: The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis \nIn The Screwtape Letters\, C.S. Lewis presents a series of satirical letters from a senior demon to his nephew\, revealing the subtle ways temptation works on the human soul. With wit and sharp insight\, the book explores faith\, morality\, and the everyday choices that shape spiritual life. \n  \nREGISTER HERE for the Zoom link. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-alumni-book-club-2/2026-01-29/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260128T190000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at CHOP House\, located at 536 Thurston Ave\, beginning on January 28.  \nOn January 28th\, we will begin our next book: Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot \nThrough Gates of Splendor is a first-hand account of what it was like to be a missionary in the 1950s to the tribal nations in eastern Ecuador. This is the story of the five couples that journeyed there\, along with the death and hope they were met with. Elliot wrote the book while still a missionary in Ecuador\, and her strong spirit shines through the book\, rejecting ‘tidy’ valorization of missionaries while displaying a firm trust in God. \n  \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 536 Thurston Ave for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-5/2026-01-28/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOn October 29th\, we will begin our next book: The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis \nThe Abolition of Man discusses why we shouldn’t always listen to only reason and cut out our emotions. Lewis argues that reason without emotion there is not a reality. He debunks arguments that the purist form of reason is instinct\, that benevolent actions will be found through pursuing science\, and that science will be the best moral compass for mankind to follow. Lewis proves that moral absolutes do exist and they are universal throughout all of time. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-3-2/2025-12-03/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOn October 29th\, we will begin our next book: The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis \nThe Abolition of Man discusses why we shouldn’t always listen to only reason and cut out our emotions. Lewis argues that reason without emotion there is not a reality. He debunks arguments that the purist form of reason is instinct\, that benevolent actions will be found through pursuing science\, and that science will be the best moral compass for mankind to follow. Lewis proves that moral absolutes do exist and they are universal throughout all of time. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-3-2/2025-11-19/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:The Wisdom of Technology: Why We Should Not Fear Our Gadgets
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \nThe Wisdom of Technology: Why We Should Not Fear Our Gadgets\nA conversation with Ryan O’Dowd\, Old Testament Scholar\, University of Liverpool (PhD)\, Senior Academic Advisor at Chesterton House\nNovember 17th\, 2025\n7:30 pm EST in person at 111 The Knoll Rd or Zoom \nregister here \nIs technology really a threat to us? And might not the contrast between so-called “natural” and “human innovation” be not only misleading but wrong? Just try and name one thing you can do without technology! (Language is a technology\, by the way). \nOf course\, today’s critics of technological development want to worry us. Tech isn’t neutral\, we hear again and again. These devices are forming us into something less than human and destroying our life in community with one another. Even worse\, large-language models are forming a world where the line between human and machines is increasingly indistinguishable. \nYet our modern technological developments have led us to forget that every ancient civilization has faced major technological disruptions of their own. And many of these cultures have left behind wisdom traditions that offer a fresh perspective and settle our worries. Join us in dialogue with the Rev. Dr. Ryan O’Dowd\, an Old Testament scholar whose expertise is in wisdom traditions in the Ancient Near East\, who will help us reflect on the wisdom of tech. \n. \nRyan O’Dowd; Old Testament Scholar\, University of Liverpool (PhD)\, Senior Academic Advisor at Chesterton House\nRyan O’Dowd is the Pastor of Christ Church of Atlanta and Senior Academic Advisor at Chesterton House. Ryan started volunteering with Chesterton House in 2010 while serving on Air Force active duty at Cornell ROTC. He briefly served on the governing board before joining the staff in 2013. His academic research focuses on biblical wisdom and law and their intersection with Christian ethics. He has written several essays and book chapters as well as five books on topics related to biblical law and wisdom literature including “The Preacher’s Hebrew Commentary on Deuteronomy” (Hendrickson\, 2024) and “Proverbs” (Zondervan\, 2017). Ryan is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy (1994)\, Reformed Theological Seminary\, and the University of Liverpool (PhD). He and his wife\, Amy\, have three grown children and recently moved to Atlanta with their youngest daughter. \nregister here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/the-wisdom-of-technology-why-we-should-not-fear-our-gadgets/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOn October 29th\, we will begin our next book: The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis \nThe Abolition of Man discusses why we shouldn’t always listen to only reason and cut out our emotions. Lewis argues that reason without emotion there is not a reality. He debunks arguments that the purist form of reason is instinct\, that benevolent actions will be found through pursuing science\, and that science will be the best moral compass for mankind to follow. Lewis proves that moral absolutes do exist and they are universal throughout all of time. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-3-2/2025-11-12/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOn October 29th\, we will begin our next book: The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis \nThe Abolition of Man discusses why we shouldn’t always listen to only reason and cut out our emotions. Lewis argues that reason without emotion there is not a reality. He debunks arguments that the purist form of reason is instinct\, that benevolent actions will be found through pursuing science\, and that science will be the best moral compass for mankind to follow. Lewis proves that moral absolutes do exist and they are universal throughout all of time. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-3-2/2025-11-05/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251029T190000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOn October 29th\, we will begin our next book: The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis \nThe Abolition of Man discusses why we shouldn’t always listen to only reason and cut out our emotions. Lewis argues that reason without emotion there is not a reality. He debunks arguments that the purist form of reason is instinct\, that benevolent actions will be found through pursuing science\, and that science will be the best moral compass for mankind to follow. Lewis proves that moral absolutes do exist and they are universal throughout all of time. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-3/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:Why You Should Say No to Digital Technology: A Theological Case for Techno-pessimism
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \nWhy You Should Say No to Digital Technology: A Theological Case for Techno-Pessimism\nA conversation with Brad East\, Associate Professor of Theology at Abilene Christian University\nOctober 27th\, 2025\n7:30 pm EST in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\n7:45 pm EST via Zoom \nregister here \nIt happens almost every year\, if not every quarter: a new technology drops\, a celebration ensues\, and the public begins to consume\, exchanging models now passé for the next iteration that has cleaned up the spoils and spots plaguing the old. Each innovation comes with its promises of progress and advance: more speed\, more intelligence\, more connectivity\, more immersion\, more time for pleasure\, more escape from the wreckage in the world. \nThere is so much preoccupation with what could be that we rarely stop and wonder whether it should be. What if digital technologies\, and the accelerationist impulse underlying their development\, aren’t good for human beings? What does human flourishing realistically look like? Does technology advance this flourishing? How do these questions weigh on the technology industry in our fast-paced\, advancement driven world? \nAnd so it is worth pausing to wonder: Is digital technology good for human beings and communities? What are humans made for? What is the goal of immersion in technology\, and how far does it square with the goal of human life? \nThese are some of the questions we will explore as we welcome public theologian and tech-critic\, Brad East (PhD\, Yale University). Brad is an associate professor of theology at Abilene Christian University in Abilene\, Texas. He has authored four books\, and his most recent book on technology is soon to be released. \nBrad East; Associate Professor of Theology at Abilene Christian University\nBrad East (PhD\, Yale University) is an associate professor of theology in the College of Biblical Studies at Abilene Christian University in Abilene\, Texas. He is the editor of Robert Jenson’s The Triune Story: Collected Essays on Scripture (Oxford University Press\, 2019) and the author of four books: The Doctrine of Scripture (Cascade\, 2021)\, The Church’s Book: Theology of Scripture in Ecclesial Context (Eerdmans\, 2022)\, The Church: A Guide to the People of God (Lexham\, 2024)\, and Letters to a Future Saint: Foundations of Faith for the Spiritually Hungry (Eerdmans\, 2024). His articles have been published in Modern Theology\, International Journal of Systematic Theology\, Scottish Journal of Theology\, Journal of Theological Interpretation\, Anglican Theological Review\, Pro Ecclesia\, Political Theology\, Religions\, Restoration Quarterly\, and The Other Journal; his essays and reviews have appeared in The Christian Century\, Christianity Today\, The Chronicle of Higher Education\, Comment\, Commonweal\, First Things\, Front Porch Republic\, The Hedgehog Review\, The Lamp\, Living Church\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Marginalia Review of Books\, Mere Orthodoxy\, Mockingbird\, The New Atlantis\, Plough\, The Point\, The Public Discourse\, and Sapientia. \nregister here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/why-you-should-say-no-to-digital-technology/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 111 The Knoll
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251022T200000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOur first book of the year is: Christian History in Seven Sentences\, by Jennifer Woodruff Tait. \nConsisting of 7 chapters\, each “sentence” is an excerpt from a historical document that was written at a pivotal moment in Christian history. Beginning with the edict of Milan in 313AD\, which legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire\, continuing through the Nicene Creed\, the 95 Theses which kicked off the Protestant reformation\, and ending with the second Vatican council in the 1960s\, this book is an approachable introduction to the generations of Christians who have come before us. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4/2025-10-22/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251015T200000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOur first book of the year is: Christian History in Seven Sentences\, by Jennifer Woodruff Tait. \nConsisting of 7 chapters\, each “sentence” is an excerpt from a historical document that was written at a pivotal moment in Christian history. Beginning with the edict of Milan in 313AD\, which legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire\, continuing through the Nicene Creed\, the 95 Theses which kicked off the Protestant reformation\, and ending with the second Vatican council in the 1960s\, this book is an approachable introduction to the generations of Christians who have come before us. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4/2025-10-15/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T200000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOur first book of the year is: Christian History in Seven Sentences\, by Jennifer Woodruff Tait. \nConsisting of 7 chapters\, each “sentence” is an excerpt from a historical document that was written at a pivotal moment in Christian history. Beginning with the edict of Milan in 313AD\, which legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire\, continuing through the Nicene Creed\, the 95 Theses which kicked off the Protestant reformation\, and ending with the second Vatican council in the 1960s\, this book is an approachable introduction to the generations of Christians who have come before us. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4/2025-10-08/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T200000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOur first book of the year is: Christian History in Seven Sentences\, by Jennifer Woodruff Tait. \nConsisting of 7 chapters\, each “sentence” is an excerpt from a historical document that was written at a pivotal moment in Christian history. Beginning with the edict of Milan in 313AD\, which legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire\, continuing through the Nicene Creed\, the 95 Theses which kicked off the Protestant reformation\, and ending with the second Vatican council in the 1960s\, this book is an approachable introduction to the generations of Christians who have come before us. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4/2025-10-01/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T190000
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SUMMARY:Does Evil Defeat God? Making Sense of Evil
DESCRIPTION:Does Evil Defeat God? Making Sense of Evil\nSeptember 25th\, 2025 | 5:30pm *UPDATED TIME*\nPhysical Sciences 120 or via Zoom \nDessert reception to follow \nregister here \nIt is impossible to deny: horrendous evil exists in our world. Children are killed while praying at Mass. Humans are trafficked and sold into slavery. Entire people groups face starvation and death as casualties of war and genocide. Where is God as all this takes place? Why doesn’t God protect these precious creatures made in his image? Why isn’t God more active in battling the evil that exists in the world? \nIs God willing to act\, but not able? Then isn’t he weak? Is God able but not willing? Then isn’t he evil himself? Is God both able and willing? Then why is there any evil at all? What if the right question is not “why does a good God let these things happen?” but rather “which philosophy provides the best resources for responding to evil?” The presence of evil in this world is a problem for atheists as much as theists– but what if the very fact that Christians name what is seen as “evil” shows that Christianity takes evil more seriously than other philosophies? What if the very idea of evil does not ultimately call God’s existence into question\, but serves as an argument for God’s existence? \nJoin us as we consider these questions and welcome award-winning author Paul Copan\, the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University. He has authored more than 50 books\, including the popular Is God a Moral Monster? and its companion volume\, the award-winning Is God a Vindictive Bully? Drawing from years of experience researching\, teaching\, writing\, and speaking\, Professor Copan will tackle this most difficult problem for Christian theology and attempt to show that God’s existence makes better sense of the problem of evil than atheism does. \nPaul Copan; Ph.D.\, Philosophy\, Marquette University\n\nPaul Copan (Ph.D.\, Philosophy\, Marquette University) is the Pledger Family Chair of Philosophy and Ethics at Palm Beach Atlantic University\, West Palm Beach\, Florida. He teaches in the M.A. in Philosophy of Religion at PBA\, which also offers an undergraduate degree in Christian Apologetics. For six years\, he served as president of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. \nHe is author or editor of 45 books\, and his books have been translated into over a dozen languages. He has also contributed essays to over 70 books\, both scholarly and popular\, and he has written many articles published in professional journals. He has done work in the philosophy of religion\, ethics\, human dignity and rights\, Old Testament ethical challenges\, Christian apologetics\, the impact of the Christian faith in history\, and various theological topics as well. His books include The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion\, Philosophy of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Issues\, A Little Book for New Philosophers\, Christianity Contested: Replies to Critics’ Toughest Questions\, An Introduction to Biblical Ethics\, Is God a Moral Monster? and Is God a Vindictive Bully? \nPaul is currently chair of the Tyndale Fellowship Philosophy of Religion Study Group (UK). In 2017\, he was a Visiting Scholar at Oxford University and once again at Oxford (Oriel College) in 2024. Paul and his wife\, Jacqueline\, have six children\, and they reside in West Palm Beach\, Florida. His website is www.paulcopan.com. He is also part of the team that contributes to the online Worldview Bulletin—a site that explores issues related to the Christian worldview\, apologetics\, philosophy\, science\, and culture (https://worldviewbulletin.substack.com/). \nregister here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/does-evil-defeat-god/
LOCATION:120 Physical Science Building
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T190000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOur first book of the year is: Christian History in Seven Sentences\, by Jennifer Woodruff Tait. \nConsisting of 7 chapters\, each “sentence” is an excerpt from a historical document that was written at a pivotal moment in Christian history. Beginning with the edict of Milan in 313AD\, which legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire\, continuing through the Nicene Creed\, the 95 Theses which kicked off the Protestant reformation\, and ending with the second Vatican council in the 1960s\, this book is an approachable introduction to the generations of Christians who have come before us. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4/2025-09-24/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T193000
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SUMMARY:Why Luxury is a Vice
DESCRIPTION:COLLIS Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture presents: \nWhy Luxury is a Vice\n(and not necessarily good for the economy either)\nSeptember 17th\, 2025 | 6:00pm\n398 Statler Hall or Via Zoom\nDinner to follow \nregister here \nFor most of Western history\, luxury was seen as a vice. Socrates and Seneca condemned it; the Hebrew prophets and the early Christian Fathers thundered against it. How did it transform into an advertising attribute? Can there be any definition of “luxury” in a modern society with so many conveniences? And isn’t the pursuit of luxury ultimately beneficial for the economy? Learn why we need to rediscover the problems with luxury. \nModerated by Dr. Vivek Mathew \nDavid Cloutier (B.A.\, Carleton; Ph.D. Duke)\n\nDavid Cloutier (B.A.\, Carleton; Ph.D. Duke) is Professor of Moral Theology at the University of Notre Dame and academic director of the Business Ethics and Society Program at Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. He is the author of a number of books\, including the award-winning The Vice of Luxury: Economic Excess in a Consumer Age (Georgetown UP) and Walking God’s Earth: The Environment and Catholic Theology (Liturgical Press). He has written for Commonweal\, America\, and writes a quarterly column on Catholic social ethics and everyday life for US Catholic. His current writing project aims at articulating more fully a Catholic social imaginary for contemporary society\, beyond partisan divisions. He is married to Melissa Moschella\, a philosopher in the McGrath Institute. He runs\, sings in church choirs\, follows baseball\, and served for 8 years as Board President of the Common Market\, a large consumer food co-operative in Frederick\, MD. \nCo-Sponsored by Chesterton House
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/why-luxury-is-a-vice/
LOCATION:Statler 398
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T200000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOur first book of the year is: Christian History in Seven Sentences\, by Jennifer Woodruff Tait. \nConsisting of 7 chapters\, each “sentence” is an excerpt from a historical document that was written at a pivotal moment in Christian history. Beginning with the edict of Milan in 313AD\, which legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire\, continuing through the Nicene Creed\, the 95 Theses which kicked off the Protestant reformation\, and ending with the second Vatican council in the 1960s\, this book is an approachable introduction to the generations of Christians who have come before us. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4/2025-09-17/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T200000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOur first book of the year is: Christian History in Seven Sentences\, by Jennifer Woodruff Tait. \nConsisting of 7 chapters\, each “sentence” is an excerpt from a historical document that was written at a pivotal moment in Christian history. Beginning with the edict of Milan in 313AD\, which legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire\, continuing through the Nicene Creed\, the 95 Theses which kicked off the Protestant reformation\, and ending with the second Vatican council in the 1960s\, this book is an approachable introduction to the generations of Christians who have come before us. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4/2025-09-10/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250905T210000
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SUMMARY:Religion in a Changing Workplace
DESCRIPTION:Religion in a Changing Workplace\nSeptember 5th\, 2025 | 7:30pm\nPhysical Sciences 120 or via Zoom\nAppetizer reception to follow \nregister here \nEmployees are increasingly embracing the notion of “bringing their whole selves to work\,” and many employers are encouraging them. Those whole selves often include religious identities\, however\, and that can make things complicated. Employers can be uncertain about how to respond to workers’ religious identities and afraid that such expression will lead to conflict. Sociologist Elaine Howard Ecklund and her collaborators Denise Daniels and Christopher P. Scheitle have conducted more than 15\,000 surveys and 300 in-depth interviews on the subject of faith at work in the US. Hear from Rice University Professor and Cornell PhD alumna Elaine Howard Ecklund on how workers in many different fields experience the intersection of their religious identities and their work. Based on her book Religion in a Changing Workplace (Oxford University Press\, 2024)\, Dr. Ecklund’s lecture will help leaders of all beliefs understand how to negotiate increasingly pluralistic workplaces for the good of all. \nDr. Elaine Howard Ecklund; Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences\, Professor of Sociology; Director\, Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance\n\nElaine Howard Ecklund is a sociologist\, author\, and leader who explores how individuals and groups bring their deepest values—especially religious and ethical commitments—into their work\, leadership\, and public lives. She holds a Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences at Rice University\, where she is a Professor of Sociology and directs the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance. \nElaine has published nine books\, over 150 academic articles\, and led nearly twenty national and international research projects on religion\, science\, institutional culture\, and workplace religious diversity. Her work is widely recognized for revealing how pluralism—when understood and supported—can be an asset rather than a liability in professional life. \nKnown for building interdisciplinary teams and convening global gatherings\, Elaine brings clarity to topics often burdened by division rather than dialogue. \nHer current work focuses on religious diversity in the workplace\, mentoring as a model of institutional leadership\, and how faith and science intersect in public life. \nHer latest books include Religion in a Changing Workplace (OUP\, 2024) and Working for Better (IVP\, 2025) as well as Varieties of Atheism in Science (OUP\, 2021) and Why Science and Faith Need Each Other (Brazos\, 2020). \nShe received a Ph.D. from Cornell University\, where she was the recipient of the Graduate Student Baccalaureate Award for Academic Excellence and Community Service. In 2018\, she gave the Gifford Lecture at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland and in 2023 received the Rice University Presidential Mentoring Award. Ecklund is interested in university leadership and in new approaches to mentoring. She is privileged to have worked with multiple postdoctoral fellows\, graduate students\, and undergraduate students in research\, and she is interested in supporting institutional growth\, both at Rice University and in academic organizations more broadly. To that end she served nine years as Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at Rice\, founded the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice in 2010 and served as director for 12 years\, was president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR)\, president of the Religious Research Association (RRA)\, and has served on various university evaluation and research committees. Find out more at elainehowardecklund.com. \nregister here
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/religion-in-a-changing-workplace/
LOCATION:120 Physical Science Building
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250903T200000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Wednesday at 115 The Knoll\, beginning on September 3rd.  \nOur first book of the year is: Christian History in Seven Sentences\, by Jennifer Woodruff Tait. \nConsisting of 7 chapters\, each “sentence” is an excerpt from a historical document that was written at a pivotal moment in Christian history. Beginning with the edict of Milan in 313AD\, which legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire\, continuing through the Nicene Creed\, the 95 Theses which kicked off the Protestant reformation\, and ending with the second Vatican council in the 1960s\, this book is an approachable introduction to the generations of Christians who have come before us. \nREGISTER HERE! \nJoin us for dessert at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4/2025-09-03/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250506T200000
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SUMMARY:Just Show Up Book Club
DESCRIPTION:Join as you can for our Just Show Up book club! \nJust Show Up (JSU) Book Club is a book club without homework where people gather to read\, listen\, and discuss great books together.  No need to commit to joining every week\, the beauty of JSU book clubs is that you can jump in at any point and there is no preparation required! Participants can join in-person or via Zoom. \nWe will meet every Tuesday at 115 The Knoll this semester\, beginning on January 28. This semester\, we are going through the book “The Problem of Pain” by C.S. Lewis. \nREGISTER HERE! \n“If God is good and all-powerful\, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain? And what about the suffering of animals\, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it?  \nThe greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle these knotty issues. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight\, C.S. Lewis offers answers to these crucial questions and shares his hope and wisdom to help heal a world hungering for a true understanding of human nature.” \nJoin us for refreshments at 115 The Knoll for a time of reading and discussion together! \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/just-show-up-book-club-4-2/2025-05-06/
LOCATION:Chesterton House – 115 The Knoll
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SUMMARY:John Swinton: Chesterton Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:Chesterton Perspectives brings you: \n“Please Don’t Fix Me. Welcome Me.”: A Christian Reflection on People with Disabilities\nA conversation with John Swinton\, Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care\, Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen \nMay 1\, 2025\n3 pm EST in person at 111 The Knoll Rd\nOr join us via Zoom \nRegister Here \nLet’s be honest: most of us have not spent time formulating a theology of human disability\, especially for people with permanent intellectual limitations like schizophrenia\, dementia\, or Down syndrome. Laden with the modern idea of “equality\,” we awkwardly strive to make everyone the same\, measuring others’ experiences of life against our own—and unintentionally defining what it means to be human by our own standards. But what if that’s not only unfair\, but also wrong and harmful? \nMaybe people with disabilities need less energy spent on making them like us\, and more effort to welcome them as already fully human brothers and sisters created by God. Maybe it is their differences in our midst that help us understand our own humanity—reminding us that no one is an autonomous owner of their own life or master of their own fate\, but rather a beneficiary of God’s gratuitous gift of life\, to be given back to Him in gratitude. Reminding us that being human isn’t about subjective or performative metrics\, but rather something far deeper. Perhaps there are some (maybe many?) inequalities in this world that aren’t just unavoidable but are actually essential to understanding our humanity and what it means for all of us to become the Body of Christ. \nJoin us in welcoming John Swinton\, Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care\, and Chair of Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. Drawing from his journey from working as a Registered Mental Health Nurse to studying the theology of disability\, Rev. Professor Swinton will share his practical and theological insights to help us reflect together on a Christian theology of disability. \nJohn Swinton; Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies\, Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care; School of Divinity\, History and Philosophy; King’s College University of Aberdeen\nJohn Swinton is Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care and Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. For more than a decade John worked as a registered mental health nurse. He also worked for a number of years as a hospital and community mental health Chaplain alongside of people with severe mental health challenges who were moving from the hospital into the community. In 2004\, he founded the University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Spirituality\, Health and Disability. He has published widely within the area of mental health\, dementia\, disability theology\, spirituality and healthcare\, end of life care\, qualitative research and pastoral care. John is the author of a number of monographs including Finding Jesus in the Storm: The spiritual lives of people with mental health challenges. (Eerdmans 2020) which won the Aldersgate prize for outstanding interdisciplinary work within theology. His book Dementia: Living in the memories of God won the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Ramsey Prize for excellence in theological writing. John is married with 5 children. John is also a musician. His new album– Beautiful Songs About Difficult Things – is now availabe: https://open.spotify.com/album/6TvUBFhAcDH1u8L6dV8web?si=_IxIsyYkTayOBUfTYEsrZw
URL:https://chestertonhouse.org/events/john-swinton-5-1-2025/
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