Named after a series of informal conversations facilitated by

Martin Luther with students and colleagues in the comfort of his home, we recently launched our own version of Table Talks.  Just as Luther’s Table Talks focused on a wide range of topics (e.g. religion, history, politics, education, et al), we too intend to explore all kinds of themes, so long as they are relevant to our mission of “renewing culture through faith and learning.”

these two series, check out the audio excerpts.

We are currently wrapping up our spring series of Table Talks.  Beginning in April, we learned about the nature of food and food’s sacramental role in our daily lives from Dr. Mark Mosley, Wesley Medical Center Director of E.R. (to appear in a 2013 issue of

Our inaugural series, presented by local architect Tony Jacobs, began last fall with “The Poetics of Architecture” (to be published in a future issue of Synaxis on Architecture).  We kept our attention focused on poetics as the fall series continued with “The Architecture of Poetics” by Jeanine Hathaway,

Wichita State University Professor Emerita of Creative Writing (to appear in the next issue of Synaxis I:2 on Poetry).  For a tiny sampling of

Synaxis on Food; check out the short audio sample of Dr. Mosley).  During the month of May Scott Spradlin, author of Don’t Let Your Emotions Run Your Life, has been leading us through an exploration of the perennial themes of “Sex, Depression, and the Good Life.”  This Friday, from 7:30 - 9:00 pm, we’ll conclude the series at The Ladder with an examination of the courage required to cultivate a fully human life, i.e. “The Good Life.”  We hope to see you there!

And stay tuned for dates and further information on our 2012 Fall series of Table Talks: “The Science of the Soul” and “The Science of Superman.”