Trinity Forum Conversations

Trinity Forum Conversations is a podcast exploring the big questions in life by looking to the best of the Christian intellectual tradition and elevating the voices, both ancient and modern, who grapple with these questions and direct our hearts to the Author of the answers. We invite you to join us in one of the great joys of life: a conversation among friends on the things that matter most.

Trinity Forum Conversations is a society podcast hosted by The Trinity Forum, with 150 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

The Trinity Forum hosts Trinity Forum Conversations, a society show with 150 episodes published.

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  Episode #151

  Learning to See, with Jennifer Trafton

  Sep 28, 202647 minS13

  What does it mean to truly see? In a world that rewards speed, certainty, and quick judgment, the patient work of attention can feel almost countercultural. Yet learning to see clearly—to notice beauty, to attend to the people before us, and to look beyond our assumptions—may be essential to learning how to love well. The Victorian artist and missionary Lilias Trotter devoted her life to just this kind of attention. Though a gifted painter said she could become one of the greatest artists of her generation, Trotter instead chose a quieter and more hidden path. Author and artist Jennifer Trafton’s latest book, “If We Could Only See,” traces the remarkable life and legacy of Lillias Trotter. She joined Cherie for a conversation about what Lillias can teach us about seeing the world—and one another—with greater patience, humility, imagination, and love. This episode was also recorded in-person and the video will be available on our Youtube here !

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  Episode #149

  What Does Citizenship Require of Us? with Russell Moore

  Sep 4, 202652 minS13

  The relationship of Christian believers to government has long been fraught, from Jesus’ time to today. The command to love God, our neighbor, even our enemies can flatly contradict the world’s exaltation of power and domination, and the obligations that attend citizenship in the kingdom of God are often in tension with those of the kingdom of man. Reconciling Paul’s reminder to the Philippians that our citizenship is in heaven with his admonition in Romans 13 to respect governing authorities is often less than clear cut. What are our obligations as citizens in a fallen world? Trinity Forum Senior Fellow Russell Moore joins us to delve into these hard questions. You may find his timely piece in Christianity Today , “Christians, Let’s Stop Abusing Romans 13,” a helpful read to accompany this conversation. This podcast episode is drawn from an Online Conversation in 2026. You can view the transcript and other resources here. Also! Renovaré is hosting its annual Book Club — four books read in community from October to May, guided by scholars and authors, with weekly podcast conversations and discussion groups. This season's lineup and registration: https://renovare.org/bookclub Go deeper into the issues discussed in this episode with these Trinity Forum Readings: • Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr. • Who Stands Fast? by Dietrich Bonhoeffer • City of God by St. Augustine • Politics, Morality, & Civility by Václav Havel

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  Episode #148

  Bringing Meaning to Your Work, with Barry Rowan

  Aug 17, 202647 minS13

  We want the thousands of hours we work over our lifetime to matter. But how do we make them truly significant? What can infuse our lives, our offices, and our world with meaning? Today’s guest is the business leader and author Barry Rowan. He contends, “We don’t derive meaning from our work; we bring meaning to our work.” With stories from his life in high-ranking roles, he helps us go from being defined by what we do, to having our work become an expression of who we are . This episode is drawn from an Online Conversation in 2026. You can view the transcript and other resources here Go deeper into the issues discussed in this episode with these Trinity Forum Readings: Why Work Dorothy L. Sayers How Much Land Does a Man Need? Leo Tolstoy Brave New World Aldous Huxley Two Old Men Leo Tolstoy

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  Episode #147

  Baptizing Our Imaginations, with Mia Chung and Malcolm Guite

  Aug 3, 202634 minS13

  The term “baptized imagination” has come to the fore of Christian discussion in recent years, and this recent episode considers what a baptized imagination can actually look like. In the Christian tradition, baptism represents a journey of death and resurrection. In order for there to be a rebirth of truth, goodness, and beauty in us, what other imaginations must we leave behind? And what can bring about this change? Our guides in this episode, Mia Chung and Malcolm Guite, are extraordinary. Mia is a concert pianist, now based at MIT where she leads the Octet Collaborative, a Christian study center. Malcolm is an acclaimed poet and Anglican priest based at Cambridge, and has begun to publish a multi-volume epic poem on the Arthurian legends–-you can find our episode with Malcolm on the first book of this epic at the link in the show notes. This is the kind of conversation that our community of Trinity Forum Senior Fellows foster: cross-discipline discussion rooted in the Christian tradition. This episode was recorded live at the 2025 gathering of the Trinity Forum Senior Fellows in Washington, DC, which was convened with the generous support of the John Templeton Foundation. Our moderator is Trinity Forum President Cherie Harder. Go deeper into the topics discussed with these Trinity Forum Readings: Spirit and Imagination by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (introduced by Malcolm Guite) Letters from Vincent van Gogh Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot Into the Wasteland by Malcolm Guite Painting as a Pastime by Winston Churchill Take Up the Tale: Bringing the Epic Tradition Into Our Time with Malcolm Guite

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  Episode #146

  Practices of Hope: Antidotes to Confusion, Cynicism and Nihilism, with Curt Thompson and David French

  Jul 20, 202626 minS13

  We are subjected to the temptations of confusion, cynicism, and nihilism like never before. So many pressures, including new ones, seemingly by the day, push us in these directions. What formative things can we do to help ourselves and our society be a part of a hopeful story instead? Two of our Trinity Forum Senior Fellows, psychiatrist Curt Thompson and columnist David French, come from different disciplines, but in this episode, they provide complementary insights into the hopeful practices of thought and action we're all looking for. This episode was recorded live at the 2025 gathering of the Trinity Forum Senior Fellows in Washington, DC. The moderator is Trinity Forum President Cherie Harder. Go deeper into the topics discussed with these Trinity Forum Readings: The Federalist Papers (with an introduction by David French) The Purchase of a Soul by Victor Hugo Politics, Morality, & Civility by Václav Havel On Friendship by Marcus Tullius Cicero

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