Faith Curious with Trinity Church

Trinity Church NYC
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  • Religion & Spirituality

If you're seeking spiritual community, examining life's big questions, or wrestling with doubt, Faith Curious from Trinity Church invites you, just as you are, to join us. Host Summerlee Staten, Executive Director of Trinity's Faith Formation and Education efforts, joins theologians, ministers, spiritual thought leaders to demystify friendship, grief, belonging, loneliness, and more through the lenses of faith and doubt. Faith Curious extends a wide welcome to all, inviting you to join other imperfect people doing our best. Every episode of Faith Curious blends theology and spirituality with the testimony of seekers with deep questions about who God is and about how they can grow in their faith. Faith Curious and Trinity's broader faith education efforts support listeners as they make connections between Christians beliefs and real-world problems, like loneliness and belonging, and as they bring those learnings back to their personal lives and families, and into the world at large. Trinity Church is an Episcopal parish in New York City, founded in 1697 that works for justice, serves their neighbors, and brings people together to experience God's love, in community.​ Learn more about Trinity at www.trinitychurchnyc.org.

Episodes

  1. Sep 24 ·  Video

    On Loneliness with the Rev. Carl Adair

    Our society is experiencing a loneliness epidemic. How can church serve as a space to meet people during moments of transition and support them on the journey? Summerlee Staten welcomes Rev. Dr. Carl Adair of the Episocopal Mission in Sunnyside in Queens, NY about loneliness and finding community. The Rev. Carl Adair shares the loneliness and joy of starting a new church, overcoming the pressure to carry our burdens alone, how becoming a parent transforms all relationships, and how solitude and loneliness can also help lead us to deeper understanding.

    On Loneliness with the Rev. Carl Adair

  2. Sep 23 ·  Video

    On Living a Meaningful Life with Barbara Becker

    How do you live fully by keeping the end in mind – allowing the acceptance of our mortality to lead to freedom? Faith Curious from Trinity Church host Summerlee Staten explores the act of living a meaningful life with interfaith minister and author Barbara Becker about her book "Heartwood: The Art of Living With the End in Mind." They explore how death can be a portal to meaning, the freedom that comes with accepting our limitations, the intersectionality of joy and sorrow, practices of grief across faiths, and why we all deserve space to feel anger and frustration when facing our own and other mortality. Still Faith Curious? Sign up for Trinity's weekly newsletter at https://trinitychurchnyc.org/subscribe.

    On Living a Meaningful Life with Barbara Becker

  3. Sep 23 ·  Video

    On Grief with the Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles

    How do you support someone who is grieving—and how does faith help us carry loss? Faith Curious from Trinity Church host Summerlee Staten speaks with Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles about grief, compassion, and the role of community when life brings deep loss. Drawing on her experience as a hospital chaplain, Rev. Miles shares what truly helps people navigate grief—and why curiosity, presence, and faith can make space for healing. Still Faith Curious? Sign up for Trinity's weekly newsletter at https://trinitychurchnyc.org/subscribe.

    On Grief with the Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles

  4. Sep 23 ·  Video

    On Friendship with Lisa Benenson

    Friendship expands you by inviting you to engage with the gifts, joys, and sorrows of others; it opens you to the power of knowing and being known. Faith Curious from Trinity Church host Summerlee Stanton connects with Lisa Benenson, a parishioner and staff member at Trinity Church to talk about spiritual friendship and how our friends lead us towards a richer relationship with each other and with God. Still Faith Curious? Sign up for Trinity's weekly newsletter at https://trinitychurchnyc.org/subscribe.

    On Friendship with Lisa Benenson
  • 4 Episodes

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If you're seeking spiritual community, examining life's big questions, or wrestling with doubt, Faith Curious from Trinity Church invites you, just as you are, to join us. Host Summerlee Staten, Executive Director of Trinity's Faith Formation and Education efforts, joins theologians, ministers, spiritual thought leaders to demystify friendship, grief, belonging, loneliness, and more through the lenses of faith and doubt. Faith Curious extends a wide welcome to all, inviting you to join other imperfect people doing our best. Every episode of Faith Curious blends theology and spirituality with the testimony of seekers with deep questions about who God is and about how they can grow in their faith. Faith Curious and Trinity's broader faith education efforts support listeners as they make connections between Christians beliefs and real-world problems, like loneliness and belonging, and as they bring those learnings back to their personal lives and families, and into the world at large. Trinity Church is an Episcopal parish in New York City, founded in 1697 that works for justice, serves their neighbors, and brings people together to experience God's love, in community.​ Learn more about Trinity at www.trinitychurchnyc.org.

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