Mother’s Day is May 14! We’ve put together a guide for a thoughtful gift or some focused time for yourself to study. Check it out!

The gift for: 

The Mom who maintains a tight circle of friends. 

Spirituality, Self, & Society

Sister Joan Chittister, Rev. Carissa Baldwin-McGinnis, Dr. Claire Villarreal, Ms. Heba Khan, Dr. Melissa Weininger

Watch as faith leaders from the Houston area in Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism join this presentation with Sister Joan Chittister to discuss the ways our own traditions answer these questions of Spirituality, Self and Society.

The gift for: 

The Mom who always keeps an open mind. 

The Role of the Public Intellectual in a Just Society

Joan Chittister

Sr. Joan’s lectures on The Public Intellectual open up a new awareness that illuminates a blind spot that can develop for progressive thinkers. Traditional liberals have typically focused on critical thinking about biblical exploration and constructive theology. The unintended consequence of such an academic focus has been to overlook the reformative power of what can happen when this debate is held not behind closed doors, but in the public square.

The gift for: 

The Mom who loves history and travel.

The Challenge of Jesus 

John Dominic Crossan

In The Challenge of Jesus, renowned historical Jesus scholar John Dominic Crossan, presents his life’s work exploring the matrix of Jesus’ unique time and place. Drawing on scholarly text, excavation and history, Dr. Crossan introduces us to the flesh and blood people who shaped the world into which Jesus was born. 

The Gift For: 

The Mom who reminds you, “Treat others the way you want to be treated.”

The Ten Commandments: Laws of the Heart

Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB

In this series, Joan Chittister, OSB, invites us to think deeply about the moral fibers of our society.  She presents the idea that the Ten Commandments are an adventure in human growth and that we are not so much convicted by them as we are transformed by them.  “What does it mean to us, to the world, to preserve the Ten Commandments as the bedrock of our civilization?” Sr. Joan offers an honest and refreshing approach to the Ten Commandments unlike anything else today.