Living with the Questions – Dr Jessie Rogers
Wed 7 May at 7pm on Zoom
We were privileged to have Dr Jessie Rogers in our midst once again to bring our programme TODAY’S BIG QUESTIONS to a close with a talk entitled ‘Living with the Questions’.
Jessie opened our series in October 2023, with a talk about wisdom and discernment – ‘Seeking Wisdom Together’. Jessie suggested that ‘those of us who seek wisdom will find it in communities that listen attentively, speak honestly, and are open to being surprised.’ Over the course of two years, looking at some big questions of our time, we tried to follow her advice.
In her closing talk, reflecting on the Acts of the Apostles and a ‘letter to a young poet’ by Rainer Maria Rilke, Jessie gave us wise guidance on how to ‘live’ with those questions and to embrace uncertainty and doubt. “Be people of courage who stay with the questions, communities of hope, where transformation can happen”.
You can watch the talk and discussion by clicking on the link below.
Jessie Rogers is a scripture scholar and Dean of Theology at St Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth. Jessie is passionate about facilitating transformative engagement with scripture. Her research interests include biblical wisdom literature, children and the Bible, and synodality. She has served on the steering committee for the Irish Synodal Pathway.