I’m hosting an online conversation (for paid substack subscribers) on 7th May at 6pm UK time/1pm ET with Dr Curt Thompson, psychiatrist and expert in interpersonal neurobiology. Regular readers will know I am fascinated by how we live in more relational, intentional, spiritually alive ways. I find much in neuroscience illuminating for this and Curt is one of my go-to experts on the intersection of spirituality and psychology. If you’re a paid subscriber you’ll find joining instructions in a post and I’ll send a reminder nearer the time. If you’re not a paid subscriber and you’d like to join us and ask your questions (or have access to the video and transcript afterwards), please consider upgrading.

This year we welcome Elizabeth Oldfield, a writer, speaker, and podcast host who works at the intersection of faith, culture and public life. She previously spent a decade as Director of Theos, the UK’s leading religion and society think tank, and now hosts The Sacred, a podcast exploring the deepest values of public figures and how those values shape our common life.

When the times are turbulent, we need wisdom. We look back to see how humans have survived and even sometimes thrived through more turbulent times than ours. This may be partly driving what looks like an increased willingness, especially amongst young people, to look for wisdom in a potentially unlikely place: religion.  In this lecture, Elizbeth Oldfield unpacks why, somewhat to her surprise, there may be much wisdom for these times to be found in the ancient practices of Christianity. This event will explore how, whether you feel drawn to its metaphysical claims or not, this tradition might hold tools and spiritual technologies to help us navigate whatever is coming next.