Tom Miller will lead a four-week Epiphany series on church history and evolving Christian thought beginning at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays in the Center on Jan. 23 and 30 and Feb. 6 and 20. According to Tom, the series begins with a romp through the fast times and dangerous world of the 3rd and 4th centuries early Church. (Pictured: Bishop Nicholas loses his cool with Arius at the Council of Nicaea)

In the second week we'll meet the lustful young Berber who was his mother's worst nightmare yet would eventually be the Bishop of Hippo in Roman North Africa, now Algeria. The world came to know him as St. Augustine. Augustine's excruciating spiritual pain and anguish will be experienced, as will his adoption of Manichaeism, which he later rejects, as he shares a moving account of his conversion to Christianity in his Confessions.

For those of us who are unsure whether God exists, week three will bring Thomas Aquinas and his easy-peasy five-step philosophical proof to get us on track. “The Ox,” as he was known, missed a few steps, as we'll see. Also, God's bookie, the French polymath Blaise Pascal, will make a cameo appearance with “Pascal's Wager,” which handicaps the believe/don't believe arbitrage.

Our home stretch will be in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the Roman Catholic British philosopher, Christian apologist, journalist, and literary and art critic G. K. Chesterton, best known as the creator of the loveable, pudgy Father Brown. We, however, will spend our final session with Chesterton's Orthodoxy as he addresses what he viewed as an increasingly decadent world.

Reading material and links to instructive videos will be posted in “Red Lion Weekly” in advance of each session. If you plan to attend or have any questions, email Tom Miller directly at youngtom1969@gmail.com.