A charge for the sowers
Whatever is next, you have critical work ahead: to make stony ground viable, to tend land constantly so it isn't swallowed by thorns, and to spread the news of love, opportunity, inclusion, and the possibility of joy for everyone, to worry less about where it is spread than that it is spread.
Sandhya Jha, 2025 Convocation Address
Pastor, Theologian, Bishop. Heike Springhart, Proestant Bishop of Baden, Germany, will be on campus next week and will come to the House on Monday night, March 30, to speak about her sense of vocation as a theologian and a leader of her denomination.
Becoming Neighbors by Amar Peterman, a current House resident and PhD student in Theology, was published by Eerdmans on March 12. He The book explores how the common good can be cultivated through the practice of neighbor love. Amar will preach in the Chapel of the Holy Grail on April 6.
The Letter from Prison: Literature of Cultural Resistance in Early Modern England, Clark Gilpin's recent book from Penn State Press (2024), will be featured in a Dean's Forum at the Divinity School on Wednesday, April 12, at noon. Richard A. Rosengarten, Associate Professor of Religion and Literature, will respond.
In memoriam. Dolores Highbaugh was a lifelong voice for transformation and engagement. DDH is different because she participated in its life and in its students' lives. The church is different because she helped to transform and lead it. She died Friday, February 27. A memorial service is planned for Saturday, April 18, at Park Manor Christian Church in Chicago.
Founder's Day. Kris Culp was the speaker for the 186th Founder's Day at Bethany College on March 5. She spoke on "Three Forms of Freedom." The college also marked the 160th anniversary of the death of Alexander Campbell, who founded the college in 1840.
Re-imagining residence. See how the major renovation to the student residence floors wrapped up in the fall. Follow the timeline from the beginning of construction.
