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
Equity and belonging. April Lewton, alumna and Vice President of Development and Marketing, National Benevolent Association of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) will speak on Monday evening, January 12 on “Belonging, Equity, and Inclusion: Nurturing Community.”
Cracks let the light in. On Monday, January 5, Program Director and Writer-in-Residence Heidi Haverkamp preached for the first chapel of winter quarter on imperfection and wholeness. "Sherry hour" and Monday dinner follow.
Re-imaging residence. See how the major renovation to the student residence floors wrapped up in the fall. Follow the timeline from the beginning of construction.
Service for the season. On December 1, an Advent service featured hymns, ensemble music with vocals, keyboard, flute, clarinets, guitar, and double bass, and five brief reflections on the candles of Hope, Peace, Joy, Love, and Christ.
Luther Young, Assistant Professor of Religion and Society at Boston University, returned for a forum on November 17. Titled, "Heal Thyself": Lessons to the Church from Black LGBTQ People, his presentation drew from field study and in-depth interviews in Black congregations.
