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Celebrate 125 Years With us
As this 125th year concludes, we give thanks for DDH's remarkable legacy and for the individuals, churches, and organizations who have made its legacy possible. And in that spirit, we are grateful for what is yet to come.
John Emory McCaw, who had been DDH’s oldest living alumnus, died on June 29 in Des Moines, Iowa. He was 104. Called as dean of Drake University's Bible College in 1950, he led the school to full accreditation as Drake's Divinity School.
Updates: When we began this academic year, we could not have imagined the scale and scope of changes that would overtake us. To affirm that we are, nevertheless, grateful for what is to come, is to dedicate ourselves to prepare for a future that we cannot fully anticipate and that, ultimately, we will receive from the hands of others....
Noteworthy promise. 3 dissertation-writing PhD students and 2 continuing MDiv students have been recognized for achievement and high promise. Pictured here: Mark Lambert, Aneesah Ettress, and Benny VanDerburgh.
CONGRATULATIONS to 2020 MDiv graduates Kate Gerike, Kevin Gregory, Savannah Gross, and Victoria Wick. DDH marked the close of its 125th academic year on June 12, with an online fanfare for the graduates. They go forth to minister and serve in Illinois, Minnesota, and Alabama.
Gratitude & guidance. Amidst the tides of suffering and the streams of history that seem to call us away from reason and love, away from disciplined reflection into half-truths and superficial solidarity, we are yet grateful.... Sustain our fidelity to you, O God, and to the lessons of the past, as we greet a future that is not fully our own, a holy grail that we share and shape together, that we might produce "the harvest of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ for the glory and praise of God" (Phil 1:11). Amen. From a prayer by Assoc. Dean Yvonne Gilmore, June 12.
BENEDICTION ...May we, as people of faith, we who know the power of a God of justice, continue to breathe through the tumultuous uncertainty of health pandemics and acts of violence and sin against Black and Brown bodies, the ideals of liberation and sacred practices which nurture beloved community. We know these can be as contagious as any virus. Lead and love us into the places, communities, and relationships that help to transform your Creation. April Lewton, President, Board of Trustees, June 12.
