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
Courage to be church: On Monday evening, May 11, Delaney Beh will give their Senior Ministry Presentation, “The courage to be church: Renewing liberal Protestant discipleship in an age of uncertainty.” Delaney points to theological and practical tools within the liberal Protestant tradition to help confront its own precarity with hope rather than fear, inviting churches to consider the power of faithful discipleship amid an uncertain future.
Tish Duncan, alumna, Associate Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, and President of the DDH Board of Trustees, spoke on April 27 about how her teaching has changed since the pandemic, particularly though her participation in the “Life Worth Living” pedagogy program. In the photo, she poses with two House Scholars and TCU alums.
Moderate Baptist Phenomenology: Delaney Wallace, ecumenical resident and final-year dual degree MDiv/MSW student gave her Senior Ministry Presentation on Monday, April 20, titled: "How a moderate Baptist church in the South engages the life of the mind: A phenomenological case study."
Rival Christianities. Curtis Evans, Associate Professor of Religions in America at The Divinity School, joined us on Monday, April 13, to speak about polarization in the United States, both in the period leading up to the Civil War over the Christian morality of slavery and today, over the Iran war and other contemporary political flashpoints.
Looking for an affordable, community-oriented housing arrangement for the 2026-27 academic year? Applications are now open for newly admitted Divinity School students to live at DDH. More information here.
Re-imagining residence. See how the transformation of the student residence floors unfolded last summer. Follow the timeline from the beginning of construction.
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