Sandhya Jha (2001), Yvonne Gilmore (2001), Tim Lee (1998), Santiago Piñón (1998), and Terri Hord Owens (1999) spoke at the Kirkpatric Conference, Visions of Wholeness: Systemic Racism, Antiracism, and 'Reconciliation' in Our Shared History and Tradition, held in Tulsa, March 18-29. It was organized by the Disciples of Christ Historical Society.

Marshall Hatch Jr., former DDH resident and co-founder and executive director of MAAFA Redemption Project, was featured on WBEZ Chicago Public Radio in March as part of a collaboration with the Divintiy School to reflect on two years of the pandemic. He focused on the "Sanfoka" window at the New Mount Pilgrim MB Church where he is one of the pastors.

On February 5th, Kate Gerike, 2020 MDiv graduate and former DDH resident, was ordained to the ELCA and installed as pastor of the Lysne and Salem Lutheran Churches in Hawley and Hitterdal, Minnesota.

Ken Brooker Langston (1985), Disciples Justice Action Network (DJAN) and Disciples Center for Public Witness (DC4PW) executive, was honored for his work in racial and economic justice with the Christ Church Capital Area Bridge-Builder Award on January 16th.

In January, former resident John Knight became the Sprigg Visiting Professor of Philosophical Theology and Ethics at Virginia Theological Seminary.

Asher Arthur Smith arrived on May 20th, 2021, to Kiah and Aaron Smith (2007). He was born in Atlanta's Northside Hospital, the same birthplace as his mother Kiah, weighing 7 pounds 10 oz and 19.5 inches long. He just turned 6 months and his parents could not be happier.

Sandhya Jha's (2001; trustee) Advent devotional, Traveling with Our Ancestors, summons spiritual ancestors—biblical and modern—to help guide a journey toward Christmas. The Chalice Press website offers an excerpt in which Sandhya encourages us to return to the ancient practice of seven weeks of Advent, instead of four.

When a chaplain receives a page, "PT REQUESTING BIBLE," sometimes a Bible is just a Bible. But often it is "summoning someone to listen." Former pandemic chaplain Kristel Clayville (2001) reflected on these and other experiences at a DDH Forum on November 15. She now teaches Ethics and Technology at University of Illinois at Chicago.

Vy Nguyen (2004; trustee) attended the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow along with other faith leaders. He wrote, “The earth is the Lord’s, and all that is in it ... That is good news. In this moment, it is also a call to prayer, to care, and to action. We hold in prayer all these world leaders who gathered in Glasgow, and we pray for all people of faith, around the world, who will work together in the season ahead to ensure the continued thriving of the earth.”

Congratulations to McKinna Daugherty (2010) and TJ Shinners on the birth of Elliott Lewis Shinners on September 29, weighing 8 lbs, 4 oz., and measuring 19.5 inches long. Elliott and Danielle Cox’s six-month-old, Walker Bateman, both attended an Alumni/ae Council meeting on Zoom in November!