Until the world is different
David struck Goliath down on his first try and was celebrated in victory. That’s a nice way for the story to end but it’s important to remember that he took five stones with him. He understood that sometimes your faith has to endure a failure. All his hope can’t go into one stone. He’s going to have to keep throwing them until the world is different.
Alexis Vaughan, 2024 Convocation Address
Ecology theology. Justin Carlson has been exploring ecological approaches to biblical interpretation. On Saturday, May 10, at 1pm and on Wednesday, May 14, at 11am, he will present his project,"Reading Among Reeds: Interpreting scripture in post-industrial ecology," at Big Marsh Park, which is in South Chicago, just off the eastern banks of Lake Calumet.
Table ethics. On Monday, May 5, Nate Travis, Blakemore Scholar, combined a dinner experience with a formal presentation to consider Whose table? Which ethics? Food and eating as ethical practice. First, guests sat down for a Monday Night Dinner, where Nate assigned seats at random and asked attendees to serve food to an immediate neighbor instead of themselves. He explained the concept of "foodways" across religions and culture and shared two case studies to illustrate the delicate practice of negotiating differences across a table.
Pastoral improv. What can hospital chaplaincy learn from the art, theory, and practice of improvisation? On April 28, Marissa Ilnitzki explored the intersection through postcolonial models for multi-faith hospital chaplaincy as well as the history of improvisation from Hull House forward through Second City.
How can a 1928 Gothic building be readied for a future that is beyond present imagining? How can this old House provide for forms of learning and ministry that we cannot yet glimpse? To catalyze student living and learning for the next one hundred years, the Board of Trustees has chartered a design and construction team that has expertise with historic buildings and an imagination of future possibilities. Construction begins this summer.
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Distinguished Alumnus Award. The Alumni/ae Council will present the award to J. Marshall Dunn on July 15 at DDH's luncheon at the General Assembly in Memphis. As Senior Minister of University Christian Church near the University of Maryland, he led a vibrant multi-racial community in worship and in outreach to neighbors in need for 31 years. Read the news release
Sandhya Jha will speak at Convocation on June 6, which marks the close of DDH's 130th academic year and celebrates the graduates. An alumna, trustee, and founder of the Oakland Peace Center, Jha published their fifth book, Rebels, Despots, and Saints, in 2023.
