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
Coming up: Emily Crews, Executive Director of the Marty Center, will speak November 14 at 7:00 pm for the first DDH Forum of the year. A scholar of Christianities in Africa and the United States, her research explores the ways that people's religious lives are connected to their ideas about gender, race, and the body.
2024 DDH Scholars. Sixteen individuals have been named Disciples Divinity House Scholars for the 2024-25 academic year. Several are recipients of named scholarships. Read the announcement and learn about them.
Heidi Haverkamp preached on the spiritual practice of friendship for the opening chapel service of the academic year, October 7. Students planned the service which included a litany for beginning the year.
Announcing the 2024 Entering Disciples Divinity House Scholars. Pictured here clockwise, starting bottom left, they are: Grace Dearhamer, Isabelle Garcia, Hart Lang, Katie Varon, and Emma Yeager. Learn more about them.
Ethics and AI. Virginia White, PhD candidate in Religious Ethics and DDH Scholar, presented a paper on moral conscience and the importance of intersubjective encounters amid rising AI at the International Society for Religion, Literature, and Culture in Denmark.
In memoriam. Chuck Blaisdell's intelligence, leadership, and camaraderie graced the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)--from regions and congregations, to theological education and general ministries. He was a current Alumni/ae Council member. A service will be held November 2.