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
Heroes and villains. Russell Johnson, Assistant Instructional Professor, Associate Director, Undergraduate Religious Studies Program and Core Sequence at the Divinity School, will lead the forum after Monday Night Dinner on February 9 at 7pm, giving a talk entitled, "Every Hero Needs a Villain: Movies, Mimetic Theory, and the Psychology of Conflict."
"The time is always right to do what is right." On Monday, February 2, Erika Dornfeld, Associate Instructional Professor and Director of Field Education and Community Engagement at the Divinity School, preached for the chapel service on Psalm 15.
The Amy A. Northcutt Scholarship, which will support emerging women leaders, has surpassed its initial goal. A surge of generosity at the end of 2025 lifted the fund to $257,344. It remembers Amy, an alumna and former president of DDH's Board, who was the chief information officer of the National Science Foundation at the time of her death in May 2017.
Moderator's eye view. Cinthia Kim-Hengst led a Monday Forum on January 26 to offer perspectives from her leadership as Moderator of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
Leading congregations. Lee Hull Moses will become Senior Minister of Central Christian Church, Indianapolis, on February 15. Colton Lott has been called as Senior Minister of First Christian Church, Norman, Oklahoma, beginning March 9. Read the news release.
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Re-imagining residence. See how the major renovation to the student residence floors wrapped up in the fall. Follow the timeline from the beginning of construction.
