Disciples across the world gathered together July 29 - August 1.
A Transformative Gift
In 1951 and at the age of nineteen, Samuel Campbell Pearson, Jr., matriculated to the Divinity School and the Disciples Divinity House. He was young for a graduate student and eager for an intellectual journey that would open new worlds for him and others.
Sam Pearson became “a scholar, teacher, administrator, and colleague of uncommon insight, effectiveness, and humanity,” as his 2001 Distinguished Alumnus Award said. “The Disciples Divinity House transformed his life,” Mary Clay Pearson explained. After his death in 2022 and with the support of their two sons, John and Bill, Mary remembered Sam with a gift of $510,000 for unrestricted endowment funds. It is already supporting students who have the kind of ambition and financial need that Sam had decades before. Read more
Good Reading: Volume 93 of the DDH Bulletin will be in mailboxes soon, but it is already available online. Including articles on unbounded bounties, observations of the musical The Gospel at Colonus as performed at The Court Theatre, stories of "One Great Thing" about 2023 Distinguished Alumna Cynthia Lindner, and an inspiring convcation address by Rebecca Anderson which encouraged students to make "a new translation," these articles call for the reader to observe closely and think broadly.
A New Chapter for the Lamberts: Mark Lambert, who has been DDH’s Faculty Fellow this past year, has accepted an offer as an assistant professor at Des Moines University (DMU). He will be in charge of the bioethics curriculum with half of his time for research. Administrator Daette Lambert will transition to remote work when she and Mark and their family move to the Des Moines area in mid-August. Dean Kris Culp commented, “DDH is fortunate that her superb leadership will continue."
2023 Distinguished Alumna Address: Cynthia G. Lindner, exemplary minister and mentor, was selected as the recipient of DDH's 2023 Distinguished Alumna Award. Cynthia responded to receiving the award at the DDH Luncheon for Alumni/ae and Friends on August 1 at the General Assembly of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in an address titled "Begotten, Bewildered, and Beholding."
