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A Place Held in the Palm of Nature

Gretchen Legler, MDiv candidate, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on February 7, 2020. ♦♦♦
MDiv candidate Gretchen Legler

‘Beyond Wishful Thinking’: Peace Building in the Middle East

On January 3, the United States launched a drone attack that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, whom United States officials said was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American and coalition soldiers. Soleimani’s killing prompted a...
Professor Jocelyne Cesari

Video: Forms of Grief

This talk examined the forms that grief can take, in the work of Zoe Leonard, Peter Hujar, David Wojnarowicz, and John Constable. Kate Zambreno is the author of several acclaimed books, including Screen Tests, Heroines, and Green Girl. She has recently...
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Humans of HDS: Born into a Family of Service

“There was a moment in my college career where nothing felt gravitas. Everything I did lacked gravitas. I felt disconnected from the real world. I felt that I needed to do something, to be of service to people, to live according to what God wanted me to...
Emmanuel Correa, MDiv ’21

Finding Meaning in the Journey

Stephanie Paulsell, Interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies at HDS, established a pilgrimage project in the fall that invited students, congregants, and other members of the...
Sally Hammel (left), Laurie Sedwick, Angie Cecil and Gretchen Legler embrace following their sunrise pilgrimage to Walden Pond in November. Photo by Jeffrey Blackwell, Memorial Church

A History of God at Harvard

Offered as a prayer to his “first years,” proctor and MDiv candidate J.Y. Lee ponders the ways that God has shown up throughout Harvard's history.
J.Y. Lee

On Etty Hillesum and Holocaust Remembrance Day

Stephanie Paulsell, Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies and Interim Pusey Minister at Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on January 27, 2020. ♦♦♦
Stephanie Paulsell

A First Visit to Africa

Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., reflects on his first trip to Africa, where he lectured on comparative theology and interreligious learning.
Professor Francis X. Clooney, S.J., third from left, in Africa.