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Professor Jonathan Walton writes that the Memorial Church will continue to explore the theme “Redefining Success: Living a Life of Service and Sacrifice” this term.

Rachel Leiken, MDiv '20, Multifaith Engagement Fellow at the Memorial Church, writes about deepening her commitment to social justice, community building, and university chaplaincy. After the election in 2016, I spent a lot of time thinking about what I...

KMarie Tejeda, MDiv candidate and a seminarian at Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on September 25, 2019.

Liz Walker was one of the most famous and successful TV news personalities in Boston. She spent more than two decades as a reporter, as well as being the first African American news anchor on WBZ-TV. So, when she stepped down from the anchor desk, many of...

Christopher Hale learned quickly that mixing politics and religion can be gritty business. In 2008, he was hired by Barack Obama's campaign to help reach out to Catholic communities. On his second day on the campaign, he was called to the archbishop's...

“To have been on pilgrimage with you through these days has been one of the most profound experiences of my life, one from which I hope I will never stop learning,” said outgoing Interim Pusey Minister at Memorial Church and HDS Professor Stephanie...

Sometimes a profession quietly chooses you, instead of the other way around. For Harvard Divinity School student Elizabeth Smith Leavitt, MDiv '09—originally bound for law school, after a challenging year as an English as a Second Language tutor through...

Krister Stendahl, who played a crucial role in shaping the life and work of Harvard Divinity School, just as he was also a pioneer in the broader realm of ecumenical relations, died on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at the age of 86. He had been in failing...

"As we take our first steps on a path whose dimensions we can’t quite make out, whose edges we feel for in the dark, love can give us direction," says Stephaine Paulsell, Interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, and Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor...

Even a person who has already dedicated close to five decades of his life to service for the socially disadvantaged can experience a profound moment of vocational clarity, an epiphany in regard to destiny. For the late Rev. Robert W. Wilden, BD '61, that...

Aurangzeb Haneef, MTS '09, has seen his home country of Pakistan transform into a target for criminal activity and terrorism. In response, he says that he's built up 'a certain numbness' toward acts of violence as a means of emotional survival. When he...

Harvard Divinity School (HDS) hosted “Queer Youth and Religious Debates over Sexuality,” a panel discussion held Oct. 7 on queer youth in the United States and their relationship to religion and the church. Cheryl A. Giles, Peabody Professor of the...