Disciples Seminary Foundation Past-Present-Future
by Rev. Belva Brown Jordan, Interim Executive Director at DSF Disciples Seminary Foundation has been supporting the formation of emerging theological leaders for 63 years! Over the past three years, DSF has evaluated, reorganized, and forged a path squarely in line with its original goals – “serving seminarians and graduate students and interpreting theological education to […]
Putting in a Call to the Mayor
By Chaplain Bruce Fowlkes, Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois “Mayor Lind, hello! This is Chaplain Bruce at the college. Gotta question I’d like to ask you….” Hearing my voice, the mayor was immediately concerned about my wrecked front yard. A water main had burst on Christmas Eve, threatening to flood my basement. The crisis had been averted, thanks […]
February Interim Iterations
A few years back, then Editor/Publisher John M. Buchanan, writing in The Christian Century, quoted a few sentences from Frederick Buechner’s essay titled, “The Church.” You can find this essay in Buechner’s book, Secrets in the Dark. I believe these words can give some direction to the readership of the Higher Education Digest. Here are Buechner’s words: “Maybe the […]
Chapman University’s Legacy of Hope
The most rewarding part of my ministry at Chapman University these past twenty years has been mentoring and taking spiritual care of our Disciples and United Church of Christ-related students. It is a blessing to hear them share their Joys and Concerns during Wednesday Night Worship, sponsored by our Disciples on Campus community. Then, there […]