The Passover Seder in the last few years has fallen on the same day as Good Friday (for Protestants and Catholics). It’s a little busy when all the services and Holy Days for the two major religions are in the…

Since our nation celebrated the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday Monday, I have had several conversations on diversity, -isms, race, inequality, and justice this week. One of the best descriptions of the real way to divide the population was not…

I find myself very conflicted this week about Advent and Christmas. Every year at the Lessons and Carols Service, I make a statement about my personal conflict of juggling the season of preparation with the season of celebration. The formal…

In just over a week, Career Services and the Spiritual Life Center are co-sponsoring the “VSG” – Volunteer, Service and Graduate Fair. This is an opportunity for the community to talk with representatives from several service year programs, seminaries and…

Lord, who embraces us in all times and all places; who guides us in beginnings, endings and the murky middles; who blesses us with opportunities of learning, searching and growth; who accompanies us on the journey–with all of its twists…

From today’s Wall Street Journal: About 14.3% of college students were diagnosed with or treated for anxiety problems during the past year, and 12% were diagnosed with or treated for depression, according to a spring 2014 survey of 79,266 college…

I am tired, but joyful today. Yesterday was the Spiritual Life Fair in the Dell, and if you missed it, you missed a great event. If you were there, I hope you will wear your T-Shirt often. My vision for…

My five-year-old starts Kindergarten today. She had a very hard time going to sleep last night because she was so excited, so worried, so conflicted about all the possibilities. Should you ride the bus for an hour to go 1.6…

I’m a bit puzzled about what to write about Earth Day. I always have to start the Chaplain’s Corner article several times. The first false start yesterday was about Environmental Theology and used some academic resources from a seminary class…

Usually by this time in the semester I am feeling two wildly different opposite feelings. I get caught up in the rapid pace of the whole community speeding rapidly toward the end of the semester, preparing for commencement, hustling to…