“It’s important that we advocate for reform in our criminal justice system so that everyone is protected equally, but it’s also important, that right now, the nation is hurting,” said Allen Reynolds ’15 M.Div. in a New Haven march in solidarity with protestors in Ferguson, Missouri. “People in this community are hurting, and there needs to be healing for us as we continue in the fight.” Online, NBC Connecticut, Dec. 1.
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Yale-Students-Rally-in-Support-of-Ferguson-284396001.html
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During the November 2014 of Yale Alumni Association Annual Assembly, the Yale Divinity School Alumni board was awarded recognition for “Outstanding G&P School Volunteer Engagement and Leadership.” The current delegates to the Association of Yale Alumni are: Jerry Henry ’80 M.Div.; June Fletcher Hill ’85 M.Div.; Thomas Ficklin ’75 M.Div.; Jeffrey Oak ’85 M.Div., ’86 S.T.M.; Kathryn Stratton ’12 M.Div., ’13 S.T.M.; and Kristin Foster ’77 M.Div. Congratulations on this outstanding honor! |
Rob Benson ’95 M.Div. is now pastor of Bar Harbor Congregational Church in Bar Harbor, Maine. Online, Mount Desert Islander, Nov. 29.
http://www.mdislander.com/maine-news/new-pastor-walks-path-spirit
David Harned ’54 B.A. ’57 B.D. ’63 Ph.D. is the author of Mrs. Gandhi’s Guest: Growing Up with India (Resource Publications, 2014).
Lael Sorensen ’10 M.Div. has accepted a call to become the new priest of St. Peter’s Church in Rockland, Maine. Online, Pen Bay Pilot, Nov. 25.
Bethany Carlson ’16 M.Div. has recently published her first volume of poetry, Diadem Me (MIEL, 2014), available for pre-order.
http://miel.bigcartel.com/product/diadem-me-bethany-carlson-pre-order-only
“You start off in hell, the inferno — that’s Duke,” said Jack Boger ’71 M.Div. who announced he will step down from his role as UNC Law School Dean. “Then you go to divinity school to purge yourself, and (then you) come back to Chapel Hill.” Online, dailytarheel.com, Nov. 20.
http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2014/11/law-school-dean-jack-boger-stepping-down
After more than 40 years of ministry, David Layman ’75 S.T.M. has retired from First Presbyterian Church of Richmond, Indiana. Online, Pal-Item Nov. 28.
http://www.pal-item.com/story/news/local/2014/11/28/retiring-pastor-expanded-outreach/19638339/
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