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'Lessons From the Stars'

'Lessons From the Stars'

February 11, 2022

Charles Stang ThD' 08, Professor of early Christian thought, Director of the Center for the Study of World Religions, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on February 11, 2022.

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Good morning. This morning's reading comes from Plato's dialogue, the Timaeus, in which the autonomous character, Timaeus, declares, "None of our present statements about the universe could ever have been made if we had never seen any stars, sun, or heaven. As it is, however, our ability to see the...

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The Fifth Year of Short Intensive Programs (SIPs) at HBS

February 10, 2022
"The Spiritual Lives of Leaders," co-taught by HBS Professors Derek van Bever, MDiv '11, and John Brown, HDS Practitioner in Residence in Religion, Business Ethics, and the Economic Order, aimed to ignite conversations and an investigation into the deeper motivations of business leaders—the development of their values and sense of purpose, and the role of spirituality and faith in forming their leadership style.
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Are You Living the Life You Are Meant To?

February 9, 2022
"The Spiritual Lives of Leaders" is a masterpiece of a course brought by a collective effort between Harvard Business School, Harvard Divinity School, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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The United States Pays Reparations Every Day—just Not to Black America

February 3, 2022
Cornell William Brooks, Visiting Professor of the Practice of Prophetic Religion and Public Leadership at HDS and a Harvard Kennedy School faculty member, and Linda Bilmes, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at HKS, explore why the extensive U.S. system of restorative justice is so disconnected from the multi-faceted, intergenerational harms suffered by Black Americans.
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Where the Buddhist Chaplains Are

January 29, 2022
"So many Buddhist chaplains out in the field feel very alone and disconnected—that’s been reported again and again. We have a good opportunity right now to begin building networks between Buddhists who are doing this work,” says Monica Sanford, assistant dean for multireligious ministry.
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'We are all Ministers'

January 24, 2022

The Reverend Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at HDS, and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on January 24, 2022.

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God Remembers Who You Could Become

January 23, 2022
"Do not mourn. Do not weep because you have forgotten who you are, rejoice because God remembers who you could become. As we hear Jesus speak today, this day, again, 2,000 years on, we listen to him tell us who we are,"  said the The Reverend Matthew Ichihashi Potts, PhD, Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, HDS Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, during a sermon at the Memorial Church.

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