Memorial Church

Matthew Potts

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.
What Then Should We Do?

What Then Should We Do?

December 12, 2021
"Matt begins his appointment as the Pusey Minister, in a Harvard that is the most religiously diverse it has ever been. And that's good news for this University and for the Memorial Church. This campus is full of faithful people, practicing religious, ethical, and spiritual traditions, that engage with deep reservoirs of wisdom about how we should live," said the Reverend Stephaine Paulsell, Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies; Co-Faculty Dean of Eliot House, former interim Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, during a sermon at the Memorial... Read more about What Then Should We Do?
Matthew Potts

'The Gift of Generosity'

December 8, 2021

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 December 8, 2021.

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Matthew Potts

Crying Out in the Wilderness

December 5, 2021
"The way of love into the wilderness of our world is difficult, but it would be a lie to say that God has not yet given us the gifts that we need to respond. Our world faces terrible questions, questions to which we do not yet have answers, but we have been given the means to face those questions and to live through them," 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. 
Matthew Potts

'The Meaning of Prayer'

December 1, 2021

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 December 1, 2021.

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Laurie Sedgwick

'A Life of Prayer'

November 18, 2021
Laurie D. Sedgwick, MDiv ‘23, Coordinator, HDS Office of Career Services, Administration, Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on November 18, 2021.... Read more about 'A Life of Prayer'

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