Dean David N. Hempton. / Photo: Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard Staff Photographer

'How We Can Begin to Move Forward'

September 13, 2022

HDS Dean David N. Hempton delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on September 12, 2022.... Read more about 'How We Can Begin to Move Forward'

How a Prayer Ritual Is Bringing Me Closer to My Father

June 17, 2022

An accidental daily prayer practice is forging new connections between HDS student Farley Urmston and her dad.

'I am not God. You are God.'

February 16, 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 February 16, 2022.

'The Meaning of Prayer'

December 1, 2021

'A Giving of Thanks'

November 23, 2021

Anna Burnham, MDiv '20, Student Program Coordinator, the Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on November 23, 2021.

'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'

Susie Hayward, MDiv '07, Associate Director, Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative (RLPI), HDS,

'Living in Relationship with the Land'

November 8, 2021

Susie Hayward, MDiv '07, Associate Director, Religious Literacy and the Professions Initiative, HDS, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on November 8, 2021.... Read more about 'Living in Relationship with the Land'

Facebook Has a New Prayer Feature. But Is It Made for Jews?

August 23, 2021

"This is abstracting the relationships that are built through prayer. It’s abstracting just the petitionary from all these other kinds of Christian prayers, which just makes it a less rich experience as part of a community and a less rich prayer life," said Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church.

Spiritual Practice: Pilgrimage in Place

April 8, 2020

Angie Cecil, MDiv candidate, created an interior pilgrimage inspired by St. Teresa of Avila's Interior Castle. The pilgrimage, which was developed as part of the Memorial Church's Pilgrimage Project, can be made without leaving your living room. In the audio file, itinerary, and text below, Cecil leads the participant through each step of the journey.... Read more about Spiritual Practice: Pilgrimage in Place

I Do Choose

March 22, 2020

Stephanie Paulsell, Susan Shallcross Swartz Professor of the Practice of Christian Studies and Interim Pusey Minister at Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks for Sunday Services at Memorial Church on March 22, 2020.... Read more about I Do Choose

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