Ministry

At this event, the Rev. Dr. Deborah Johnson explored the theme of depolarizing our politics and bridging our world. She invited us to move beyond societal binaries and to embrace a more inclusive and compassionate future. Rev. Dr. Deborah Johnson (she/her...

Matthew Ichihashi Potts, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and the Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church talks about the challenges of forgiveness—and why it may be worth the effort.

Harvard Divinity School recently hosted Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and legendary gospel artist Twinkie Clark, who talked about her musical journey and performed from her catalog of over 350 songs. Scholars Charrise Barron, Assistant...

Lama Rod Owens, the Harvard Divinity School-educated lama and yoga teacher blends his training in the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism with pop culture references and experiences from his life as a Black, queer man, raised in the South by his mother, a...

The Rev. Laura Everett, MDiv '04, an itinerant minister, believes that her calling is the work of repair. "When I'm with a congregation, we're trying to repair our broken relationships with one another," she said. "When I'm with the City of Boston...

“In Buddhism, we have this term Kalyāṇamitra, which literally means spiritual companion. It’s like a friend on the path. That is how I think of spiritual care,” said Chris Berlin, Counselor to Buddhist Students and Instructor in Ministry Studies and...

This webinar is the second in a series offered by the Buddhist Ministry Initiative at Harvard Divinity School. It featured a panel discussion of contributors to part II of Refuge in the Storm: Buddhist Voices in Crisis Care, edited by Nathan Jishin Michon...

The Rev. Dr. Charles Gilchrist Adams, BD ’64, the former William and Lucille Nickerson Professor of the Practice of Ethics and Ministry at Harvard Divinity School, died November 29, 2023, at the age of 86. Adams was one of the country's most influential...

Buddhist chaplaincy programs—introductory, nondegree, and degree conferring—are no longer uncommon. One can study Buddhist chaplaincy at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, Union Theological Seminary, Naropa University, Maitripa College, New York Zen...

Margaret R. Rathbun, MDiv '25, is spending the summer at Waquoit Congregational Church in Falmouth, Mass., the first time the church has been selected as a field education site for the divinity school.