April 2021 News

The Rev. Dr. Jeanette Zaragoza-DeLeón
April 30, 2021
by Kathy Leonard Czepiel “When we talk about history, we can fall into a dangerous pitfall,” the Rev. Dr. Jeanette Zaragoza-DeLeón told a webinar audience of more than 70 on...
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April 29, 2021
I sang “Kumbayah” for the first time sitting around a campfire at Pond Homestead Baptist Camp in Wrentham, Massachusetts… Read the rest of the story in The Christian...
Image of Rev. Dr. Jones with cover of new workbook
April 21, 2021
A link to the full lecture can be found at the bottom of this page. by Kathy Leonard Czepiel   The Reverend Doctor Kirk Byron Jones knows firsthand how important self-care is...
First Year Student Oliver Mesmer
April 21, 2021
As they have for generations, Andover Newton alumni/ae are doing extraordinary work in the field of ministry – ministry that spans the globe and takes many forms. Over the...
JaQuan Beachem
April 16, 2021
Dean Sarah B. Drummond is pleased to announce that JaQuan Beachem, Andover Newton and Yale Divinity School Class of 2021, will succeed Emily Bruce in directing Andover Newton...
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April 15, 2021
“When liturgy and worship become the work of the people, space for the sacred stories of those living with mental health conditions begin to have space in the collective...
Photo courtesy of Thomas Burke
April 15, 2021
The Rev. Thomas Burke (YDS MDiv 2018) was an Andover Newton Seminary student “Founder,” the school’s original student steering committee, upon arriving in New Haven. He...
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April 13, 2021
The Andover Newton community is deeply saddened and distressed to learn of the killing of Daunte Wright, an unarmed Black man, fourteen miles from last May’s killing of...
Sue Phillips, Sacred Design Lab
April 9, 2021
by Kathy Leonard Czepiel What does corporate America have in common with church? Sue Phillips, a co-founder of the consulting firm Sacred Design Lab, told attendees of...
Photo cred: Amanda Andrade-Rhoades for The Washington Post
April 6, 2021
“The Rev. Earl D. Trent Jr. (MDiv 83) leads the Florida Avenue Baptist Church’s outdoor Easter service at the Howard University Hospital plaza in Northwest Washington...