Donor Spotlight: Grace Gilliam (MTS ’10)
In this Donor Spotlight, meet Grace Gilliam, a devoted scholar whose journey from practitioner to Associate Director of Community Engaged Learning at PSR reflects her profound commitment to holistic education. Grace’s deep immersion in Buddhist teachings, combined with her academic pursuits, drives her passion for contributing to the formation of spiritually rooted leaders in seminary education through her support of PSR.
Watch MDiv Student LeJon Payne Preach at Stanford University’s Black Church: University Praise & Worship
Watch current PSR MDiv student Rev. Dr. LeJon Payne preached at Stanford University’s Black Church: University Praise & Worship.
This I Believe: Rev. Dr. Monica Joy Cross (MDiv ’10, DMin ’21)
The Alumnx Council of PSR meets bi-monthly. As a practice, they take turns sharing “This I Believe.” This month’s post is from Rev. Dr. Monica Joy Cross (DMin ’21)
Alumnx Rev. Dr. Christy Newton Becomes Executive Director of Disciples Seminary Foundation
Please join us in celebrating Rev. Dr. Christy Newton (MDiv ’00) who was just announced as the new executive director of Disciples Seminary Foundation (DSF)!
Alumnx Debra Haffner Awarded Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the World Association for Sexual Health
Join us in congratulating alumnx Rev. Debra Haffner (DMin ’16) on being awarded a Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) — their highest honor!
Progressive Voices of Faith: Hope for the New Year
This month we asked PSR’s faculty, students, staff, alumnx, and board what gives them hope for the new year!
PSR and CLGS Applaud Papal Approval of Blessings for Same-Sex Couples
We hope this historic and significant step toward the celebration of committed relationships between same-sex couples is the first of many from the Vatican in the movement towards full acceptance and inclusion of our LGBTQ+ Catholic family.
PSR Congratulates Professor Rosado Roman on Completion of her Ph.D.
Dr. Alexandra Rosado Roman successfully defended her dissertation, “Decolonial Betrayals: Afro-Caribbean Decolonial Activisms in Puerto Rico”
The Future is Queer: A Reflection by CLGS’s Roland Stringfellow
PSR alumnx, managing director of CLGS and African-American Roundtable coordinator Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow shares a 20-year retrospection of his time at PSR and CLGS
Change Happens Now Podcast: Season 6, Episode 10: Learning New Ways of Advocacy
In this episode, Mo sits down with Lydia Matioli, Program & Partnerships Director of Freely in Hope in Kenya and Zambia, to talk about her own story and how this shift in mindset is helping her be more expansive in her vision in terms of advocacy.