This is a repost of a blog I wrote last year that I still believe is relevant and important as you venture off to college (or return this fall). We’ll call it “food for thought” for the collegiate journey. Hugs, The Rev You’ve been dreaming of this day forever…college…Duke. You got in! God is good! Read more about A Word for the Class of 2019 (and upperclassmen too)[…]
As I sat on the plane, watching cloud-covered mountains pass by, I couldn’t help but wonder what I was getting myself into. I was an 18-year-old recent high school grad, leaving home for a seemingly indefinite amount of time as I traveled to Duke for begin a new phase of my life. I was currently freaking out about Read more about Student Blog: Finding Home[…]
By Graeme Peterson (T’17) This summer, I read a book called “A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving. It’s a story about growing up, friendship, and faith in God. At one point in the novel, the main character and narrator, young Johnny Wheelwright, describes his pastor, Mr. Merrill. “Mr. Merrill,” he says, “was most Read more about Student Blog: Some Doubt About It[…]
by Katie Becker (T’17) A little over one year ago, at my convocation, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag told my class that we represented “the final culmination of the most selective admissions process in [Duke’s] history.” There is a reason that Duke’s administrators, printed materials, and website all boast about record low admission rates. Read more about Student Blog–Inclusivity: As Special As It Is Rare[…]
You’ve been dreaming of this day forever…college…Duke. You got in! God is good! You are about to arrive at Duke in the heat of August in North Carolina and unload all your treasures and earthly possessions into the dorm room you’re about to call “home.” Your mom will keep trying to put a picture of Read more about A Word for the Class of 2018[…]
Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same? Will you use the faith you’ve found to reshape the world around, Through my sight and touch and sound in you and you in me? -“The Summons” The sun scorched down Read more about Lenten Devotional by Rev. Katie Owen (T’06)[…]