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CHI Invites NC UMC Clergy to Spirited Life: Selah

The Duke Clergy Health Initiative's new program is designed to equip pastors with tools to manage and respond to the stresses of ministry.

 
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Five Divinity Faculty Awarded Intellectual Community Planning Grant

Five Duke Divinity faculty receive a grant to explore the intersection of theological studies and neuroethics.
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Duke Women’s Weekend to Feature Divinity School Faculty, Alumnae

The Feb. 20-22 event will feature Duke Divinity Professor Kate Bowler as keynote speaker along with a number of Divinity School graduates as speakers.

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Duke Divinity Alumnus Thomas McGlothlin, D’07 G’15, awarded Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise

Thomas McGolthlin won the award for his published work, “Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism.” 
Apply Now to Serve with Duke Youth Academy

The Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation hires gifted and passionate college and seminary students, pastors, lay leaders, and youth pastors to journey with 40 high school students each year. The application deadline is February 15, 2019.
Faithfully Serving Rural North Carolina

EducationNC writes about the Thriving Rural Communities initiative at Duke Divinity and a recent meeting that discussed stewardship, cultural humility, and theology.
The Message and Movement of Martin Luther King: Then and Now

King's message and movement continue to inform contemporary calls for civil rights, even in a time of cultural and technological change.
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Elects Duke Divinity Alumnus Paul Baxley '96 as Executive Coordinator

Baxley will be the fourth executive coordinator to lead the 1,800-church network and will start his role in March.
Kate Bowler: How Cancer Changes Hope

"Facing death, I felt the connection between the past and the present more deeply than I ever thought I would," writes Professor Bowler in The New York Times.
Dr. Richard Payne Dies at 67

Professor Payne was an internationally known expert in the areas of pain relief, palliative care, oncology, and neurology.
Barber Named Tarheel of the Year

William J. Barber II, M.Div. '89, has been named The News & Observer’s 2018 Tar Heel of the Year.
Charles and John Wesley Verse and Hymn Project Completed

The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition at Duke Divinity School has completed a multi-year project intended to provide broader and more reliable access to the hymnody of early Methodism.
Duke Research Finds Long-Range Wellness Plan Can Help Clergy

Clergy are notoriously bad at taking care of their own health, even as they administer to the needs of others.

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Will Willimon: A spiritual reason to lament Christian divisions
Friday, January 17, 2020
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Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell on new program to reduce stress in lives of clergy
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Means of Grace podcast (Western NC Conference of the United Methodist Church)
Farr Curlin: Making Sense of Death with Dignity
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
The Thomistic Institute podcast
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