After returning from the 2016 J-Term travel seminar to India, Rev. Nannette Banks (Director of Alumni/ae Relations) tapped into her poetical gifts for reflection. Beautiful Morning in India India […]
Cross-cultural studies
Disability Devotional: Violet Ricker & Isabella Novsima
McCormick offered a new course this J-Term, giving students the opportunity to study ancient healthcare policy, contemporary interpretations of the healing miracles, and Christian understandings of health and ability. In […]
Letting Survivors Lead: Anti-Trafficking Ministry in the Philippines–Student Lauren Robinson
In January, MDiv student Lauren Robinson visited the Philipines to learn about the systems of human trafficking and how local groups are addressing this grave injustice. After volunteering with organizations […]
Colombia Dispatches: Priests Also Pee And A Culture of Peace
Students in the Colombia J-Term program offered their reflections in two different languages to reflect the cross-cultural experience of accompaniment and fellowship We have been exploring contexts of human violence […]
Colombia Dispatches: Los Padres También Mean
Students in the Colombia J-Term program offered their reflections in two different languages to reflect the cross-cultural experience of accompaniment and fellowship En medio del sol incandescente, el largo camino […]
Colombia Dispatches: Mission in Reverse
Students in the Colombia Travel Seminar explore the reality of violence from the Christian community from as many points-of-view and contexts as possible in the next 3 weeks. We will interface with […]
India Dispatches: Sara Trumm
This J-Term, students from McCormick and the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago will journey to South India. Stay tuned to the CURE to keep up with their adventures! This […]
Global Conversation: Peace Seeking and Human Rights in Colombia
Join us for a special Global Conversation with Adelaida Jimenez! With experience in different social spaces and movements at the local, national and international levels, Adeleida Jiménez Cortés has written […]
Answering the Call on Climate Change–Certificate in Environmental Ministry and Leadership
Creation care, eco-justice, greening the church—these used to be buzzwords for a “certain kind” of congregation or ministry. But we live in a world where temperatures are rising faster than […]
Forty Days Alone in Thailand: Warren Thomas Holmes
In the introduction to Forty Days Alone in Thailand, Tom Holmes writes, “A few years ago I wrote a column for the local newspaper with the headline “If You’re Comfortable, It’s […]