Category: MLTS Students

Beth Monhollen is a current MDiv student, finishing up her studies to graduate in May 2023. We asked about her career before seminary, how her call to ministry unfolded, why she chose Meadville Lombard, and how she envisions the future of Unitarian Universalism and her ministry in it. ML: Can you tell us a bit…

Angeline Jackson is a current student, aiming to graduate in May 2023. She is a prominent LGBTQ+ rights activist in Jamaica. We asked about her career as an activist, the connection between her activism and her call to ministry, and what she thinks the future of Unitarian Universalism can be.  ML: What were you doing…

Meagan Henry is a current MDiv student, finishing up her studies to graduate in May 2023. We asked why she chose Meadville Lombard as her seminary, her experience at MLTS, and her ministerial formation journey including her Leadership Initiative project that took her to Jordan. ML: Why did you choose Meadville Lombard for your seminary?…

Carrie McEvoy is a current student, expected to graduate in May 2022. She is also a donor to the school. We asked her about her experience at Meadville Lombard, her ministerial aspirations, her recent trip to Jordan, and why she thinks it’s important to support the school.  ML: Now that you’re coming to the end…

Congregations commune yearly at General Assembly and, on a more regular basis within regions, but individual congregations don’t regularly connect as consistently one with the other. This is due, in large part, to geography and resources. However, during this unprecedented time, when congregational life is almost entirely online, we have a precious opportunity to reimagine…

Spirit of Love, abide with me. There are no words to express the dread and rage that I am filled with today. Another Black man has been killed by the police. There is no understanding of these senseless acts of violence. We, your children, find no safety in a system that is meant to commodify…

[One of the requirements for our MDiv program is to complete a basic 10-week unit of Clinical Pastoral Education in a program certified by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education that focuses on pastoral encounters with persons in need or in crisis. Eli Snider, one of our second-year students, delivered this essay at a CPE…

Each week of our Intensives—when students travel to Chicago for week-long, in-person classwork on campus for a few weeks—starts with a Monday morning worship service. These services are planned and conducted by students. Since we observed the MLK Day on Monday, the morning worship of the final week of January Intensives was held on Tuesday, January…

Gur Milandou Mouanga is a student in our Master of Arts in Leadership Studies program who lives in Cape Town, South Africa. This project was conducted during his community site internship at Cape Town Refugee Centre, from October to December 2017. Working with refugees and having constantly interacted with teen female refugees who are pregnant or…

[This sermon was given as part of the 2019 January Ingathering Worship service: Breakthroughs and Second Chances.] I’ll begin with a poem from Eduardo Galeano, a writer and journalist from Uruguay. Fleas dream of buying themselves a dog,and the nobodies dream of escaping poverty: that one magical day good luck will suddenly rain down on them; will rain down in buckets But…