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A graduate fellowship program and ecumenical community affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) & the Divinity School of the University of Chicago

10/07/2026

First year DDH Scholar and MDiv student, Amelia Richter, spent the summer in the Philippines alongside the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP). Her placement was part of Week of Compassion's Global Community Resilience Fellowship.

There used to be plenty of fish along Manila Bay, they told Amelia. Now there were few. Families who once earned enough from fishing to send their children to college were taking loans simply to afford food. Sitting beneath the tarp and listening, something Amelia had been learning throughout the summer, became tangible. Creation care and care for vulnerable communities could not be separated. “The stories I heard on this particular day really took a highlighter to that theme for me,” Amelia reflected. Questions about environmental harm, poverty, and justice were not abstractions. “We are always talking about lived realities.”

To continue reading about her experience and the fellowship program, go to https://myemail.constantcontact.com/What-it-Means-to-Show-Up.html?soid=1011330942158&aid=TUZLJR1eyD0

10/05/2026

DDH will welcome William Schultz, Assistant Professor of Religions in America at the Divinity School, for the first Monday forum of the year tonight at 7:00 pm. He'll speak on "Old Docs Never Die: The Inglorious Pursuit of William Estep."

So, you don't know who William Estep was? Curious about his pursuit and why it was "inglorious"? Are "Old Docs" musty old documents or ancient teachers with doctorates? Come tonight and find out! Monday dinner begins at 6:00pm.

10/04/2026

On Sunday, September 27th, DDH hosted a celebration to commemorate the full funding of the Amy Ann Northcutt memorial scholarship fund. It was an incredible event filled with memories of Amy, insightful presentations and lectures, and jovial conversation shared around tables full of good food. The first Amy Ann Northcutt Scholar - incoming M.A. student Lauren Blakemore - was honored at the celebration.

We saw sculptures by Gwen Yen Chiu, a Chicago based Taiwanese-American artist, on display and heard her share about her personal story and where she finds herself and her history through her art. We also listened to Larry Bouchard, scholar of religion and Emeritus professor at the University of Virginia, talk with us about spirit: how spirit blows on everything, interacts with everything, gives everything magnitude and mutuality; gives us things to do, to imagine and hope for, to revise and confess.

It was a momentous afternoon and DDH is so proud to be carrying on the legacy of Amy Ann Northcutt through this scholarship.

10/02/2026

Santiago Piñon, DDH alumni and Associate Professor in the Religion department at Texas Christian University, recently released a new book titled “When God is Silent: Love, Lament, and the Work of Staying.”

In Piñon’s own words, “drawing especially on St. John of the Cross and the Christian tradition of the Dark Night, the book examines how faith endures amid grief and divine silence. It also asks what theological reflection requires of communities and institutions called to respond to suffering with dignity and sustained care.”

10/01/2026

This past Monday, DDH welcomed the new academic year with our first Monday Night Dinner and our opening chapel service. We were gifted by the message of Rev. Joan Bell-Haynes, who, in conversation with the story of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane from the Gospel of Mark, reminded us to build community, pay attention, and be compassionate and courageous.

We are so thankful to have members of the House community like Rev. Bell-Haynes who are able to inspire and challenge our House scholars and residents through vulnerability and conviction!

09/30/2026

Current House Scholar and MDiv student Katie Varon has begun her studies at the Harris School of Public Policy this year; she has already completed two years of her MDiv degree. MDiv students at the Divinity School have the possibility of pursuing dual degree programs with the Crown School (MSW), Harris School of Public Policy (MPP), or the Law School (JD) at the University of Chicago.

It is so exciting to have interdisciplinary scholars in our midst!

09/28/2026

Today is the first day of the academic year at the University of Chicago. Tonight is the opening chapel and first Monday dinner at the Disciples Divinity House. Joan Bell-Haynes will speak. The DDH community will gather on the front steps for photo beforehand. Monday Dinner follows chapel, as does a House meeting.

We are grateful to University Church Chicago - which is bringing coffee and breakfast to students this morning as they go to their first classes.

09/26/2026

Tomorrow, September 27, prize-winning Chicago sculptor Gwen Yen Chiu and alumnus Larry Bouchard, a leading scholar of Religion and Literature and Emeritus Professor at the University of Virginia, offer perspectives on art.

The event celebrates the full funding of the Amy Ann Northcutt Scholarship and its first recipient, Lauren Blakemore, an entering MA student and DDH Scholar. It begins at 1:00 pm after lunch, continuing until 4:00 pm, and followed by a reception.

Gwen Yen Chiu will give an artist talk. Her work explores home, belonging, and identity in the Asian diaspora. Her metal sculptures, some of which will be on display, are influenced by her upbringing in Chinese calligraphy and painting. Larry Bouchard, will join the conversation by video call. His remarks, entitled, "Windblown, or, Spirit on Writing and Art," offer a perceptive imaginative vista on art, science, and contemporary life, and evoke the creative forces of ambiguity and possibility.

The new scholarship recognizes emerging women leaders of promise and will undergird their education. The scholarship remembers Amy Northcutt, an alumna and former President of the Board of Trustees, who was the Chief Information Officer of the National Science Foundation at the time of her death in 2017.

09/24/2026

MariaIsabelle Garcia - current House Scholar and 3rd year M.Div. student - get engaged to her now fiancée Wesley Rogers this summer. The couple hosted an engagement party at DDH to celebrate.

Congratulations MariaIsabelle and Wesley!

09/22/2026

Tristan Spangler-Dunning, a 3rd year M.Div. student and House Scholar, recently wrote a book review of Joel Brown and Kamilah Hall Sharps’ book “We Call Ourselves Disciples.” The book review was published in the Journal of Discipliana. We are so proud of you Tristan!

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