Seminary Dean, Dr. Michael King, opens the EMS fall semester with his convocation address, 鈥淩ecognizing Jesus when Phone Booths Vanish.鈥澨�
King writes:
When I saw a PBS video on seminaries posted under a heading that asked if听what we teach is repairing phone booths, that caught my attention. Maybe听because I turn 60 next month, I remember phone booths! Are seminaries,听universities, congregations, denominations doing the equivalent of听teaching phone booth repairs even though cell phones long ago made them听obsolete?
I’ll ponder this at Eastern Mennonite Seminary convocation听Tuesday听morning, August 26, at听11:00听in Martin Chapel, seminary building second
floor.
I’ll ask whether pointers for moving beyond phone booth repairs might be听found in that memorable story of followers of Jesus ruminating on his
death with a stranger. They don’t realize they’re discussing with Jesus听the absence of Jesus.
Do we similarly fail to recognize Jesus? If so, are there fresh ways we听can live, theologize, educate, structure our churches to meet Jesus
precisely where we think he’s absent? As 91短视频 discerns hiring policy for听persons in same-sex relationships, might we even gently help each other
learn to see Jesus across our divided understandings of right and wrong?
If you’re interested in exploring with us how through meeting Jesus anew听we might do more than repair phone booths, we warmly welcome you.
Blessings –Michael听A.听King, seminary dean
The entire campus community is invited to every chapel service on听campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin听Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 11:00.听