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Gray is Also a Color
1 March 2024This Saturday night you’re invited to our Carleton Purim/Holi celebration. These two holidays – one Jewish, one Hindu – fall in the season I’ll call “sick of winter, ready for…
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Welcoming the Sacred Month of Ramadan
23 February 2024For Muslims across the globe, the month of Ramadan is a blessed time of spiritual renewal and intensified and deepened practice as many Muslims fast from dawn to the sunset…
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Lent as an Invitation
16 February 2024In addition to our robust weekly programs, this week the Chapel offered opportunities to commemorate the beginning of the Christian liturgical season of Lent. As the Associate Chaplain for Christian…
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Legacies We Inherit
9 February 2024This past week, chaplains from across the country gathered in Los Angeles for our annual conference. We braved the atmospheric river that shattered rainfall records, listened to Rainn Wilson talk…
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Where did all the hymnals go?
2 February 2024If you are sitting in Convo this week, enjoying the familiar comforts of Skinner Memorial Chapel, you might notice a change. The hymnals are gone. For generations of Carls, The New…
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Interconnectedness of Humanity
26 January 2024All of us in the Division of Inclusion, Equity, and Community attended a meaningful professional development retreat earlier this week on our understanding and vision for EDI work together. At…
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The Earth is the Lords
19 January 2024Psalm 24:1 Dear friends, There is a day on the Jewish calendar that has acquired the character of “Tree Celebration.” It’s called Tu B’Shvat, which means simply the 15th of…
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Transitions
15 January 2024While the drive from Minneapolis to Skinner Chapel is becoming increasingly familiar, I still need Google maps to remind me when to exit 35. The mix of excitement and nervousness…
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Welcoming our New Chaplain, Mary T. Perez!
5 January 2024After an extensive search, I am delighted to introduce you to Mary T. Perez, our next Associate Chaplain for Christian and Interfaith Life. Mary will join our team of chaplains…
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Holidays until February?
4 January 2024For many of us, the post-holiday period can feel like a let-down. This is especially true in places like Minnesota, where the winter festivities are over long before the deep…