Stories
Liturgy: “God’s Jiu Jitsu”
Jiu jitsu requires the humility to know that one cannot defeat one’s enemy through one’s own strength. Ultimately, I believe God allows the Evil One and all who choose to cooperate with him, driven by prideful desire to be God, to be consumed by the very evil they themselves stand for.
King’s Inaugurates ‘The King’s Forum’ Speaker Series in Dallas
On September 16 and 17, The King’s College launched the first events of its national lecture series with presentations from Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik and Dr. William J. Abraham.
Dr. David Tubbs and Prof. Marc DeGirolami Address the Necessity of Constitutional Memory
On September 20, The King’s College celebrated the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution with a presentation entitled “The Burdens of Constitutional Memory: Slavery, Segregation, and the Supreme Court.”
Liturgy: “Becoming Memes of the Kingdom”
Each of us is familiar with these actions: caring for the poor and weak, shouldering one another’s burdens and the like. In fact, due to the impact of Christianity in the West, the goodness of these actions is almost assumed in our society.
Alumni Class Notes for September 2018
Kashmiri Schmookler (MCA ’15) was admitted to the University of St. Andrews, and Matthew Sheffield (’18) and Madeline Montgomery (’17) married on August 18.
Fine Artist Nicora Gangi Loans King’s Six Oil Paintings
Educated at the Hartford Art School, Montclair State College, and Syracuse University, Gangi was a professor of art at Syracuse University for 29 years.
Dr. Ethan Campbell Launches ‘The Gawain-Poet and the Fourteenth Century English Anticlerical Tradition’
Campbell’s book explores four Middle English works written by the same poet, finding an intentional reproach against the immorality and corruption of medieval clerics.
Liturgy: “Salt and Light in the City”
What is it that wisdom says? She tells us to leave our foolishness, our complacency, our scoffing, and our ignorance—the way of the world—and instead choose life.
Liturgy: “Using People”
Throughout these passages, I am confronted with this truth: I am called to love everyone—whether they have something to offer me or not.
Remembering Richard DeVos (1926-2018)
Richard M. DeVos, trustee at The King’s College in New York City, passed away in Ada, Mich. the morning of September 6, 2018. He was 92 years old.
