Spiritual and Religious Life
The Office of Spiritual and Religious Life provides a welcoming and supportive environment for spiritual and religious explorations and expressions of faith. Programs, services, and student groups bring the Lawrence community together for educational opportunities, multifaith conversations around critical topics, campus ceremonies, and religious services and celebrations.
The Center for Spiritual and Religious Life is a welcoming place for curious, intentional, respectful engagement with persons of similar, different or no religious tradition, and for quiet personal reflection and spiritual practice.
Mid-Week Thoughts
from Linda Morgan-Clement
Julie Esch Hurvis Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life
Mindfulness
In her March Wellness Tip, Laurie Ehlers wrote about stress and shared a number of ways that Lawrence offers to help manage and reduce stress. I am grateful that she included the Center for Spiritual and Religious Life at Sabin House as a resource. As we stand on the edge of the completion of this …
Interdependence and Limitations
Last week was the beginning of Lent and the observance of Ash Wednesday in the Christian tradition. Christianity is my tradition and Lent is one of my favorite spiritual seasons, as well as one of the more difficult ones. Christians begin the observance with the repeated phrase, “from dust you have come and to dust …
The power to change
“It’s on US” is the amazing wellness campaign to end sexual assault that is taking place at Lawrence this week. The list of planned events and ways that the planning committee thought about all corners of campus is impressively comprehensive. The question, “who is the “US” responsible for ending sexual assault?” is addressed broadly avoiding …
The Nobodies
On Monday, I had the wonderful experience of participating in the Lawrence Read and Reflect as a part of our Martin Luther King, Jr. day observance. I hope that many of you were able to participate in some of the day’s activities. The book we read was, Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, …
A new year
“Happy New Year” – the greeting is going around, meaning to be positive and hopeful. I have been wondering what it is about the NEW that moves us into a different emotional space. For some, the emotional space might be dread or anxiety and for others it is clearly energizing and hopeful. I know that …