Should the next Dean of Duke Divinity School be a United Methodist?
By Jason Byassee | May 29, 2015Methodism, at its best, produces people of a big tent and hearts on fire. We might think twice before striking the former and dousing the latter.
Methodism, at its best, produces people of a big tent and hearts on fire. We might think twice before striking the former and dousing the latter.
I’ve been a vegetarian for about four years now.
Hunger is more than just a feeling.
I am not a Cameron Crazy, but for several decades I’ve been crazy about Duke basketball.
After a long day of hard work, studying all day, taking tests and managing conflicting meetings, how nice it is to be able to sit down to a steaming, hot plate of fresh veggies, crispy French fries...
LDOC is supposed to be the best day of the year.
There is nothing that terrifies me more than driving on the highway.
Unsolicited advice is similar to finding Space Jam on TV: you’ll never actually seek it out, but when it accidentally butts its way into your life, it can certainly make a difference.
When was the last time you were alone? Really, truly alone, without a familiar face to turn to, no one who could attest to the kind of person you are?
On Wednesday, April 1st, 2015, I woke up to several text messages, missed calls, and emails in response to the noose that was hung from a tree on my college campus.
I stumbled into an Atlanta, Georgia high school classroom almost three years ago as a geometry teacher.
It was the last week of school when I briefly considered flinging my body over the balcony of my third floor apartment.
I thank my parents very, very often for giving me the opportunity to be born on United States soil—to be a citizen in a country that appreciates my voice and position as a member of the community...
“One day the gendarmes [Ottoman military police] came, and chased us out of our house.
Having volunteered in many skin cancer screening support events, I have seen the problems that patients with skin cancer have.
I am Duke’s new Director of Title IX Compliance and I would like to introduce myself and share a bit about what Duke is doing in this area.
If a dramatic decrease in reporting rates of sexual assault on college campuses was to occur within the next year, we would not be applauding – but before you tune us out as entirely insensitive,...
Here I am at Duke, human, quite simply trying to find the balance of caring about what’s in front of me and what’s going on far away, but still close at heart.