Meet Terri Burnor, Director of Alumni and Church Relations!

A few weeks ago, I met with Terri Burnor, our new Director of Alumni and Church Relations. We were sitting in The Context Cafe, where, over the years, students have discussed homework and community, theological questions, politics and pop culture. It was the perfect milieu to talk with Terri about United’s alumni, our relationships with faith communities, and her experience as an alum of United. “I was a student here ...

Religious Plurality: Interacting With and Supporting Others With Differing Religious Convictions

This week’s blog post is based on a sermon given by student Dennis Peters as a part of United’s summer worship series. What exactly is “religious plurality”? We’re talking about the relationships between religions. Is it tolerance? For instance, your neighbor is a different religion from you. Say she is a Reform Jew, and you’re a Methodist… or a Congregationalist… or a Presbyterian. Even though you know your religion is ...