At a Glance
Theme:
Christ’s Passion: Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
Faculty Speakers:
Rev. Dr. L. Gregory Jones, Dean and Professor of Theology;
Rev. Susan Pendleton Jones, Director of Special Programs
Lectionary Texts:
Isaiah 52:13-53:13; Psalm 22; Hebrews 10:16-25; John 18-19
Parker Martin enjoys dessert at a hospitality meal. |
Taylor Coil reflects on Christ’s crucifixion after meditating on a piece of art. |
Meg Dumlao plays a violin solo during evening worship. |
Reflections on the Lecture
We hit a sober note today as we continued our discussion of the person and work of Christ by focusing on Christ’s passion. Dean Jones talked to us about ways we get the Passion wrong in American culture – by ignoring it, trivializing it or forgetting the rest of Christ's story – and exhorted us to embrace the fullness of Christ. We learned that Christ is not only a ransom or the victor over all or a moral influence. Rev. Pendleton Jones helped us to find ways of recovering Christ's fullness through Christian art objects and worship practices. We learned to see the Passion in the Eucharist, for example, and in an icon from the Holy Land.
Quotable Quotes
“We think anyone who comes preaching love is going to end up on the Oprah Winfrey show, not on the cross.”
— Dean Jones during plenary lecture
“I don’t think I’ve ever had church songs stuck in my head before… like I have hymns stuck in my head right now… and I like it!”
— Student after evening worship
Other Activities
This afternoon we had our third session in the Arts Village and our first of three prayer practices sessions, during which students chose between sessions on Catholic prayer, the Book of Common Prayer, healing prayer, prayer journaling, Lectio Divina, and one-on-one spiritual direction. In the evening, youth from the Congregation at Duke Chapel provided our hospitality meal, and Revs. Lisa Yebuah and Abby Kocher led us in evening worship.
What’s Ahead...
Tomorrow we will wake bright and early for a morning of gleaning corn and cabbages in a Raleigh-area field. We will eat lunch and have worship at the field, and then come back to campus for showers and rest before ending the day with a cookout and contra dancing at The Divinity School. After worship at Duke Chapel on Sunday morning we will spend the day in Sabbath rest, coming together in the evening for a pizza dinner and talent show. We should be full of energy and ready to go again on Monday morning!
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Duke Youth Academy
for Christian Formation
The Divinity School,
Duke University
Box 90966,
Durham, N.C. 27708-0966
919-660-3542,
DuYouth@div.Duke.edu | 
