Chapel Chats

Jeremy VanAndel (Director of Professional Development) joins Chaplain Hannah to talk and dream about vocation, mission, purpose, and creating new paths in light of a professional development series for faculty and staff in 2021-2022 sponsored by NetVUE. If you do or do not know what you want from life, you are not alone. Tune in for more!

This year is the first year that Juneteenth is recognized as an official federal holiday. Learn about the commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved Americans in this conversation Chaplain Hannah hosts with Dr. Maegan Pollonais, Kalyn Johnson, and Dr. Sarah Summers.

Additional Resources: 

• Black-owned restaurants in Indianapolis, IN (referenced by Dr. P)
• Smithsonian exhibit on Juneteenth (referenced by Kalyn)
• PBS Resource on Juneteenth (referenced by Dr. P) 
• The Nap Ministry on Instagram (follow for a radical message on rest as resistance) 
• Black Church: This is Our Story, This is Our Song (check out the DVD at FC Hamilton Library) 

Join Chaplain Hannah for a short conversation with this year's Baccalaureate speaker, the Rev. Dr. Troy Jackson.

 Baccalaureate Service
Friday, May 20, 2022
4:30-5:30pm
Spurlock Gymnasium
All are Welcome

For more information: Baccalaureate | Franklin College

Join us for a stripped-down (no music) Ash Wednesday reflection, especially dedicated to those considering some sort of fasting through the season of Lent. (Lent is the 40-day season of the Christian year that prepares us for Easter. It is most often commemorated by Catholics, though many Protestant denominations observe Lent as well.) 

Reflection by Rev. Dr. Hannah Adams Ingram, College Chaplain

Reinvigorate your passion for learning through a conversation with Tabby Fitzgerald and Colleen Steffen, the executive editor of The Statehouse File. Join them as they talk about 15 years of this signature FC program and how it has inspired so many students to learn in a high-energy setting about state government, community organizing, social justice, public policy, and what it takes to change the world around us. Whether you are interested in this particular experience or finding your own avenue for immersive/engaged learning, we hope you'll find in this conversation a commitment to making the most of your college experience. 

In this episode, Chaplain Hannah talks to campus guests Sadiyah Bashir and Preeti Kaur Rajpal, who performed at Franklin College's Interfaith Understanding Through the Art of Poetry event on November 11, 2021. This event was part of the Spirit & Place Festival and was made possible through a Clowes Foundation grant. You can watch the event on our website. 

Chaplain Hannah and Counselor Sara Kinder chat about mental health on campus and their hope that the community would practice reaching out to one another, even when it's awkward. 

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Chaplain Hannah reflects on our anxiety about death as we near Samhain, Halloween, Dia de Muertos, All Saints Day, and All Souls Day, or as many like to call it--Spooky Season. This includes a brief cultural explanation of how these days are all connected and how they link up to religious practices in Christianity and earth-based spiritualities. 

Join new student producer Tabatha Fitzgerald as she talks research and travel with Dr. Casey Hayes, who was awarded the Fulbright-Botstiber Visiting Professor of Austrian-American Studies award and recently returned from six months in Vienna.  Dr. Hayes shares about his life-changing adventure and encourages us all to find and pursue passionate research, wherever in the world it might take us. 

The stories we tell ourselves about who we are and what we want matter. In this episode, Chaplain Hannah talks to Dr. Kristin Flora and Dr. Andrew Jones (The Deans) about what makes the college experience so special and what we can hope for from the school year to come.