JBU Chapel

Nikki Rader

(Isaiah 56:1–57:21)  

Dr. Nikki Rader is Director of Donor Engagement at JBU.

Brad Gatlin

(Isaiah 54:1–55:13)

Dr. Brad Gatlin is Dean of the College of Business and Professor of Business at JBU.

Anne Tohme

(Isaiah 52:13–53:12)  

Anne Tohme is Vice President for Student Development at JBU.

Keith Jagger

Dr. Keith Jagger serves as the chaplain at JBU.

This week’s chapel speaker was Dr. PaulGutacker. Paul is a historian who lives in Waco, Texas. Since 2018, Paul, hiswife, Paige, and their four children have been enjoying life with the BrazosFellows, a community that studies, prays, eats, and discerns together. His mostrecent book, Practicing Life Together: A Common Rule for Christian Growth, waspublished in 2025.

Lynn Cohick

Lynn H. Cohick (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) is Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Director of Houston Theological Seminary at Houston Christian University. She is a scholar and speaker who has authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited over fifty works. She enjoys speaking and teaching on New Testament topics and women in the church and exploring issues on the historical relationship between Jews and Christians. Dr. Cohick comes as a guest of JBU's Center for Healthy Relationships.

Julie Gumm

(Isaiah 49:1–52:12)  

Julie Gumm is Chief Marketing and Communications Officer and Assistant Professor of Communication at JBU.

This week’s chapel speaker was Dr. NadyaWilliams. Nadya is Interim Director of the MFA in Creative Writing at AshlandUniversity and Books Editor at Mere Orthodoxy, where she also hosts theChristians Reading Classics podcast. She is the author of three books, mostrecently Christians Reading Classics which was published in 2025.

Spiritual Renewal Week:

Andrea Scott

(Staley Guest)  

Dr. Andrea Scott is a Christian educator, leader, and speaker whose work explores the formation of conscience at the intersection of faith, culture, and everyday life. Raised in Kingston, Jamaica, she grew up with a deep awareness of how education shapes not only individuals, but the communities and institutions they go on to serve. For more than three decades, Dr. Scott has worked in Christian higher education, business, and global leadership, helping students and institutions discern how vocation, integrity, and faithfulness take shape in complex cultural systems. A former Fulbright Scholar, she has served in senior leadership roles at Christian universities across the United States, most recently as Provost at George Fox University. Dr. Scott calls communities to renewed attentiveness to God’s forming work—inviting students, faculty, and staff to reflect on calling, courage, and the slow, faithful shaping of lives oriented toward love of God and neighbor. Her visit is funded by an endowment from the Thomas F. Staley Foundation.

Spiritual Renewal Week:

Andrea Scott

(Staley Guest)  

Dr. Andrea Scott is a Christian educator, leader, and speaker whose work explores the formation of conscience at the intersection of faith, culture, and everyday life. Raised in Kingston, Jamaica, she grew up with a deep awareness of how education shapes not only individuals, but the communities and institutions they go on to serve. For more than three decades, Dr. Scott has worked in Christian higher education, business, and global leadership, helping students and institutions discern how vocation, integrity, and faithfulness take shape in complex cultural systems. A former Fulbright Scholar, she has served in senior leadership roles at Christian universities across the United States, most recently as Provost at George Fox University. Dr. Scott calls communities to renewed attentiveness to God’s forming work—inviting students, faculty, and staff to reflect on calling, courage, and the slow, faithful shaping of lives oriented toward love of God and neighbor. Her visit is funded by an endowment from the Thomas F. Staley Foundation.