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Rev. A. Leon Tredwell, PhD (’06) Publishes Good News in His New Book

By | on 23, Apr 2025 |   VOICES Liberation Theology

Rev. A. Leon Tredwell, PhD (’06) realized his spiritual calling at age 10. “I came up in the church,” he explains, at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia—a Black church wrestling with the [...]

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Rev. Gloria Roach Thomas (’98) Ministers through Love, Healing, and Hope in a Hurting World

By | on 25, Nov 2024 |   Community Relationships VOICES

Rev. Gloria Roach Thomas (’98) grew up in a small town in South Carolina. As she recalls, “I drank out of the colored water fountains, I went to the colored elementary school.” Still, she reflects, th[...]

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Social Transformation Student Doe Hoyer Follows the Spirit

By | on 19, Nov 2024 |   social transformation VOICES

Doe Hoyer, who is pursuing an MDiv in Social Transformation, grew up southeast of the Twin Cities. Their grandfather was a Lutheran pastor. “I really had a strong love and resonance with him as a chil[...]

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Bob McCrea: Remembering a Steadfast Ambassador for United

By | on 21, Jun 2024 |   Fundraising VOICES

In his youth, Robert “Bob” Kyle McCrea* was an acolyte at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, and a founding member of the Edina High School Alpine Ski Team. As an adult, Bob was a founding partner and CE[...]

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Amoke Kubat (’17) Transforms Artistry into Activism

By | on 20, Jun 2024 |   Activism VOICES

In 1987, Amoke Kubat (’17) moved from Los Angeles to Minneapolis. “I wanted to work with Prince,” she explains. Two years later, she began a 25-year career teaching special education in North Minneapo[...]

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Isabel Nelson Finds Kinship between Social Justice, Religion, and Storytelling

By | on 12, Jun 2024 |   theology and the arts VOICES

A physical theater and devising artist, Isabel Nelson (’24) traces her passion for theater back to childhood. “I have always been really compelled by story and the meaning that we make and drawn to wh[...]

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