Today marks my first official day of class as a Harvard student. I will not lie, there was a good deal of nervousness and perhaps even a little nausea today before the very first class. However, it proved to be spectacular and one I believe will stay on the schedule this semester. It is called Preaching for Social Change and is taught by the esteemed Rev. Charles Adams. Although most white people may have never heard of him, Professor Adams was named by Ebony magazine as one of the top 15 Black preachers in America and one of the 100 most influential Black Americans. This guy is so big he actually preached at Rosa Parks' funeral.
Whoa.
Here is the YouTube clip of it:
His lecture style is sermonic and his insights profound. In the class itself we will look at sermon upon sermon to see what it takes to incite change at a societal level and how to ask as catalysts for that change. We also have to actually preach two sermons throughout the semester. Though that proposition is a scary one, it promises to be an amazing class
My second and only other class of the day was Introduction to Ministry Studies. If the title of the class wasn't enough to remind me that I was in seminary, the fact that we began and ended in moments of silent contemplation rung in and out by a Tibetan singing bowl certainly was. As today was just a class overview, we only went over the syllabus. But, as all 60 incoming master of divinity students are required to take this course, I think it will turn into a bonding experience for us all.
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