With the closing of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Dr. Stewart reflects on her own intellectual endeavors and her path to an PhD in Old Testament and campus ministry and teaching in the Chicago educational complex.
As college classmates, Bp Hicks and the reporter [Rich Stewart] have known each other for over 50 years. Talking about and to the church is nothing new for either of us, but it is good to have reflections that are not your own and experiences that different than the path of the reporter.
His pastor didn't let him see his hearing loss as a disability, but as an asset for his own education and later as a vocational specialization in the church. He was a part of the 100th Year Celebration for St.Philips, Philadelphia and still serves in Stouchberg, PA.
A college education in the Upper Midwest, brought this native Kentuckian to the Lutheran Church, Higher Education and an adult life lived in service to the church as and educator and administrator.