The Lord has been so good to the Anselm House and community. Despite the global and local challenges and the accompanying economic uncertainty (which has affected us all, of course), God has made himself known to the Anselm House team as a God of comfort, encouragement, and provision. We’re praying with you that we’d not miss the spiritual opportunities afforded by this difficult pandemic. By way of update, I’ll just mention a few of the ways the Lord has been at work building his kingdom among us. First, we were well prepared to quickly move programming partly or entirely online in March. Students and faculty were especially appreciative of the ways we personalized our interaction with them during the shutdown, prioritizing one-on-one calls and meetings. Second, the Lord has kept our funding largely in place, including a pledged major gift for our planned Minneapolis expansion. We’re so grateful not to have had to lay off staff (though several staff members reduced their hours for their own reasons). Third, our ministry with UMN faculty has received a major boost in the hiring of an associate director for “university engagement” one year ago. Dr. Travis Pickell works closely with Andrew and me in this critically important domain. Just this week we sponsored an all-day (hybrid) faculty seminar where we were able to lead 20 or so UMN faculty through a close reading of texts by William James and St. Augustine. Finally, as you can imagine Covid-19 makes student outreach challenging, but our creative team has already reached out to literally hundreds of new students this summer as we prepare for an academic year like no other. Support Anselm House here.