“Advent is not about sentimental waiting for the baby Jesus. Advent is a time to focus our anticipation on “the adult Christ, the Cosmic Christ,” who challenges us to empty ourselves, to lose ourselves, to surrender.” Richard Rohr, Preparing for Christmas In the hustle and bustle of the end of classes, finals, Christmas parties, and heading…

Alumna Sara Stephens went on a medical humanities mission trip as a Baylor undergraduate student in 2014. Four years later, she is on track to complete a Masters of Public Health with a major in epidemiology and a concentration in maternal and child health from UTHealth School of Public Health in Houston, Texas. We had…