Experts
Peter Gomes
Professor, Harvard Divinity School; Reverend, The Memorial Church at Harvard
“He made us think” would be a very nice epitaph. Read More
How a "literate preacher" crafts his sermons. Read More
"Well I had grown up with everybody else’s expectations. And so when you reach a certain age, you decide whether you own those expectations or you reject them." Read More
"Most of the black people that I knew growing up looked and sounded and talked just as I do." Read More
T.S. Eliot and the Pope. Read More
Peter Gomes distinguishes between hope (a long view) from optimism (the short view). Read More
No matter where they go after college, young people discover there's no there there. Read More
The Russian cosmonauts did not find God up there. Read More
Science hasn't found an explanation of spirituality. Read More
Christianity is not a religion that has been tried and failed. Read More
Don Quixote and others. Read More
If you come up with an easy solution to the text, you're probably close to the wrong thing. Read More
How to get that "Aha!" moment. Read More
Gomes has a question he thinks talented people should ask themselves. Read More
You think you're Job? Get off it. Read More
To be hopeful is to be ultimately realistic in the face of every reason for despair. Read More
Why is America's youth turning to religion? Read More
We are driven by a search for value and meaning. Read More
Gomes believes we live in a fallen world. Read More
Gomes serves the Word. Read More
About Peter Gomes
Peter Gomes is an American Baptist minister who has served in The Memorial Church at Harvard University since 1970. Gomes is also the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and is the Pusey Minister in The Memorial Church. Gomes is commonly regarded as one of the most distinguished preachers in America. He was named Clergy of the Year in 1998 by Religion in American Life and offered prayers in the inaugurations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
Educated at Bates College and the Harvard Divinity School, Revered Gomes alsoholds thirty-six honorary degrees. He is the author of numerous books on the Bible, including the national best-sellers TheGood Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart and Sermons:Biblical Wisdom for Daily Living.