by Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware

It’s understandable for parents of strong faith to worry about the spiritual lives of their children who’ve gone away to college. After all, it’s easy for a young person, perhaps on their own for the first time, to succumb to the temptations of partying late on Saturday night and sleeping in on Sunday morning.

But Minister Lawrence Lockett Jr., chaplain at Morgan State University in Baltimore, is packing them into the pews most Sundays. He is engaging them in lively ways during the week. And students are joining the choir, accompanying worship on various instruments, and serving as readers and leaders throughout the service.

It is by the grace of God for sure, but also by the loving service of Lockett, who’s beginning his second year as the school’s director

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