“Are you willing to believe that your story has great tragedy in it, and yet great beauty? If education isn’t a struggle, and by that I don’t mean papers and tests, but if it doesn’t ask of you your very life, then frankly I don’t believe it’s worth the time or the energy or the money to pay for any education. We’re a school for people who have a deep sense that if you want to find life, you must lose it.”

- Dan Allender, president MHGS

Every student comes to MHGS with a stirring inside their soul that is often impossible to name. Some experience it as a pain or a burden, others as a blessing or even hope. Whatever it is called for you…we know it and understand. You are not alone.

It’s a rumbling; an inner voice that doesn’t go away. It’s a question, idea, or belief you can’t let go of; that you keep coming back to – no matter the cost, the risk, the questions.

You have a passion for the marginalized or oppressed and want to be able to really listen to their realities rather than lending them simple solutions. You imagine being a therapist who offers transformation that is deeply informed and shaped by your theology.

You desire a faith that can allow and even honor difference. You are an artist who longs for the freedom to create beauty from timeless stories of redemption. You know the reality of both darkness and light and long to let them coexist – in relationships, in the church, on the planet – rather than demand one over the other.

You are a leader who is committed to shaping profound change in generative, collaborative ways. You are a pastor who desires nothing more (or less) than to breathe life into a church that too often feels like it’s gasping for air. You are a reader of Scripture who is hungry for profound beauty and relevant truth that can still speak to today’s world.

We have those same feelings, those same passions. Those stirrings, rumblings, dreams, and visions. We get it. It is why we’re here. You are not alone.

Here you will find the stories of students, alumni, and faculty who have trusted their gut, that internal, impossible-to-silence voice and are choosing to live with its dissonance and its passion. It is our hope that their stories will connect with yours. That you will no longer feel isolated in your desires or your questions, but that you will know there is a place that aims to free them, to give them voice, to breathe them into life.

So, take a deep breath, listen, and trust…

Trust your head. Trust your gut. Trust your heart. You are not alone.