We are also a crossroads of disciplines. We have become a place where the various fields of knowledge, often isolated from one another at large universities, are in comfortable and fruitful contact with one another. This crossing of disciplines happens in individual courses, in our many interdisciplinary majors, and in informal conversation on and around the campus. In 1960 we created the Earlham School of Religion to prepare Quakers for ministry among all these different varieties of Quakerism, and to help bring these several strands of Quakerism into more fruitful contact with one another. In these and many, many other ways, Earlham is a crossroads community.
Crossroads are where people come together, to talk and to work together.
Crossroads are places where collisions can happen, so it takes some careful design to ensure that the meetings benefit all who come. Crossroads are where conversations occur. They are where shared projects take shape. They are where celebrations take place. They are where choices are made and risks are taken.