Ever since yesterday’s NFL draft, in which Michael Sam became the league’s first openly gay draft pick, I have thought about how to support Michael in his vocation as a professional football player and ambassador for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered athletes. Though I do not know you, Michael, you are in my prayers this […]
Day: May 11, 2014
Harvard chaplains speak out against Black Mass on campus
Tomorrow evening the Harvard Extension School’s Cultural Studies Club is set to host a re-enactment of a “Black Mass” in association with an organization known as Satanic Temple. The chaplains, in solidarity with their Roman Catholic sisters and brothers who appear to be a target of the event, aim to balance tolerance and pluralism with […]
Marilynne Robinson on fear and the image of God
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson, best known for her books “Home” and “Gilead”, recently spoke at Union Theological Seminary in New York on a range of topics in Christianity, including fear: Q: In your book “When I Was A Child I Read Books,” you refer to Christian fears. What kinds of fear do you see […]
Mother’s Day and Radical, Religious Feminism
Today is Mother’s Day. As we we celebrate the women who gave us life, it is worth remembering that Mother’s Day in America is deeply rooted in religion, the labor movement, and feminism. Antonia Blumberg reports on the radical religious roots of Mother’s Day: The only thing better than the sweet and sentimental Mother’s Day […]
Creating abundance
Psalm 63:1-8(9-11),98 (Morning) Psalm 103 (Evening) Exodus 28:1-4,30-38 1 John 2:18-29 article from the Boston Globe kept creeping into my mind as a pondered the first part of our Gospel today. The article spoke of how some individuals whose suicide attempts had gone awry, now speak out to help others who are struggling. These survivors […]
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