April 25, 2013 at 10:47 pm
I’ve been trying to write this blog post for a week. A deadline has come and gone, and another one is fast approaching. I’ve been overwhelmed by this week and a half, by the regular insanity of life, by my to-do list, trying to figure out how to handle and process the waves of emotions […]
April 12, 2013 at 4:36 pm
I don’t necessarily consider myself a sports fan. I usually have some consciousness of what’s going on in te world of sports, but don’t spend a whole lot of time following it in detail. I am, however, a die-hard baseball fan. Living abroad and in different cities for so long somehow precluded me from attaching […]
April 3, 2013 at 10:36 am
Throughout my time at Boston University, Spring Break has been a time of year when I’ve completely run out of steam and need to just sit on a beach and sleep for ten days. This year, since I already had more on my plate than I could possibly digest, I figured why not throw Alternative […]
As Lent goes on and my meditation on the active fast continues, I had the opportunity last night to perform to works of music that I think are quite relevant. The first was Bach’s Cantata 77, Du sollt Gott, deinen Herren, lieben. This work intertwines the Old Testament commandment to love the Lord your God, […]
February 23, 2013 at 5:57 pm
If you attended Marsh’s evening Ash Wednesday service, you might have heard myself, DJ and Abigail chatting about Lent from somewhere up at the front of the chapel. To me, the most important of our sermon was the idea of an active fast, and I’ve spent the last week and a half trying to be […]
February 3, 2013 at 5:24 pm
We are writing a sermon. Some four months ago, when Soren and Jen mentioned casually in passing that Marsh Associates would be preaching at some point during the year, I felt somewhat paralyzed. People spend years in school learning how to do that well, and I’ve got absolutely zero training in that department. But I’m […]
December 4, 2012 at 1:58 pm
Early on in the semester during one of our weekly ministry team meetings, Brother Larry led a meditative reflection of what each of us envisions the chapel to be in the near–or distant–future. It was an awesome exercise, but as school and work and other activities encroached on what’s really present in my consciousness, I […]
November 27, 2012 at 11:31 am
The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks have always been the most difficult for me during the school year. Professors seem to suddenly decide that they need to cram in as many assignments as possible, not to mention finals looming just before the finish line. While I do believe that I thrive under pressure, there’s […]
November 13, 2012 at 2:30 pm
While Abigail beat me to the punch, I have to talk about Thanksgiving this week. Fall is my absolute favorite season. I love the colors on the trees and on people’s clothes, apple-picking and hayrides, pumpkin decorating and apple cider-drinking, the smell of pumpkin pie in the oven and scarves. I love the crisp air and the […]
November 5, 2012 at 9:20 pm
A few weeks ago, Soren and I had an extensive conversation in our one-on-one about why it is that I value service. This week in our intern group meeting, Jen brought us back to this question. We’re involved in leadership, service and ministry, she pointed out, and we all have lots of ideas and thoughts […]