Category: Emma

Taking a Break

There’s a definitive shift in mood around school when midterms start up.  Make up is neglected, clothing re-worn, eyes bloodshot, heads are aching, and everyone is generally less friendly.  Ok, maybe this is an exaggeration, but it’s how I feel right now.  I’m a week into four weeks of midterms (go figure…) and have pulled […]

An Ode to Bach, Who Brought Us God’s Joy

Bach has a way of infusing my spiritual life with joy, which I seldom experience from other composers.  On this Cantata Sunday–my first with the Marsh Chapel Choir–I find myself still reveling in the beauty of his Cantata #71, which was sung in worship today.  Last fall, I wrote a paper for my Core Humanities […]

Talking About Tomorrow

Yesterday, during our weekly group meeting, Jen, Robby and I talked a bit about our futures.  This internship is, after all, about vocation, and trying to decipher and discover what ours might be. After an exceptional experience as a FYSOP staff member in the Public Health Awareness issue area, I couldn’t help but feel that […]

#WarrenWednesdays

Between our ministry team meeting last week and yesterday, myself, Abigail and Robby have taken charge of “dinner with a chaplain” on Wednesday nights in Warren towers.  Take this blog post as a public service announcement and open invitation to the entire BU community to join us. What is dinner with a chaplain, you ask? […]

Time Well Spent

In the last few weeks, I’ve started asking myself why I spend my time in the ways that I do.   Why do I spend hours on Newbury Street and come back feeling broke and guilty?  Why do I go to Red Sox game after Red Sox game, only to be disappointed again and again?  Why […]

Crash Course in Ministry

Greetings!  My name is Emma Rehard, and I am a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in international relations with a religion minor in CAS and a public health minor in Sargent College.  As a junior, I’m starting to think seriously about what I am called to do after graduation, and it is my […]