December 10, 2017 at 9:12 pm
How often do we ignore the issues facing others when we only think of ourselves? Why do we do this to others and to ourselves? The city of Jerusalem has been claimed by both Israeli’s and Palestinians the capital of each nation; however, it is not internationally recognized in any nations favor. The old city […]
December 6, 2017 at 10:40 pm
As 2017 draws to a close, I thought I’d share the biggest thing it’s taught me:There are more answers than yes and no. Okay, I already knew this, but 2017 has reaffirmed it. 2017 was the year I wanted to finally figure out exactly what I thought about everything in the world. This was going […]
December 5, 2017 at 2:58 pm
Recently, I have begun to really consider how I think about ethical or moral decisions, and what traditions/ideas influence me. When pressed in the past, my personal system for decisions and ethical beliefs went along the lines of something like this: 1. The moral decisions I make are based on the golden rule. 2. My […]
December 5, 2017 at 2:47 pm
To the Spencer Family, Today you lost a father, a husband and a friend. Michael Spencer, or to me Mr. Spencer, was a warrior. It was people like him that made me fall in love with the church. I don’t know why things like this have to happen to great people like Mr. Spencer and the […]
December 5, 2017 at 11:48 am
I got a little bit excited just typing out that title and thinking about my father’s impeccable Andy Williams impersonation. According to the massive evergreen in Quincy Market, the holiday season has officially arrived. But, as the daily devotion in my inbox and my daunting finals schedule have reminded me, it’s not quite Christmas yet. […]
November 30, 2017 at 1:39 am
I recently went to a poetry slam this past week, and one of the student poets decided to focus on love throughout her work. Me, being the hopeless and movie type love believer became immediately drawn into her words. One of the lines that stuck with me was, “love is all the moments that don’t […]
November 29, 2017 at 10:04 pm
Tuesday night I attended my first Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative meeting. I was really moved by each section of the evening. Sometimes being in college can be oddly stifling. There will be periods, usually around midterms, when the aura of the campus feels dark and drab. There will be waves of complaints and jabs made at […]
November 17, 2017 at 11:34 pm
Birth. Family. Brotherhood. Pain. Suffering. Struggle. Life. Who is our god when we our born? Our sustainer, provider, guide, that which we fear, that we which we respect, and that which we love. Our first god is our parent(s)/guardian(s). Is this blasphemy or comfort? We cannot see god, so when we are young all that […]
November 16, 2017 at 12:43 am
Last weekend, I got to go to Leadership Development Days for United Methodist Women in St. Louis. LDD are special events, they speak to the core of who we are as an organization. I haven’t attended one since I was a sophomore in high school and being in that space, I felt like I […]
November 15, 2017 at 7:21 pm
For a moment I remembered what drew me here to Boston. It was fear. I never imagined myself at BU because I didn’t think I would get in. Earlier today I was hosting some students from the Southside of Chicago and they asked why I came to BU. There was no program or professor that drew […]