Category: Jaimie

Take me to the Water

The past several Sundays at Marsh Chapel, Dean Hill has been encouraging us to take time to stroll along the seashore, to discover ourselves both lost and found at the waters edge. On Thursday night, the urge to explore and to connect to the beauty and mystery of the earth struck my friends and I. […]

Thinking about Communion

It’s been a week since World Communion Sunday, and yet questions about the meaning of communion are still buzzing around my head. I was raised in a particularly secular humanist Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Ours was the church where the word “god” was never said, and people got really uncomfortable with phrases like “divine spirit” or […]

Making Gratitude My Spiritual Practice

As this semester has progressed, I’ve started to notice myself running on autopilot. I wake up, go to class, try to eat a couple of meals, and finish as much of the ever-increasing homework pile as I can manage before I fall back asleep. Even though I promised myself that when I got to college […]

“And Then We Did The Dishes”

This week marks that three weeks have past since my parents dropped me off at BU. And though, my clothes are unpacked, and I’ve learned how to use the laundry rooms, the dining halls and even the T, I didn’t really settle in here until I found myself worshipping again in my faith community. Last […]

Walking With You Is My Prayer

This September, I began a brand new adventure in my life by coming to Boston University. As I settled in and started to find my place here, I kept coming back to a simple hymn that we sing in my Unitarian Universalist community. “Walking, Walking with you, Walking with you is my prayer”. On my […]