You have not danced so badly, my dear, Trying to hold hands with the Beautiful One. You have waltzed with great style, My sweet, crushed angel, To have ever neared God’s Heart at all. Our Partner is notoriously difficult to follow, And even His best musicians are not always easy to hear. So what if [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Harvard Divinity School’
June 9, 2010
Just Say the Word
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.” Jesus said to him, “I will go and heal him.” The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the [...]
May 15, 2010
The Labyrinth
Amid these long days curled over my laptop and yellow-paged library books, I have been stepping out into the fresh air for a walk on the Labyrinth. The white-stoned, circular meditation walk rests on the edge of a grassy lawn across from the entrance of Andover, Harvard’s theology library. The Labyrinth is warm from many [...]
May 3, 2010
The Springboard, Or A Prayer for Finals
The Springboard by Adrienne Rich Like divers, we ourselves must make the jump That sets the taut board bounding underfoot Clean as an axe blade driven in a stump; But afterward what makes the body shoot Into its pure and irresistible curve Is of a a force beyond all bodily powers. So action takes velocity [...]
April 4, 2010
What If Resurrection Is A Choice?
Check out my reflection on the Easter Sunday readings at From the Pews in the Back, entitled “What If Resurrection Is A Choice?“. You can also find this entry cross-posted on God’s Politics, a blog by Jim Wallis & Friends.
January 13, 2010
If Your Voice Is Shaking
“Speak your mind, even if your voice is shaking.” -Maggie Kuhn I have memories of being a typically-gregarious little girl who was afraid to speak in class. Maybe it was more self-consciousness than fear. My young male peers taunted me on the basketball court at recess and inside the classroom walls–”like children do”–because I was [...]
December 19, 2009
Learning to Give Birth
Socrates often called himself a “mino,” a midwife; it was one of his favorite metaphors for the teacher. He believed that teaching was not a matter of bestowing information upon a student, but rather coaching one through the process of giving birth to the knowledge that is already within oneself. I think there is something [...]
November 21, 2009
Scruples (Or, How The Protestant Reformers Might Just Save Me)
Scruples. It is a silly-sounding world, and it describes what is possibly one of the most influential forces in Christian history. Scruples literally means “an uneasy feeling arising from conscience or principle that tends to hinder action,” or “a doubt or hesitation as to what is morally right in a certain situation.” In the context [...]
November 9, 2009
Easy Talk, Hard Livin’
I think it is safe to say that there has never been a time when religion existed that a need for inter-religious dialogue did not. And with the horror of the Holocaust looming, with the violence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ever-occupying our headlines, and with that image of the tumbling Twin Towers forever impressed upon [...]
November 5, 2009
What’s the body got to do with God?
Check out my latest post on CTA’s Young Adult Catholic Blog, entitled “What’s the body got to do with God?“
