Tag: Stories
Beautiful Resistance in Palestine
This summer, Abigail received a scholarship to join a two-week-long Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East (UUJME) human rights delegation to Israel and Palestine. UUJME’s mission is... Read More
Disrupting the Narrative: Israel and Palestine (Part I)
Abigail recently returned from a two-week-long Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East (UUJME) human rights delegation to Israel and Palestine. UUJME’s mission is “to promote pea... Read More
Reflections on Holocaust Education and Highlighting Multifaceted History
This is the final reflection piece from the visit that a group of State of Formation Scholars made to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum this spring. Read the other pieces here, here and here... Read More
On understanding belief through experiencing diversity
I am not a good debater. It is not because I do not have my own opinions or beliefs about the things that are happening in the world or the way the world ought to be. Rather, my lack of debating skill... Read More
On Trauma and Interfaith Grace
I started a course called “Pastoral Care” this quarter, and had no idea what to expect. It is week 2, and it feels like week 9. We tackled “trauma” today, at 9 am on a Friday morning. I had no... Read More
Jon Kabat-Zinn and Kierkegaard walk into an ICU
Jon: Let’s breath in, acknowledge our emotions, and observe. Soren: Yes, let’s do that. But what is the question you are willing to live for? I am a medical resident working in an ICU in Boston. M... Read More