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Before coming to Carleton, I served an activist congregation in New York City. We housed undocumented families in defiance of federal deportation orders, we were arrested and jailed while advocating…
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Behind the Headlines
18 April 2024Passover is coming. For Jews everywhere it is the time to tell our big story. For those who don’t know it, here is the basic plot: Pharoah Sovereign of Egypt…
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Death and Rebirth During Ramadan & Eid
12 April 2024After a meaningful, nourishing, and blessed couple of weeks of Ramadan with my Carleton community, I had the great gift of spending the last days of Ramadan in community on…
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Abundance
5 April 2024As I reflect on the observances of Easter and the days leading up to it this past week, the word that resounds in my heart is abundance. It was a…
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True Easter Faithfulness
29 March 2024This week is the most sacred week of the Christian year. It begins with Palm Sunday, when Jesus enters Jerusalem, and continues with the last supper, Jesus’ arrest, his execution,…
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Gray is Also a Color
1 March 2024This Saturday night you’re invited to our Carleton Purim/Holi celebration. These two holidays – one Jewish, one Hindu – fall in the season I’ll call “sick of winter, ready for…
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Welcoming the Sacred Month of Ramadan
23 February 2024For Muslims across the globe, the month of Ramadan is a blessed time of spiritual renewal and intensified and deepened practice as many Muslims fast from dawn to the sunset…
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Lent as an Invitation
16 February 2024In addition to our robust weekly programs, this week the Chapel offered opportunities to commemorate the beginning of the Christian liturgical season of Lent. As the Associate Chaplain for Christian…
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Legacies We Inherit
9 February 2024This past week, chaplains from across the country gathered in Los Angeles for our annual conference. We braved the atmospheric river that shattered rainfall records, listened to Rainn Wilson talk…
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Where did all the hymnals go?
2 February 2024If you are sitting in Convo this week, enjoying the familiar comforts of Skinner Memorial Chapel, you might notice a change. The hymnals are gone. For generations of Carls, The New…