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Shape and be Shaped, Loved and be Loved
By Raquel Sequeira, TD ‘21. Raquel is majoring in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry.
At the start of each new school year, I find myself auditing my relationships: Who are my true friends that I will make the time to invest in this semester? Who are my fake friends—or friends I’ve been fake to? Who are the people that I wave to but don’t remember their names or where I know them from? I tally up the relationships I can’t wait to deepen this year, and those that I feel guilty about for my negligence.
Then I ask myself the more uncomfortable question: Who am I when I am with each of these people?
Translations of Swahili Hymns
By Vienna Scott, BF ‘21. Vienna is majoring in Religious Studies and Political Science.
For the reader's edification in meditation and appreciation of Swahili culture and language.
Inclusivity in Worship
By Anthony Hejduk, MY ‘20. Anthony is majoring in Philosophy.
What does it mean for a worship space to be inclusive? Or more generally, what does it mean for a Christian community to be? As the Church across the world grapples with declining membership and increased fragmentation, especially in the West, this question is on the forefront, maybe more so now than ever before. But what is inclusion? And whom is it for?
Be Thou My Vision: A Reflection
By Bella Gamboa, JE ‘22. Bella is majoring in Humanities.
Even in times when I feel farthest from God, hymns have had a singular ability to remind me of who He is and of his presence. Praise to God overflows in song, and so singing also reminds us of who we are in Him and how we ought to relate to Him.
Stepping Into the Bigger Story
By Serena Puang, DC ‘22. Serena is majoring in Linguistics.
Growing up in church, it was always assumed that we knew and believed in the fundamental goodness of God. We sang hymns about it and repeated it to each other so often that sometimes, I’ll admit, it became kind of like a joke: someone would share an annoyance from their week and punctuate it with “but God is good...all the time”.
But what does it mean to really believe that God is good especially when your circumstances aren’t?
Regarding Answers
By Sharla Moody, BK ‘22. Sharla is majoring in English.
And the frayed strings knit around us
a blanket of grace which
we could never pluck apart.
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Weekly Meetings
THURSDAYS 5-7PM, Branford College Trumbull Room
Discuss with us what it means to think Christianly and write for our publication.
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Philosophy of Everyday Life Seminar
THURSDAY SEPT 11TH 6:15-7:45PM, Elm Institute
Join us at the Elm Institute for a private version of the Elm’s popular seminar “The Philosophy of Everyday Life”. Readings will be focused on Friendship. No prior reading required. Food provided.
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Divinity School Private Archival Tour
THURSDAY SEPT 18th, 9AM, Yale Divinity School
We will be looking at the Yale Divinity School’s missionary collection, specifically focusing on letters from international ecumenical movements from America to China. We will be looking at how these relate to our theme of freidnship in a more nuanced way. We will be walking up from cross-campus at 8:30 am, but you can also meet at the YDS gates at 9 am.
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William Blake Private Exhibition Tour
THURSDAY OCT 2ND, TIME TBA
Peter Wicks of the Elm Institute will guide us through the traveling exhibition ‘William Blake: Burning Bright’ at Yale Center for British Art. No previous experience with art or William Blake required.