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Remembering Your Neighbor
February 20, 2024 | By Isaac Oberman DC ‘26
It is oftentimes hard to love your neighbor, especially when life interferes with grace. But, Christian love is different than worldly love, and it is only made available through Christ; so, this Lenten season, let us remember to love our neighbors, especially those weary and heavy-laden with emotional and spiritual burdens.
Looking Beyond Lent
February 19, 2024 | By Emma Ventresca BF ‘26
The spirit of Lent is not found simply in making a sacrifice or warding off temptation and counting down the forty days until that same sense of temptation or desire can once again exist within our beings. Let us not simply trudge through Lent, but rather, let us invite it to renew us as we look towards the rest of our days.
Lent and Restoration: On Making the World the World
February 17, 2024 | By Jacob Brogdon Cornell ‘25
If the church is going to fruitfully interact with secular society, it needs to focus foremost on becoming the true version of the church, independent of pressures from secular society. Lent helps us do this.
Penance without Charity is Dead
February 16, 2024 | By Jason Lan, Cornell ‘25
Why do we, as God’s creation, get to judge others made in His likeness and image? Why do we get to decide who is worthy of our time? When we commit such sins against our neighbor, we implicitly tell God that His creation isn’t good enough for us, that we are somehow better. It is the understanding of these things that allows us to recognize and acknowledge God’s love for us.
Life and Death and More Life
February 15, 2024 | By Hannah Turner BK ‘23+1
Deny myself, take up my cross, and surrender to the will of God—that is the avenue to a life of abundance. This does not mean denying my responsibilities nor does it mean lacking in ambition. But it means asking what am I responsible to and for what am I ambitious? God knows that the answer to those questions and the joy of life-giving purpose is found in Him.
Repairing the Breach
February 14, 2024 | By Zeki Tan MY ‘25
Fasting heightens our senses to our vulnerability. Instead of spotlighting the strength of our willpower in, say, disciplining our bodies to achieve a desired figure, fasting reveals the limits of our bodies, opening our eyes to our need for God and each other.
Upcoming Events:
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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.