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Puppetistas
The arts are a key to our resistance. Each year at the gates of Ft. Benning, puppets are a vital part of the energy which drives the SOA Watch protest. The ‘Puppetistas’ use the medium of puppetry to...
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Interfaith Engagement and Peace-Building
Visiting the SOA protest for the first time in six years, I am struck by two things: the absence of the Jesuits priests and the feeling of an interfaith movement at the gates. Both updates...
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On Becoming a Peace Church
This evening some of us went to a workshop led by the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship (PPF) called “Creating a Peace Church.” Within the Presbyterian Church (USA), the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship is...
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Harvest of Empire
This evening the four of us at SOA Watch attended workshops and presentations connected with the protest event. Emily Brewer, John Allen, and I attended a screening of “Harvest of Empire.” The film...
View ArticleReturning from the SOA Watch
“We who have a voice must speak for the voiceless.” –Oscar Romero Never has this ethos spoken to me as clearly as it did this past weekend, standing outside of the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia. The...
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The Spiritually Urgent Response To Our Ecological Crisis
The history and legacy of Union Theological Seminary is to speak to truth, through the lenses of deep theological wisdom and courageous convictions of justice, which is often left unspoken in the...
View ArticleSinging in Resistance
I was struck this year during the School of the Americas protest at the power of music in a movement that calls for justice and peace like the one to close down the School of the Americas (SOA). In...
View ArticleWinter 2012/2013 Newsletter
Please see our recently published Burke Friends Newsletter, Winter 2012-2013 edition! Exciting information about the Library Director search, as well as articles by staff and students, are included in...
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A sentiment of Christmas…
Merry Christmas to all who see this… there’s room around the manger for us all…we all belong, we are all loved, we are blessed with the gift of being able to work for peace, justice, love and joy… the...
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Adam Lanza and The Pain of the Introvert
Now that we have had some time over the holidays to reflect further and perhaps even find some meaning in the inconceivable meaninglessness of the tragedy at Newtown, we can begin to move towards a...
View ArticleMetropolitan Archivist
The Metropolitan Archivist is the newsletter published by the Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York. The Luce Project is an update featured on page 26 of the Winter 2013 issue – please take a...
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Union Arrives in El Salvador
It was an early morning departure from frigid New York and a long journey, but we all made it safely to warm and beautiful sub-tropic El Salvador around noon on Saturday. Jenn Wilder and Janet Walton...
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Smug Musings and Humble Landing Places
The following is written by Union Theological Seminary PhD student, Amy Meverden. Sometimes when I am processing archival materials, I muse smugly to myself, “Oh, you silly people from the early...
View ArticleResurrection and Trespass
SUNDAY, JANUARY 6TH As our bus made its way to the national cathedral on Sunday morning, my mind was flooded with images of the various events we had read about taking place there. I had read and seen...
View ArticleWake up. Stay Awake.
Our crash-course education in San Salvador continued into our third day, when we visited COMADRES (The Committee of the Mothers Monsignor Romero), FUNDAHMER (Brother Mercedes Ruiz Foundation), and UCA...
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Faith in Action
Reflection by Vandalyn Kennedy – Day 4 Every minute of every day has been amazing here in El Salvador, however today’s experience resonated with me in a POWERFUL way. If you are reading this blog you...
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Where does hope come from?
A blog from Wednesday, January 9, 2013: Mercedes, Laurel, and Alvaro, students from the University of Central America (UCA) in San Salvador. Overhead posters of Oscar Romero, UCA martyr priest Ignacio...
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Touching the Earth
Thursday – from Blanca and Lily Thursday was another day full of wonder. We learned more about the history and present day struggles of El Salvador as we met with, and gained inspiration from,...
View ArticleIt’s so sad I can only laugh
Friday, January 11, 2013 – Perquin and El Mozote, Morazan, El Salvador After surviving an exhilarating, dusty, and at some points dangerous dance party, we awoke Friday for some delicious breakfast....
View ArticleIsabel Chapin Barrows: Love and Tragedy in the 19th Century
It was late summer. The year was 1862. William Wilberforce Chapin, a young seminary student at Andover, writes to Miss Katie Belle Hayes in New Hampshire: Dear Miss Hayes. When I bode you goodbye at...
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