Essays
“Today, the idea of the collective woman feels more necessary than ever. She is not limited to our immediate circle. She extends to the mothers of Gaza…”
“I am here today, not to give you answers,” Reed writes. “I am here today, not to give you an easy word or a quick fix. I came here today to agitate. I come here today to radicalize you. Because I believe that the solution can be found through collective action. Through organizing.”
Student solidarity groups are following the lead of Palestinian communities who are resisting and fighting for the liberation of their homeland. Their words and actions guide us, and in the announcement of a selective divestment without disclosure, we believe more work is required for Union as an institution.
In what is clearly an act of procrastination, the author reflects on the end-of-semester weariness and what it all amounts to in a world that continues to suffer.
One night this semester I was in class, and we were discussing the process of sorting out things we have to do, get to do, want to do, and don’t have to do. It was insightful, and felt very mature in that peculiarly “pastoral” way that many of us here in seminary are aiming for. And a quote came to my mind that felt very apt. Not thinking much about the source, I started to type it into the chat box of our zoom lecture-- something along the lines of “I might not have everything that I want, but I’m grateful for all the things I don’t have that I don’t want.” It then occurred to me that that quote, I was pretty sure, came from the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. I laughed at myself, and threw that citation into my message.