Opinions

Imagine a seminary that dares to struggle against the powers and entities that exist in order to construct a deeper imagination of its operations. Imagine a seminary that is fully prepared to disobey anything that the State expects of us when it conflicts with our moral values. Imagine a courageous seminary, not a seminary full of cowardice.

Much has been written about the ‘India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor’ in terms of ‘strategic competition’, but little from a spiritually informed perspective. But what is it that we are competing for? And at what cost? 

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.

“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.” - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“I, and perhaps you too, came to Union in pursuit of finding my Self. When people asked me why I decided to attend Union, I always replied, ‘An existential crisis.’”

The luxury condo building in the middle of Union Seminary, affectionately known as the “tower,” is slowly opening up to residents. Black studies scholars help us make sense of such a display of capitalism and contradiction.

I reflected on feeling unsettled upon returning to campus, and why that’s maybe a good thing.

How can the Union community better support workers like Charles and ensure that all who pass through Union’s doors are impacted for the better?