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…did was support each other on our often arduous trek. It seems fitting that we will have celebrated three birthdays of group members on this trip. Birthdays are individual milestones, and our hike today marked a milestone that I think many of us will remember as we consider our own journeys—whether today’s climb was frustrating, exhilarating, or even painful. Yesterday,…
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…bodily gesture to that we had seen among Coptic Christian women in Egypt at a holy man’s tomb: forearm and forehead leaning on the box of remains. It is a powerful gesture, and the meaning of it is probably as individual as the number of people using it. One thing was clear to me—Hollywood has lied to us about spiritual…
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We’ve arrived in Cairo! It’s been a long day. After some travel mishaps (the bus we took from Richmond to Washington-Dulles airport leaked, we almost missed our connecting flight, and our luggage didn’t make it), we finally made it to our hotel. I’m sitting on the balcony with my roommate, enjoying a freshly puréed strawberry drink complimentary from the hotel….
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On Saturday, April 21st, The Rev. Dr. Paula Owens Parker will be leading a workshop, “Roots Matter” on generational healing at the multi-day program, “Common Ground, Connected Heritage – Our American Family,” April 19-21, 2018 at Historic Sotterley Plantation, in Hollywood, Maryland. Dr. Parker is Program Associate, Center for Womanist Leadership and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Spiritual Formation at Union…
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…miles to turn in a ballot,” she says. Although most would not go to the lengths that these students went through to vote in a midterm election, Zeigler says, “in my family it’s not a huge deal to go way out of your way to vote. In this family we vote, and we make our voices heard.” Shields agrees that…
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This is post 3 of 9 in the series “Union matters! podcast” Expanding access to healthy food: Shalom Farms at Union Helping cops cope with traumatic violence: VALEAP Marking milestones at The Presbyterian Outlook Memory sanctions & Confederate statues The rise of Womanism: Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon Understanding Muslims: Dr. Zeyneb Sayilgan Union matters! podcast: God and the sanctuary movement…
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…lectured on Leadership and after lunch, I lectured on African American biblical interpretation and the black church. The next day we were on to the airport again and back to Dubai before that long flight back to Dulles Airport and the U.S. As you might imagine, we were tired from our journey but what an invigorating journey it was! I…
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…impossible-to-predict factors. So while our journey was nearing its end for the day, hers is nowhere near over yet. When we landed, we shuffled through the Amman airport where we were greeted by a gentleman whose express purpose, it seems, was to escort us through the airport safely to the outdoors. Passport stamps in Jordan. After handing him our passports…
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…displaced. In Revelation 1:9, John discloses that he has been exiled to the island of Patmos for proclaiming that Jesus is Lord. A small island ten miles long and six miles wide, located thirty- seven miles from the mainland, Patmos is also the destination of banished political prisoners (6). Nevertheless, even though John has been banished to Patmos, all is…
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…experienced a growth in numbers of the people they serve. This is partly due to increased violence in Nicaragua and also due to the increase in deportation from the United States. Prior to June 2017, they had six-to-nine flights a week arrive from the United States with people who were deported. Currently, nine-to-11 flights are arriving weekly. Each flight carries…
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…I attended the then School of Theology at Virginia Union University, where I was exposed by Dr. Miles Jerome Jones to literature that I had never read. It was only, however, when I was in my early 70’s studying at Union Presbyterian Seminary under Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, that I started to learn about the brutality of slavery and how…
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…a visiting churchman, a black man, to have dinner in the dining room. The decision was made with the knowledge that it would present a delicate situation which could have resounding repercussions for hundreds of miles beyond the dining room, mainly in a southerly direction, if not handled discreetly. Carefully selected students were approached and asked if they would sit…
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On Friday, April 28 10:30-NOON The Women’s Studies Revolution: the Room Where it Happened, with Margaret R. Miles, Bussey Professor of Theology at HDS, Dean of the Graduate Theological Union, and panelists Katie Geneva Cannon, Annie Scales Rogers Professor of Christian Ethics, Union Presbyterian Seminary; Karen L. King, Hollis Professor of Divinity; Ping Yao, Professor of History, Director of the…
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…Christianity and the eclipse of paganism. “Some cheered, some fled,” she said. And, always, there could be violence. It is the same with the Confederate statues.” So, what should be done with them? Luckritz Marquis suggests a compromise could see them moved elsewhere, but still in the general Richmond area to a history museum or Hollywood Cemetery where there are…
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…TODD Never thought we’d be here Roll-backs Invisible holdbacks Forward, then backward Fights on flights Mental health jeopardized Millions untold Assaults to the soul No one escapes Erosions. There are many on the street whose needs I would like to meet. A little old lady struggling with bags feels threatened when someone extends a hand. A man who’s hungry, why…
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On Wednesday, we were in the lobby at 3:30 a.m., lucky to maybe have 4 to 5 hours of sleep. We packed our carry-ons and got a bagged breakfast before hopping on the bus to head to the airport for our flight to Luxor. After a coffee pit stop, we visited the temple of Karnak. We beat the crowd and…
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In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, members of the Union community in Texas reflect on the devastation and human suffering left by one of the most destructive storms in modern history and how their congregations are helping with recovery efforts. Alumna Jacqueline M. Hannan is the senior pastor of Atascocita Presbyterian Church in Humble, Texas, which is 20 miles north…
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…Middle East Travel Seminar: Diverse cultural perspectives in Roman-era Zippori Middle East Travel Seminar: A day of memory, history, hope… and sweets! Middle East Travel Seminar: The Western Wall, Temple Mount, and Dome of the Rock BY HEATHER WOODWORTH BRANNON Greetings from Aqaba, Jordan! From city to desert to sea, we have traveled approximately 400 miles by bus throughout the…
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By Mike Frontiero Director of Communications Union Presbyterian Seminary President Brian K. Blount lectured in Taiwan at the Taiwan Theological College and Seminary. While he was more than 8,000 miles from home, many familiar faces greeted him. Dr. Blount taught Cultural Hermeneutics with the help of several translators, including Union Ph.D. alum Hung-Chaun Lai and some former students of Blount’s…
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…to museums that happened less than a week ago, but feel like they took place three months ago. It has been a long trip. Many miles. Many stories. Many faces. Many names. It has been a short trip. Much of what we have heard and seen here has taken place in the past 40 years. And all of this has…
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…attended seminary. Dr. Spencer is a treasure trove of information. His message to us was both stimulating intellectually and moving emotionally. Dr. Rick Spencer What made Zippori the most fascinating to me, was the realization that just four miles away sat a little village named Nazareth. Zippori is not mentioned in the biblical records, but this Galilean city was a…
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