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The Surefire Method for Writing Compelling Christmas Sermons
After graduation from Boston University School of Theology, and following close on the heels of the mid-May joyful commencement ceremony in Marsh Chapel, some students suddenly find themselves, July 1, in a pulpit on Sunday, in meetings during the week, living in a parsonage, and wondering how to stoke the fires of a stewardship campaign. […]
What Is the Real Task of Theological Education?
The beneficiaries of the theological education –churches and denominations – seem not to be welcoming of the transformative agents of change we call graduates. Our attempts to offer and promulgate integrative and contextualized theological education in the name of preparation may be offering an empty promise to would-be grads. Few churches or denominations want to […]
How to Engage Occupy as a Seminarian
A walk through the Occupy encampment in downtown Dewey Square, or a web search of the ‘Occupy’ movement reveals a myriad of voices speaking out about the current economic and social conditions of our country: Concerned citizens calling for greater accountability for financial institutions, corporations and government bureaucracy. Labor unions, employed, under-employed, and unemployed citizens calling […]
How To Integrate the Pastoral and the Psychological
When I was just beginning my training at the Center for Religion and Psychotherapy, one our professors shared his experience sitting with a new client. As he listened to the many difficulties the man was experiencing, and feeling overwhelmed, he said “you really need to see a therapist!” Even though he was a pastoral psychotherapist, […]
What Can Disney Teach You About Social Justice?
Imagine the world anew. Singing birds. Flourishing forests. Little fuzzy animals to help with your quotidian tasks. A happy song to sing when you venture too far into the deep, dark forest. Faithful friends who march alongside you as you fight dragons and evil queens on the great quest for love. Bad guys are easily […]
Is Black Religious Experience More Complicated than You Thought?
The first Monday of every month we’ll knock on the door of an STH faculty member and sit down for an informal chat about the books they think you need to know about. Topics will range from from literature to non-fiction, theology to philosophy. You don’t have to be on campus to attend these office hours, […]
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