Consider This Archive: 2024-2025

As we finish the semester, we are also finishing a very holy season in many of our religious calendars. Last week was both Holy Week for our…

As the owner of two cats, I have been thinking lately about the way that they show affection, both to me and to each other.  Cats have a reputation…

In instances of uncertainty or of mutual consternation my mom would often lighten the moment and say in rhyming wisdom from the…

Where are the places in my life where I am accepted and appreciated not for my talent, accomplishments, roles or relationships, but just for being…

As Spring slowly unfurls across our New Haven landscapes hints of winter linger. Chilly winds send last season’s dried up leaves scraping across…

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.”So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not…

The Muslim lunar month of Ramadan begins this weekend, March 1st. For over 1.5 billion Muslims around the world, Ramadan is the most sacred month…

These are challenging days. Nearly everywhere we look in the world, we are confronted with difficulties, suffering, and pain or the anxious…

Some years ago, one of my Buddhist teachers made a comment that caught my attention. “The root of anger is not fear,” she said, “but powerlessness…

In times that can feel anxious or chaotic, I can find it helpful to ask myself about how I’m grounded.  What centers me and helps calm me?   What…

As the chill of winter continues and I try to step outside as little as possible, I have been thinking about anchorites.

Just a few days ago I was in in the cities of Madina and Mecca for a pilgrimage known as Umrah with a group of students and community members…

As we begin this new semester, I find myself craving spaces for grounding. There is so much whirling around us that makes me feel somewhat…

When we arrive to an extraordinarily diverse place like Yale, we may be surprised upon encountering other religions and variations of our family’s…

As Chaplaincy Manager, much of my day can be wrapped up in emails and spreadsheets and administrative tasks. Recently, I stepped away from that…

We painted dawn into midnight  Out of cement ceilings  we made skylights  From gravel, we crafted fine and delicate chandeliers  hung them…

As we move through this season, the Chaplain’s Office offers a gentle reminder that we are here for you through all the complexities of being human…

Are you open to a chance meeting as you go about your day?  The paved walkways of Old Campus are not the most efficient nor the most sensible. They…

“What if we stopped seeing rest as a reward for what we have just done and we started to see it as a preparation for what we are about to do?”

Today is October 7th, 2024, and our communities on campus have been in a year of mourning, grief, and sorrow. Naming our sorrow feels at once…

Anyone who’s stopped by the front desk in the Chaplain’s Office – or seen some of the little figures dotted about – may already know that I’m…

The semester is well underway, and alongside all the projects and plans and performances, come conflicts and late nights and worries.  For me, I…

Generosity isn’t simply restricted to financial giving, but rather it is a virtue that everyone can possess if we reimagine what being generous…

Two weeks ago I was locked out of the Chaplain’s Office. I left my Yale ID in my office after walking a colleague out of Old Campus to help her…

From Maytal Saltiel’s opening assembly invocation:

Loving and holy spirit called on by many names; creator and sustainer of life, we gather here…