Palmer Theological Seminary recently received a five-year grant totaling $1 million dollars to fund two key efforts supporting clergy leaders in the church and community—the Alumni Care Initiative, and soon-to-be launched Center for Care, Vitality, & Formation. The funds will help expand existing activities and create new opportunities to serve […]
Month: March 2022
It’s Okay To Say “Both:” Normalizing the inclusive answer, although unsatisfying.
Have you ever been asked to choose between two options but you realize you don’t want to, not because you’re lazy but because you like both options? And you can’t just say “both” because that isn’t the spirit of the question. Well I think we need to normalize saying “both.” […]
Hard Pill to Swallow: The Hydro Flask is the best water bottle.
There is an intense debate on how Hydroflasks are the worst water bottles in the world since the “VSCO” girls took over. VSCO girls are scrunchie obsessed girls who put stickers on everything they have, especially their Hydro Flask water bottles. Since they are considered annoying, the reputation for these […]
Counterpoint: Hydro Flask’s water bottles are not as extravagant as some may believe.
It has come to my attention that people are arguing that Hydro Flasks are the best water bottles. However, I am writing this to tell you that that is incorrect. First of all, Hydro Flasks became popular through the VSCO girl movement. The VSCO girl movement refers to oversized t-shirts […]
Optional Worship Should Stay Optional: Eastern’s administration fails to adequately advertise the OneGen brunch worship service.
If you were at Sunday brunch at the Dining Commons on Feb. 20, you probably noticed One Gen leading a worship session at that time there. If you’re like me, you had no idea this was going to happen. And it wasn’t exactly a pleasant surprise. I’m not here to […]
Has Shooting for Gold Gone Too Far?: A critical reflection of the development of toxicity in sports culture.
I’ve never understood sports culture. In my family, sports have never been a big deal, perhaps because neither I nor my next oldest sister were much inclined towards them. I never had the aptitude for them; in elementary school, I was always picked last for kickball, in which I’d inevitably […]
The Positive Impact of Palmer
Faith, reason, and justice are integral values that continue to remain with me as a theologian and pastor. I was introduced to those values as an undergraduate in 2003. I describe my four years at Eastern as an intellectual and spiritual discovery, for I began to understand the connection between […]
The Art of Poetry: An analysis of the writing and studying of poetry.
What a task: to attempt to condense poetry as a skill, an area of study and a creative outlet in a couple hundred words. Indeed, the art of poetry is all three of these things, and more. Poetry is a writing skill like any other you practice, but the attention […]
They’re Not Just Emojis! It’s “Wordle”: Discussing the widely-popular word game.
Random squares have been gracing the feeds of multiple social media platforms, especially facebook. The growing trend is not some secret code, but instead this latest internet sensation that has taken the nerdy, word lovers by storm is none other than “Wordle”. “Wordle” is a word game that was created […]
Old Films Are Gold Films: A student shares their opinion on what makes a film “great.”
Over the past semester I have written multiple movie reviews for this paper, and I am sure you have often wondered, “Why the heck does he always write about those stupid old movies? What is he, some old person?” First, I must confess that, sadly, I am rather eldery before […]