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The New York Times opinion writer accused of serving as an unregistered, paid foreign agent of Iran may have a... Born in Brooklyn, the son of a successful New York lawyer, Harland was educated at the City College of New York and Harvard Divinity School. He had to hold down a tedious day job while writing  fiction at night. He believed that writers who were “old stock” Americans like himself were being ignored in favor of authors of “ethnic fiction.” His solution: the “Sidney Luska�...

Maynard and Stow church briefs, April 29-May 5

Like most remarkable stories, Honeycomb begins with a dream. But in this universe of sadistic kings, wounded creatures, and wise honeybees, even a dream is more elusive than one might think. In “Nectar”, the origin story of Honeycomb , the Dream is a river that runs through the Nine Worlds, reflecting the hearts and desires of the Folk. On its shore, a nameless flower’s pollen gives birth to the powerful Honeycomb Queen, and becomes the first story of the Nine Worlds. According to the b...

Mormon excommunication was not designed to happen this way, say scholars Joseph Smith designed an innovative and humanitarian system of church discipline that protected the rights of the accused. So what happened? Two scholars explain. Joseph Smith, founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints April 24, 2021 A guest column by Isaac Barnes May and Samuel S. Wells One of the striking things about the Helfer case is a debate over due process and transparency of church d...

On Thursday night, writer and activist Terry Tempest Williams spoke on Zoom about her current work on climate change, wildfires and social concerns among the COVID-19 pandemic. Williams’ work focuses mainly on environmental concerns and social issues as she thinks through living life as ethically as possible. Her numerous books, such as “Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place” and “Erosion: Essays of Undoing,” have won multiple awards, such as the Sierra Club ...

neutral by 2026 By 2026 we will prioritize aggressive reductions of our campus energy use and strive to offset or neutralize any remaining greenhouse gas emissions by investing in off-campus projects such as renewable energy. Harvard will engage its researchers and industry climate leaders to identify and, where feasible, invest in projects that credibly reduce emissions while providing other positive benefits for human health, social equity, and ecosystem health. As part of our climate stra...

The Atlantic. Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Founding editor of  Wisdom of Crowds. (@shadihamid) Casper ter Kuile, co-founder at Sacred Design Lab and Ministry Innovation Fellow at Harvard Divinity School. Co-author of “How We Gather” and “Care of Souls,” two reports profiling new forms of social and spiritual connection. (@caspertk) Joseph Bottum, professor of philosophy and Director of the CLASSICS Institute at Dakota State University. (@JosephBottum) Also Featured Kelse...

The Atlantic. Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Founding editor of  Wisdom of Crowds. (@shadihamid) Casper ter Kuile, co-founder at Sacred Design Lab and Ministry Innovation Fellow at Harvard Divinity School. Co-author of “How We Gather” and “Care of Souls,” two reports profiling new forms of social and spiritual connection. (@caspertk) Joseph Bottum, professor of philosophy and Director of the CLASSICS Institute at Dakota State University. (@JosephBottum) Also Featured Kel...

“ Walking With the Saints: My Writing Life,”  Ellsberg will reflect on his life and work as a "saint-watcher," how this came to shape his own vocation and spiritual discipline, and what he hopes it might achieve. Robert Ellsberg is the long-time editor-in-chief and publisher of Orbis Books. He holds a master’s degree in theology from Harvard Divinity School. In the late 1970s he worked with Dorothy Day in New York City, serving as managing editor of the  Catholic Worker newspaper. Sin...

Imam Amr Dabour says people have become more involved in the SALAM Islamic Center during the pandemic. When Sacramento State University classes went online because of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, 19 year-old Nicole Oneto moved back in with her parents about an hour south of Fresno, Calif. "I was brought back into this bubble again," says Oneto about feeling isolated in her rural hometown of Woodlake. She lives on 10 acres and doesnt share some of the worldviews of her neighbors. So earlier ...