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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — During orientation at Harvard Divinity School here in 2013, Angie Thurston wandered amid the tables set up by the various campus ministries. Catholic, Methodist, Muslim — they mostly served to reinforce the sense that Ms. Thurston did not fit into an organized religion. Here she was, starting her graduate studies in religion when she did not know the definition of liturgy, had never read the Bible and could not have identified a major theologian like Karl Barth, even if it would have won her a fortune on “Jeopardy!” Yet something in organized religion hinted at an answer to the atomized, unmoored life she led. “I didn’t feel unwelcome, but I did feel like it was a call to creativity,” Ms. Thurston, 30, recalled of her initiation. “I wanted to respond to what I saw as a crisis of isolation among young people.” She added, “I wanted to create a meaningful community that came together based on a shared goal rather than a shared religious creed.” From such … [Read more...] about Secular, but Feeling a Call to Divinity School

To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android . T he last stranger Adriene Mishler hugged before the pandemic was a woman who may or may not have sideswiped her car. It was Friday, the 13th of March, and Mishler, a YouTube yoga celebrity with more than eight million subscribers, was driving back to her house in Austin, Texas. It was exactly a week after the city canceled the annual South by Southwest festival. A female driver in a tan or gold sedan scraped the side of Mishler’s vehicle and, instead of pulling over like a decent person, raced off. The yoga guru gave chase. “I was not going to chew them out,” Mishler said a few weeks later, reflecting on the incident. “I didn’t give a [expletive] about exchanging insurance or anything — well, obviously I did.” But that wasn’t the point of catching the driver. The point was to have a conversation with that person about the importance of goodness and accountability … [Read more...] about The Reigning Queen of Pandemic Yoga

64 Politics & Government Bo Jackson's tournament dome plans are that "he's developing these things where they have hotels, restaurants and recreation," D'Arcy said. John Ferak , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Replies The New York Times ran a ran story in 1979, announcing that the U.S. Steel plant, Joliet's second-largest private employer, was shutting down. It's along Ohio Street. Roughly 160 to 180 people attended Monday's "Town Hall With Terry" D'Arcy at Stone City VFW. D'Arcy, who hopes to become Joliet's mayor, suggested Joliet needs a Bo Jackson sports facility at the old U.S. Steel property. JOLIET, IL — During his annual state of the city presentation two weeks ago, Joliet Mayor Bob O'Dekirk revealed plans to draw a car battery recycling plant and green energy jobs to the long abandoned U.S. Steel plant . On Monday night, O'Dekirk's opponent, Terry D'Arcy, suggested Joliet … [Read more...] about Bo Jackson Dome For Joliet? Terry D’Arcy Draws Crowd To Town Hall

0 Politics & Government Patch is providing candidate profiles for the April 4, 2023 election. Samantha Gasca is running for Board of Education for New Lenox D122. Lauren Traut , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply Patch is providing candidate profiles for several races in the area. If you are a candidate seeking an opportunity to complete our profile form, please email [email protected] Please note your position sought. Name: Samantha Gasca Age as of Election Day : 35 Town/city of residence: New Lenox School district: New Lenox District 122 Family: Hi there! This is a somewhat difficult question as I oftentimes feel the assumption is I am married or have children; however, I have neither. I simply care very much about children as I grew up being severely abused sexually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. For this reason, I became somewhat of a child advocate. … [Read more...] about New Lenox District 122 Board Candidate Samantha Gasca: Election ’23

For Stacey Griffith, a New York City-based SoulCycle instructor whose highly sought-after spin classes are often studded with celebrities, securing a vaccine dose was simple enough: She filled out some paperwork, and on Friday made the hour drive from Manhattan to a coronavirus vaccination site on Staten Island. But after posting on Instagram about her vaccination — and telling a reporter from The Daily Beast that her role as a fitness instructor made her eligible for the vaccine as an educator — Ms. Griffith quickly became the subject of a ferocious backlash. On social media, commenters questioned how a famously fit 52-year-old was able to secure a place in line ahead of essential workers and at-risk seniors. Almost immediately, Ms. Griffith, who has since apologized, appeared to become the latest example of a wealthy or well-connected person gaining improper access to scarce vaccine doses. The outcry came as officials across the nation struggle to respond to racial and … [Read more...] about A SoulCycle Instructor Got the Vaccine as an ‘Educator’

The East Turkistan Government in Exile, an organization that represents the occupied region where the Chinese Communist Party is currently engaging in genocide, demanded this weekend that the International Criminal Court (ICC) issue an arrest warrant for Xi Jinping in recognition of that genocide. The ICC, an international agency with no enforcement mechanism, issued a similar warrant on Friday for Russian leader Vladimir Putin, charging him with war crimes in Ukraine. The ICC specifically cited reports of forced mass transfers of children out of Ukraine into Russian-occupied territory as a war crime as per international legal standards. “It is forbidden by international law for occupying powers to transfer civilians from the territory they live in to other territories,” ICC President Judge Piotr Hofmański said in a statement announcing the warrant. Russia is not a signatory to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which created the ICC and grants it … [Read more...] about Uyghur Activists Demand Xi Jinping’s Arrest After ICC Issues Warrant for Putin