Reflections from the Chaplains

For the first time in several years, Unitarian Universalists are gathering again at Carleton. We hope you’ll join them at 12:30pm this Sunday in the little chapel! This is an…

I still feel new to Carleton sometimes. This feeling is especially acute when conversations erupt around the complicated relationship between freedom of speech and protest. In my previous work, in…

Next week marks a special time of year, the beginning of the Jewish High Holidays. They are considered the most important and sacred days of the Jewish year and include…

Carleton is grounded in pluralism. At the chapel, religious pluralism means that we celebrate the diversity of religion, spirituality, and practice on campus. Here, we welcome Christians and Buddhists, Jews…

Welcome to a new year! Whether you are coming to Carleton for the first time or returning for your final year, we are so glad to begin the year with…

Dear friends, We are delighted to introduce our new Associate Chaplain for Jewish and Interfaith Life, Rabbi Michaela Brown! She will begin her work at Carleton on July 29th, in…

Dear Friends, I love doing jigsaw puzzles, analyzing a picture, and piecing it together. With coffee or a drink in hand, and maybe an audiobook playing, I can relax and…

It has been a powerful and meaningful week of events at and around the chapel. On Monday, Minneapolis City Council Member Robin Wonsley ‘13 returned to Carleton and gave a…

“Our shared humanity and interdependence is impossible to deny,” Rev. Schuyler Vogel wrote in his newsletter last week. I’ve been reflecting on Schuyler’s description of relationship-centered activism during this past…

Before coming to Carleton, I served an activist congregation in New York City. We housed undocumented families in defiance of federal deportation orders, we were arrested and jailed while advocating…