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Wise Women: A Community of H.O.P.E.

Posted on March 13, 2023March 8, 2023 by ptsblog

Last week, Helen Blier shared the origin story of the Seminary’s Wise Women’s Work continuing education series. This week, Jen Rooney—a participant from the very beginning—shares what Wise Women has meant to her. Hope is the word that readily comes to mind as I reflect upon being a member of the Wise Women community. For…

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Wise Women: An Origin Story

Posted on March 7, 2023March 8, 2023 by ptsblog

Sometimes the idea comes as a sudden epiphany, whole cloth and gift-wrapped. It was mid-summer 2020. We were four months into a pandemic that had shut everything down. The quiet of city streets, empty of people and vehicles, stood in stark contrast to the mayhem of lives turned upside down. And it was evident from…

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The Civil Rights Movement and its Young Leaders

Posted on February 28, 2023March 2, 2023 by ptsblog

As Black History Month comes to a close, Lecturer in Theology and Ethics Dr. Derek Woodard-Lehman examines parallels between the American Civil Rights Movement and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa, believing them to be informative for continued racial justice work today.  Julian Bond often summarized the average American’s understanding of the Civil Rights Movement…

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