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Spring Celebrations: HDS’s Annual Baby Animal Extravaganza

08 Friday May 2015

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Last year, a new HDS tradition was born: Celebrating spring and reading week with the cutest procrastination aids around–baby animals! Last week, Animal Craze petting zoo of Winchendon, MA brought some of its newest residents to snuggle our students in the midst of their finals stress. Needless to say, a good time was had by all.

Baby goat snacks on MDiv candidate Aisha Ansano
Week-old ducklings and chicks
MTS candidate Cora McCold is delighted by a baby goat
Species collide as HDS dog meets piglet

Photos by Aisha Ansano and Caroline Matas

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What HDS has taught me about #selfcare

24 Monday Nov 2014

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You know those kids in high school and college who did all their homework all the time, the ones who always had something to say in class discussion and had questions for the teacher every week? I was one of THOSE kids. I guess that’s not too shocking of a confession to come from a Harvard graduate student, but in hindsight I feel a little sheepish about those days. The most important thing I’ve learned in my time at HDS so far is how to prioritize and balance the things in my life, and homework just doesn’t always make it to the top of the list.

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An Intellectual and Spiritual Journey

26 Wednesday Feb 2014

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A candle for each person who participated in the HDS Winter Retreat. By Chris Alburger

A candle lit for each person who participated in the HDS Winter Retreat. Photo by Chris Alburger

It was not even half past two in the morning when my alarm went off. I had barely enough time to get ready to attend the 3:30 a.m. vigil at St. Joseph’s Abbey, a Trappist monastery located in Spencer, MA. I was there with a group of students from HDS on a 2-day silent retreat. This was part of a weeklong immersive Buddhist-Christian retreat offered by the divinity school as a J-term course, “Comparative Monasticisms.” Earlier in the week, we had spent some time at the New England Buddhist Vihara (a Sanskrit word that means “monastery”) and at the Empty Bell, a Buddhist-Christian retreat center in Northampton.

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Finding Time to Find Time: Learning to Procrastinate ‘Better’ at HDS

17 Wednesday Apr 2013

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I am a terrible procrastinator. I have written more papers in the last hours before they were due than I can count. In fact, this very blog entry is a few weeks late, in part because I struggled to find time to write about “Finding Time in a Busy Schedule.” It’s okay to laugh about that; I know I do. Continue reading →