Tag: Harvard Divinity School

• The Best, Most Boring, Book Ever

  That would be Ulysses by James Joyce. A year ago right now I was reading it and finishing it was my major Covid accomplishment. In the fall of 1998, I was living in New York City, in the East Village, with my girlfriend, Brooke, who is now my wife. I had recently graduated from Harvard…

  Benjamin Broadbent

  February 28, 2022

  Education, Writing

  Beth Blum, Cooper Union, Covid, East Village, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Gazette, James Joyce, Ulysses, Virginia Woolf

• The Glass Is Already Broken

  Sometimes I wonder if I could be Buddhist. Not convert to Buddhism, but become a Christian who also practices Buddhism. One of my favorite courses at Harvard Divinity School was taught by Charles Hallisey, a Roman Catholic who had fallen in love with the study of Theravada Buddhism, and his love rubbed off on his…

  Benjamin Broadbent

  February 26, 2022

  Buddhism, Christianity

  Achaan Chaa, Charles Hallisey, Harvard Divinity School, Jesus, Mark Epstein, Theravada Buddhism, Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the World

• I Read a Book Once

  Recently I realized I’ve done my post-high school education in three regions of the country where my four grandparents were from. As an undergrad, I attended Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, the Pacific Northwest. My grandmother Broadbent grew up in Seattle. For my Masters, I went to Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. My…

  Benjamin Broadbent

  February 17, 2022

  Education, Family

  ACTS, Chicago, Chicago Theological Seminary, CTA, Harvard Divinity School, Pacific University, Throat Cancer