The labyrinth is a spiritual practice, a form of prayer that is based on the ancient practice of pilgrimage. Pilgrims walked to holy places, shrines to saints or locations in the holy land where important things in biblical history took place. Even in biblical times,...
Read MoreBy BHB Fellows Krysten Cherkaski, Monica McDougal, and Tieranny Woods Recently, we had the opportunity to attend the Highlander Research and Education Center’s 84th Anniversary Homecoming event. After spending some time learning about the history and legacy of Highlander, we were excited to head out to...
Read Moreby Krysten Cherkaski Coming into the Belle H. Bennett Fellowship, I was admittedly apprehensive and anxious. I wasn’t sure what to expect, and further than that I wasn’t sure what the extent of my work at a local nonprofit would come to look like. I can’t...
Read Moreby Melissa Tidwell Writing has been defined by one tortured writer as “the art of staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.” As we gathered for the beginning our “Wild With Words” writers’ workshop last week, most of...
Read Moreby Margaret Ernst “Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.” Augustine of Hippo In the one month since Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has taken...
Read Moreby Monica McDougal When I applied to be a Belle H. Bennett Fellow, I imagined myself in an office somewhere in Nashville. I thought I would be in business casual clothing and spending my days working alongside adults. I never pictured myself in a garden at...
Read MoreOn July 13, 1996 the first Celebration of Cultures event brought to Scarritt Bennett Center approximately 2000 people and 41 different cultural and/or ethnic groups with their music, dance, demonstrations, food, or other presentations. The celebration was widely promoted throughout the region; gifts and donations...
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Margaret Ernst is a Masters of Divinity Student at Vanderbilt Divinity School serving as a field education intern at Scarritt Bennett Center in 2016/2017. After experience in journalism and non-profit work in the Philadelphia, PA area, Margaret began to live into her heart’s passion at the...
Read Moreby Tieranny Woods I am Tieranny Woods, one of the new Belle H. Bennett Fellows. My site placement is the Tennessee Justice Center. The Tennessee Justice Center (TJC) is a non-profit law firm that provides free legal services to vulnerable Tennesseans. TJC does this in three ways:...
Read MoreIn September 2016, Scarritt Bennett Center launched the Activist-in-Residence program developed out of consultation with the Faith Matters Network, whose two Nashville based team members, Rev. Jennifer Bailey & Micky ScottBey Jones, also serve as the first Activist-in-Residence team. The Faith Matters Network equips leaders of...
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