Learning from a fourth-century Chinese thinker today is an act of finding beauty in this broken world. Harvard Divinity School student Minahil Mehdi shares wisdom for the present from the distant past.

Terry Tempest Williams is a Utah native, writer, naturalist, activist, educator—and patient. Here, she reflects on the courage of nurses both serving and stepping forward during the pandemic.

Terry Tempest Williams is a Utah native, writer, naturalist, activist, educator—and patient. In this 20th Dispatch from the Desert, Terry bows to the life within her garden.

Terry Tempest Williams is a Utah native, writer, naturalist, activist, educator—and patient. Terry answers and asks “How are we doing?” She wonders “what are we learning?”

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health student Adam Meier dedicates a letter of gratitude to the healers, providers and supporters as part of the “Beauty in a Broken World” Coyote Chaplaincy.

Terry Tempest Williams is a Utah native, writer, naturalist, activist, educator—and patient. In this free-flowing piece, Terry wonders what belongs to this moment in all its fullness and sorrow.

Terry Tempest Williams is a Utah native, writer, naturalist, activist, educator—and patient. As everyone obsesses with washing their hands, Terry remembers her grandmother who lived through the 1918 flu pandemic in Eureka, Utah.

As part of the “Beauty in a Broken World” series, Harvard Divinity School student Heather Wakefield shares four original poems that reflect on gratitude, growth, strength and solidarity during the pandemic.

Poetry can feel like a deep breath–a few second break from the busyness. Harvard Kennedy School student Becky Nirav shares an original poem.

Music is a direct line to our emotions and state of being. Brooklyn musical artist, producer and Harvard Divinity School student Lindsay Sanwald (aka Idgy Dean) brings the gift of sound—curated with infinite love and gratitude, with an introduction from Accelerate founder and community director Kim Mahoney.

Being a bystander to those most impacted by the pandemic leaves many of us without words. Harvard Divinity School student Miles Dupuis Carey drafts a poem that uncovers the shame of dwelling in the sidelines as part of the “Beauty in a Broken World” Coyote Chaplaincy.

Terry Tempest Williams is a Utah native, writer, naturalist, activist, educator—and patient. On the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Terry reflects on ecological change, the coronavirus, and the power of friendship.