Common Questions about LBHS
Who was Luisa Bosques?
The bisabuela of co-founder Nathan Luis Cartagena, Luisa Bosques was a committed Boricua Christian who journeyed with God as a colonial subject within a racist, patriarchal, ecosystem-destroying, capitalist empire.
For more on her story, see our "About US" page.
What do you mean by "Shalom"?
As Euro-American theologian Walter Brueggemann observes in his book Peace, shalom is a controlling vision that houses a cluster of words “required to express its many dimensions and subtle nuances: love, loyalty, truth, grace, salvation, justice, blessings, [and] righteousness.” This vision "encompasses all reality" and therefore "embraces all creation."
For more about our view, see our writings on shalom here.
Is LBHS affiliated with a Christian Denomination?
No. LBHS is an ecumenical community collaborating with Christians and Christian organizations from a wide range of denominational and non-denominational traditions.