{"id":51,"date":"2014-09-30T15:54:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T19:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2015-02-11T14:30:02","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T19:30:02","slug":"jim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/jim\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment343\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/jim.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/jim.jpg\" alt=\"James P. Alter, Passport Photo, 1945\" class=\"size-full wp-image-343 \" height=\"196\" width=\"190\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James P. Alter, Passport Photo, 1945<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Barry remembers first meeting James P. Alter when she was in college attending a New England Student Christian Movement conference in Northfield, MA.\u00a0 They wouldn\u2019t become a couple until after Jim\u2019s release from prison in Danbury, CT, where he served a 3-month sentence for refusing to register for the draft during WW II. In this section, Barry talks about her first impressions of Jim, his diabetes, their courtship and marriage, and the shared principles that would become the foundations of their life together.<\/p>\n<p>Jim&#8217;s Parents<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-51-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jims-Parents.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jims-Parents.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jims-Parents.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Jim&#8217;s Diabetes<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-51-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jim-diabetes.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jim-diabetes.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jim-diabetes.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Jim Drafted and Imprisoned<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-51-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jim-Draft-Prison.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jim-Draft-Prison.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jim-Draft-Prison.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Getting to Know One Another<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-51-4\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Ashram-Getting-to-Know.mp3?_=4\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Ashram-Getting-to-Know.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Ashram-Getting-to-Know.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Wedding<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-51-5\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_NESCM_Wedding.mp3?_=5\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_NESCM_Wedding.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_NESCM_Wedding.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Jim and My Parable<br \/>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-51-6\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jim-and-My-Parable.mp3?_=6\" \/><a href=\"\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jim-and-My-Parable.mp3\">\/midst\/files\/2014\/09\/BARRY_Jim-and-My-Parable.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/podcast\/\">here<\/a> to download the podcast for this segment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/stories-by-theme\/\">Back to Stories by Theme<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/stories-by-theme\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/student-christian-movement\/\" title=\"Student Christian Movement\">&lt; Previous Story<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/midst\/becoming-my-kind-of-missionary\/\" title=\"Becoming My Kind of Missionary\">Next Story &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\r\n  (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){\r\n  (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),\r\n  m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)\r\n  })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga');\r\n\r\n  ga('create', 'UA-56761359-1', 'auto');\r\n  ga('send', 'pageview');\r\n\r\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barry remembers first meeting James P. 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