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Monthly Archives: January 2015
A Lesson from the Civil Rights Movement
LIVING AS APPRENTICES January 19 is the celebration of Martin Luther King’s Birthday. The powerful movie Selma has been released. And February will be Black History month in America. With this backdrop, I listened today, spellbound, to an interview with John … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil rights movement, John Lewis, nonviolent demonstrations, SNCC, spiritual formation
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Hope is Contagious
The following poem by Denise Levertov is one of several occasional posts in 2015 focusing on the fact that “hope changes everything.” The poem helps us understand that hope is contagious – as is pessimism. Understanding that fact, 0ur mission as … Continue reading
“A Human Behind Every Face”
LIVING AS APPRENTICES I was so moved by a column written by Charita Goshay of the Canton (Ohio Repository) who writes for Gateway News Services that I can’t help but share a portion of it. It appeared in the January … Continue reading
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Tagged Charita Goshay, Holland Sentinel, Jesus, judgmentalism, Mother Theresa
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Both/And
LIVING AS APPRENTICES What do we need in order to live creatively and meaningfully on this earth as Apprentices of Jesus? Two of my favorite spiritual thinkers have spoken from very different perspectives on one important character trait we need: … Continue reading
“The Thing with Feathers”
HOPE CHANGES EVERYTHING When I started thinking about writing a blog series on hope, the first words that popped in my mind were “Hope is the thing with feathers . . .” Emily Dickinson has been my favorite poet since … Continue reading
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An Antidote to Slacktivism*
QUOTES You asked for my hands, that you might use them for your purpose. I gave them for a moment, then withdrew them, for the work was hard. You asked for my mouth, to speak out against injustice. I gave you … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptable Worlds, injustice, Joe Seremane, Prayers for the Writer, service
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