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From My Reading
“As soon as [the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation] began to spend more time understanding how people live their lives, we saw that so many of the barriers to advancement – and so many of the causes of isolation – … Continue reading
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Tagged Howard Thurman, Melinda Gates, Parker Palmer, Walter Brueggemann
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Specific Love
This post was first published on December 3, 2018. I was reminded of it when someone unexpectedly “liked” it last week. I like it, too. It still speaks to our chaotic world. How can I be a life-giving presence in … Continue reading
No Matter How Life Turns Out
“Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. It is an orientation of the spirit and orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. Hope, in this … Continue reading
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“First, Sandra Day O’Connor, An Intimate Portrait of the First Woman Supreme Court Justice”
The news has been brimming with tributes to Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens who died this week nine months shy of his 100th birthday. The comments did focus on his 35 years of important opinions on landmark Supreme … Continue reading
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Tagged Evan Thomas, Justice John Paul Stevens, Sandra Day O'Connor, the Supreme Court, William Rehnquist
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We Are Our Own Worst Enemies
Once again, I pleaded with my husband to stop smoking – not just for my comfort and health but for his health. And once again he conceded that he was spending money on something that would kill him – that, … Continue reading
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“You cannot make God love you any less, either—not an ounce less. Do the most terrible thing and God wouldn’t love you less. You cannot change the Divine mind about you! The flow is constant, total, and 100 percent toward … Continue reading
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The God Who is always There – Jeremiah 29: 1-14
Eugene Peterson’s book Eat this Book teaches us to chew on a passage of scripture, digest it, and then put it to use in practical ways. Our early Christian fathers and mothers called this process Lectio Divina. In this letter to … Continue reading
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