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1/23/45 Helmuth James Graf von Moltke was executed for plotting vs. Hitler. Staking his opposition on religious grounds, he bade the German people recognize that "what is happening is sin and that they are personally responsible for each terrible deed that has been committed."
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Trump’s style inspires imitators, unleashes dark impulses around the world washingtonpost.com/world/eur…
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Amidst scrutiny of video clips of the now controverted standoff between Covington Catholic boys and a Native elder, here is something the videos didn't capture, though it is part of the essential context: POTUS in a MAGA hat, smirking in the face of Native history and suffering.
If Elizabeth Warren, often referred to by me as Pocahontas, did this commercial from Bighorn or Wounded Knee instead of her kitchen, with her husband dressed in full Indian garb, it would have been a smash!
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Dismantling the Doomsday Machines original.antiwar.com/john-v-…
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Martyrs, Westminster Abbey: Elizabeth Feodorovna, Martin Luther King Jr., Oscar Romero, Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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“Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars,
In the heavens you have made them bright, precious and fair.”—St Francis
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“Do whatever he tells you.” In initiating the first of her son’s signs, did Mary know this was the beginning of a journey that would end with the pouring out of his life?
What was the first step on our path to discipleship?
What is now the next step that we hesitate to make?
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“The fed gov, once a powerful legal and moral force to make real the promise of democracy, is in hands of adversaries who seek to restore a hierarchy in which the ... the bigoted, the xenophobic ...the defender of white male privilege come out on top.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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“I love the saints because they are lovable; and the sinners because they are like me.” —Raissa Maritain
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Privileged to read this ms. One of the most remarkable memoirs I have ever read— the story that led up to “Dead Man Walking.” It is about what happens when we respond to God’s call and the ongoing voice that calls us deeper, farther. You never know where it may lead.
REJOICE with me! After seven years my book is born! River of Fire goes on sale on August 13, but Amazon has already started taking pre-orders for the hardcover and Kindle versions. There's also an audio book in the works, read by yours truly. amazon.com/gp/product/140006…
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A grim anniversary for Dietrich Bonhoeffer marks what might have been - Religion News Service religionnews.com/2019/01/18/…
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