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Opinion | Here’s what leaders facing global crises can learn from Mikhail Gorbachev washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Poet/priest George Herbert d. March 1 1633. His moving poem “Prayer” consists entirely of concise images piled one upon another—each almost a sermon in itself: “the soul in paraphrase,” “heart in pilgrimage,” “reversed thunder,” “heaven in ordinarie,” “something understood.”
George Herbert d. March 1 1633 at the age of 40. After renouncing the path of worldly success to become an Anglican vicar of a tiny English parish he died 3 years later of consumption. A life of obscurity--except for the extraordinary ms. of poems he left behind.
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Fascinating thread.
Iconic photos: Photographers and the cameras that captured them. Thread.
1. "Migrant Mother" By Dorothea Lange, 1936 / Graflex Super D.
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Well, that’s bargain!
If you want to read more, the whole book is excellent and you can get it for $3 right now
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Feb 28 is the Feast of the Martyrs of Alexandria—martyrs of charity toward their neighbors. They call to mind all the health care providers and essential workers in this year of Pandemic, their dedication and devotion to the common good.
In 261, with a terrible plague in Alexandria, the dead and dying were cast into the streets. Christians, who had been in hiding from persecution, emerged to care for the sick and bury the dead. For many this involved laying down their own lives. Recognized as martyrs of charity.
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The master commissioned a golden statue to be dressed in the finest style. When the artist warned that to a fool it would appear he was wearing no trousers, the master seized on the chance to weed out foolish staff and ordered a full wardrobe for himself. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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The sacred task of remembering. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2021/02/26/us/sh…
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Watch for @Prof_Keller’s new @OrbisBooks title, “Facing Apocalypse” coming soon.
Can we keep cynicism, radical purity, old habits of consumption, and new twists of the status quo from occluding this moment's possibilities? Though I wrote this piece before yesterday's DC setbacks, the question only intensifies. counterpointknowledge.org/de…
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4 @OrbisBooks titles make the list of @Spirit_Practice list of Top 50 Books on Spirituality: Ellen Birx, EMBRACING THE INCONVEIVABLE; Jim Forest, WRITING STRAIGHT WITH CROOKED LINES; Wm. Blaine Wallace, WHEN TEARS SING; Mike Leach, @jamestkeane eds., THE WAY OF SUFFERING
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti visited Nagasaki soon after the war. He said it made him an instant pacifist. nytimes.com/2021/02/23/obitu…
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Two officers were fired for posing for selfies in front of a memorial to Elijah McClain, mocking him with fake chokeholds. Read the official report on his death: bit.ly/37DSJQb washingtonpost.com/nation/20…
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Among Elijah’s first words: “I’m an introvert. Pls respect the boundaries that I’m speaking.” Among his last words, while on the ground, with officers on top of him applying carotid holds: “I have no gun. I don’t do that stuff...I don’t do any fighting. Why are you attacking me?”
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“I don’t believe in guns. I don’t even kill flies. I don’t eat meat.I don’t judge people for anything...I respect all life. Forgive me. All I was trying to do was become better. I’ll do it...I’ll do it...I’ll do better to help all life...I will do anything I have to...
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“Sacrifice my identity...I’ll do it...I’ll do it...You all are phenomenal, you are beautiful...Forgive me.” Tho he was unconscious on the ground EMS techs gave him a shot of ketamine, mistaking his 140lb weight for 190 lbs.
Forgive us, Elijah. Too good for this world. #BLM
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