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Thread on Sojourner Truth.
I’ll be tweeting on this theme again, but for today I’ll start close to home: in my native village of Rifton, NY (pop. 456). Rifton also the native village of Sojourner Truth – abolitionist and evangelist, born here into slavery c. 1797. biography.com/activist/sojou…
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I loved discovering Reb Zalman—a friend of Thomas Merton, the Dalai Lama, Howard Thurman... A wonderful book. @OrbisBooks
Shabbat Shalom everyone. If you haven’t read Reb Zalman before, you should. If you loved Reb Zalman, you’ll be happy to see this.
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Gee, that must explain why the audience in the convention center seemed so small. I was wondering WHY???
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The claim by a former DHS official that Trump wanted to swap Puerto Rico for Greenland doesn’t seem to be getting the attention it deserves. nbcnews.com/news/latino/trum… via @nbcnews
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There turns out to be a fine line between gladiator and grifter. #Bannon
Steve Bannon looks to the Princess to fund a “Gladiator School for the theological and media training of right-wing Catholics hostile to Francis.” nyti.ms/2GdNTOq
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Watch for it tonight. @sr_simone (Sr. Simone Campbell) and @JamesMartinSJ will both offer prayers at the DNC convention tonight. @OrbisBooks
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I got a CatholicVote “survey” this week asking how I feel about the Dems’ efforts to “criminalize Christianity.” With Bannon’s arrest, look who’s the criminal now.
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55 years ago on Aug 20 1965 Episcopal Seminarian Jonathan Daniels was killed in Lowndes Co, AL, as he shielded @RubyNSales from a shotgun blast. She has used those 55 years well.
Today the Episcopal Church commemorates the martyrdom of Jonathan Daniels, an Episcopal seminarian, who went to Selma in 1965 to support the freedom struggle. On Aug 20 he was killed by a shotgun-wielding county deputy after pushing aside 17-yr-old @RubyNSales, saving her life.
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“What we do will echo through the generations to come.” Extraordinary, historic speech. cnn.com/2020/08/19/politics/…
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Pope Francis’ reflections on Matthew 25 view the challenge of the pandemic thru the lens of a preferential option for the poor. Channels the spirit of Dorothy Day and Gustavo Gutierrez. Truth! zenit.org/2020/08/19/popes-g…
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It was bad enough to hear the kitchen staff extolling his literary genius but when even his daughter agreed that Gogol was the greatest author of the day, the master had to intervene. “Excuse me,” he saiid, “but have you forgotten that I am also an author?” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Blaise Pascal d, Aug 19 1662. “The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.”
#MastersofSocialIsolation #2. Blaise Pascal (1662), scientist, philosopher, Christian apologist, diagnosed the human condition: “Boredom, inconstancy, anxiety.” His case for Xty was based on his examination of human nature, particularly our insatiable need for diversion.
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Instead: “How concerned are you that Christianity has become criminalized in America?” One of the actual options: “I support outlawing Christianity.”
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