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Jim Forest’s latest illustrated biography of one of the great spiritual teachers and peacemakers of our time: Thich Nhat Hanh. An intimate portrait of his life and teachings orbisbooks.com/eyes-of-compa…
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“My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end....” Thomas Merton
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“There are continents and seas in the moral world in which every man is an isthmus or an inlet, yet unexplored by him.” —Henry David Thoreau, d. May 6 1862
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Henry David Thoreau died May 6 1862. #MastersofSocialIsolation
#MastersofSocialIsolation #3 Henry David Thoreau. In his classic “Walden” he described the 2 years he spent in a small cabin on the banks of Walden Pond, near Concord MA. There he sought to escape the deadness of a world in which “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”
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“Trump allies want you to know: His mood is just fine — great, in fact.”—Washington Post, May 6 2021
Musing about what single thing he would rescue in the event of a fire, the master Invariably settled on his desk. Constructed from remnants of the original Ark of the Covenant, it possessed special powers, and secret drawers where he kept his mood elevators. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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One of the smartest things I've done as executive editor is hire @cwwhite212 as national correspondent. If you agree, donate to @NCRonline's Spring Fund Drive today!
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National correspondent @cwwhite212 asks for your help so that we can continue shining a light on injustices in the Catholic Church. 🔦 Thank you! ncr.media/3u2uTqs
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So hopeful to know about young leaders like this. 🔥🔥
The Tennessee bill that would criminalize protests and give permission for cars to run over protestors is now stopped. Grateful for my friend @brotherjones_ and all the other freedom-fighters in TN. Watch every min of this video of Justin’s testimony!🔥
Justin Jones Speaks Against the TN GOP's RUN-OVER-A-PROTESTER Bill
Watch Justin Jones speak against the Run-Over-A-Protester Bill, which was killed for the year.
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Study the images in this thread. All rise.
60 years ago today, eighteen Freedom Riders left for New Orleans from Washington, D.C. to desegregate the South's Jim Crow interstate buses.
Here are some of those who were arrested.
Hank Thomas, Washington, D.C., 19
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Rachel Held Evans, died May4 2019. “Imagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe but no one is comfortable.” @GiveUsThisDayLP
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Celebrating the Eucharist with Daniel Berrigan: ‘A Communion I will never forget’ americamagazine.org/faith/20…
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50 years ago,
May Day 1971: @DanielEllsberg on Joining Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn at Historic Antiwar Direct Action piped.video/GLvpo3_X_HQ @democracynow
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Is America a Racist Country? nytimes.com/2021/05/02/opini…
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“It seems obvious to me that this rush to draft a document is the ecclesial equivalent of the effort by Republican officials to cast doubt on results of the 2020 election, an effort to delegitimize Biden in the public's mind.” ncronline.org/news/opinion/d… via @ncronline”
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This was such a great conversation! Thank you!
A hospitality house isn’t a place to send the down & out, @RobertEllsberg says so well, but a sign pointing us toward the fellowship we all can practice everywhere.
Watch our full conversation on hospitality from May Morning Prayer here: piped.video/4wRn9_bIwak
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Please don't miss this chance to hear the father of American whistleblowing, @DanielEllsberg, LIVE in just an hour and a half. I'll be in conversation with him as well. (TODAY, 5/1 @ 1:30PM Eastern)
Join me and @Snowden in dialogue, moderated by Amy Goodman of @democracynow. Tomorrow 5/1 at 1:30pm eastern. Part of the conference organized by @UMassAmherst on the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon Papers. Free, online, open to all. Register here: ellsbergpapers.org/conferenc…
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This conversation with my friends @ShaneClaiborne @wilsonhartgrove and @d_l_mayfield about Hospitality and Dorothy Day (on the anniversary of the Catholic Worker) was inspiring. Here is a link: piped.video/4wRn9_bIwak
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Actually right now is panel about Watergate. The Ellsberg/Snowden dialogue is at 1:30-3:00.
At 11:45 a.m. today (5/1) my father @DanielEllsberg will be in a livestreamed conversation with @Snowden umass.edu/ellsberg/conferenc…
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At 11:45 a.m. today (5/1) my father @DanielEllsberg will be in a livestreamed conversation with @Snowden umass.edu/ellsberg/conferenc…
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