Publisher @OrbisBooks, saint-whisperer @GiveUsThisDayLP. #TolstoysTalesofTrump. #MastersofSocialIsolation. Seeking meaning in the sacred and the absurd.
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Wonderful excerpt from Jim Forest’s new memoir of his friendship with Thich Nhat Hahn; “Eyes of Compassion.” @orbisbooks When America Met Thich Nhat Hanh tricycle.org/magazine/thich-… via @tricyclemag
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In the #Metaverse it will be possible to connect with other people to storm the Capitol and overturn elections without ever having to leave yr couch!
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Is it accidental that Trump's TRUTH is the literal meaning of "Pravda" (the former organ of the Soviet Communist Party? Or an homage to Orwell?
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After her conversion in 1927 Dorothy Day got a job cooking for a community of Marist Brothers. "Fr. McKenna, who was my confessor, said to me, 'It's a good thing that you're not good looking, otherwise Fr. Gurgon wouldn't have considered you.'"
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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
After several years of collaborations, our project on Child Theology has been published. Grateful to Marcia Bunge for shepherding us, to @OrbisBooks and to @atpapanik for a stellar blurb on the cover!
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Sorry, not much to say about Sts. Simon and Jude.
Read about Saints Simon and Jude blog.giveusthisday.org/?p=15…
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Desert father St. Sisoes was asked for the meaning of pilgrimage: "Keep silent; and wherever you go say, ‘I am at peace with all men.’ That is pilgrimage.” Regarding the need to control one’s speech: “How can we guard the heart if our tongue leaves the door of the fortress open?”
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Soul searching by authors who discover that their books are not on a list of titles to be banned from schools in Texas. 👀 texastribune.org/2021/10/26/… via @TexasTribune
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The master’s endorsement of a book did not imply he had read it—merely that the author had a reputation for hard-hitting vigor, devotion to family and the triumph of despotism, and that nothing in his book could cause a young master to feel uncomfortable. #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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@RobertEllsberg retweeted
We're proud hosts of @SolidarityHall's latest event on Religious Socialism and the Solidarity Economy 😍
Join Elias Crim, @FranQuigley, @UmarN91 and @Chaz_Howard on Friday 29 Oct 👇🏾:
crowdcast.io/e/religious-soc…
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The Pontifical Academy of the Sciences (@CasinaPioIV) has long been open to academics of all traditions. In the words of John Paul II, it is "open to experts in different fields who desire to serve the truth."
Also, Sachs advised JPII on his 1991 encyclical Centesimus annus.
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“The intellect solves problems and it can do intricate mathematics and work out what’s out there in the universe …. and so on. But if you are intelligent, you don’t destroy your only home, that isn’t intelligent. We seem to have lost wisdom.”—Jane Goodall washingtonpost.com/climate-s…
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I kept my last name which is professionally and *gasp!* culturally important to me. Dr. Henry & Dra. Flores are known in our communities for always being together. Before the pandemic, we even did kiddo daycare drop off & pick up together everyday. If anything +
as a writer, i have the world’s most seo friendly name. my byline is my resume at this point. why would i change that
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My forthcoming book #Invisible will be released Nov 9th.
It is a thrill to have this book almost out into the world.
I hope you will enjoy #Invisible.
Please preorder your copy today @Fortresspress
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