To rationalize what you already want to do
My academic mentor, ethicist Glen Stassen, once told a story that sums up why people, even moral people, do terrible […]
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New book invites Christians to rethink homelessness
from Religion News Service https://religionnews.com/2022/08/09/new-book-invites-christians-to-rethink-homelessness/ You can also see our interview of the book’s author Kevin Nye (“Grace Can Lead
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Google Finds ‘Inoculating’ People Against Misinformation Helps Blunt Its Power
British researchers and a team from Google found that teaching people how to spot misinformation made people more skeptical of
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Slavery was an act of war
Speaking with Bob Zellner, veteran organizer with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, I asked, “What drove White people to fight
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Bottomless self-interest
Our country’s commitment to bottomless self-interest, manic work schedule, and a structural belief in competition and scarcity as moral imperatives
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American “Justice”
by Lisa Sharon Harper https://lisasharonharper.substack.com/p/american-justice?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=direct
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Can American businesses help us find common ground? An expert discusses the challenges and opportunities.
American business can be a force for finding common ground, but large corporations must now answer to a growing array
A committed advocate
After I graduated from college, I remained at the University of Florida for law school. When I finished law school,
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Ban on 52 Books in Largest Utah School District is a Worrisome Escalation of Censorship
https://pen.org/press-release/ban-on-52-books-in-largest-utah-school-district-is-a-worrisome-escalation-of-censorship/
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What is keeping us from seeing each other?
So here we all are, folks, Crossing paths in a stuck world that’s ready for something different – but what?
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Having autism makes finding a spiritual community difficult. Here are some ways to help.
https://religionnews.com/2022/07/29/having-autism-makes-finding-a-spiritual-community-difficult-here-are-some-ways-to-help/
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Somehow God is with us and we are not alone
One could say that the tragedy, the “goat stories” of racism, slavery, sexism, the Crusades, the Inquisition, and the two
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‘You can’t say that!’: how to argue, better
by Adam Grant https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/jul/30/you-cant-say-that-how-to-argue-better
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I was surprised
I grew up in the American South, in the world of white evangelicalism. I attended their churches and youth camps,
What’s in a Question? A vital ingredient to help is times of loss, pain and upheaval.
What’s in a Question? A vital ingredient to help is times of loss, pain and upheaval. I admit my instinctual
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The Growing Edge Podcast: Reforming What Was Deformed
Carrie Newcomer & Parker J. Palmer talk about the challenges of staying in dialogue during divisive times, how to claim agency
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Abundance
by Diana Butler Bass https://dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/sunday-musings-67f?utm_source=email
What the history of ‘Judeo-Christian’ can teach us about fighting Christian nationalism
By Eboo Patel, Robert P. Jones https://religionnews.com/2022/07/20/what-history-of-judeo-christian-teaches-about-defeating-white-christian-nationalism/
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