From “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century” by Timothy Snyder Tyrannical regimes arose at different times and places in the Europe of the twentieth century, but memoirs of their victims all share a single tender moment. Whether the recollection is of fascist Italy in the 1920s, of Nazi Germany of the 1930s, of […]
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From “The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: and the Path to a Shared American Future” by Robert P. Jones The juxtaposition of our forty-fourth and forty-fifth presidents – and the new identity politics of white Christian nationalism that has emerged across these last dozen years – exposes the heart of the conflict. Obama’s election in
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“Why does Mississippi’s Governor Tate Reeves believe in welfare for rich former quarterbacks but not hungry kids? Reeves’ Republican allies in Mississippi bent over backwards to stuff taxpayer funds into Brett Favre’s jockstrap for vanity programs even the Hall of Fame quarterback struggles to to defend. Yet Governor Reeves recently announced that Mississippi will be
From “Legacy: Wisdom of African Traditions and the Bible” by Chris Morehouse; forward by Therese Taylor-Stinson Meaning: You don’t jump straight into a situation without thinking about it first. The above is a Nigerian proverb that warns us of the foolishness of decisions made without thought. If one hastily jumps into a river with both
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From “Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life” by Richard Rohr There is much evidence on several levels that there are at least two major tasks of human life. The first task is to build a strong “container” or identity, the second is to find the contents that the container was meant
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A plan to impose a fee of $900 to $1,500 on every excess ton of methane emissions would be the first federal price on greenhouse gas pollution. Read the free gift article here
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From “The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life” by Lisa Miller, PhD In another innovative study, Dr. Jeanne Achterberg showed that love’s healing power might be transmitted not only through touch or physical proximity but also remotely. At the North Hawaii Community Hospital in Waimea, Achterberg used
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From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey I know of leading organizations who ask their employees directly the following simple question in formal, 36-degree feedback processes: “Do you trust your boss?” These companies have learned that the answer to this one question is more predictive of
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From “Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future” by Patty Krawec Becoming kin often begins with having difficult conversations, and being willing to listen to the things marginalized people, the ones we are so used to helping, have to say can be difficult. It is one thing to help
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From “Silencing White Noise: Six Practices to Overcome Our Inaction on Race” by Willie Dwayne Francois III Colorblindness uses an idea of our biological human sameness to overlook cultural and experiential differences and negate economic and political opportunities that differ due to race. To be colorblind is to deny the structure of society. White noise
From “Scapegoats: The Gospel Through the Eyes of Victims” by Jennifer Garcia Bashaw When the Bubonic Plague devastated Europe in the fourteenth century, killing millions, clerics saw it as divine retribution for the Jew’s “blasphemous and satanic” practices. This hatred and blame trickled down to the towns and villages, and in the years after the
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