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Symbolic means to throw together. Diabolic means to throw apart. Evil is always dualistic, always separates: body from soul, heart from head, human from divine, masculine from feminine. Whenever we separate, evil comes into the world. ~ Richard Rohr, Job and the Mystery of Suffering
April 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Symbolic means to throw together. Diabolic means to throw apart. Evil is always dualistic, always separates: body from soul, heart from head, human from divine, masculine from feminine. Whenever we separate, evil comes into the world. ~ Richard Rohr, Job and the Mystery of Suffering
"As you are, so is the world," Ramana Maharshi reminds us. What we cultivate within us we enable around us. ~ Joan Chittister, There Is A Season
April 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"As you are, so is the world," Ramana Maharshi reminds us. What we cultivate within us we enable around us. ~ Joan Chittister, There Is A Season
I realized that my own voice matters because I have something to say, words to pour out, just like so many other women I’ve met. ~ Kaitlin Curtice, “Why We Need Women to Lead Us”
April 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I realized that my own voice matters because I have something to say, words to pour out, just like so many other women I’ve met. ~ Kaitlin Curtice, “Why We Need Women to Lead Us”
To harden will help us get through life,
but to soften will let us experience life.
~ Mark Nepo, The Half-Life of Angels
but to soften will let us experience life.
~ Mark Nepo, The Half-Life of Angels
March 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
To harden will help us get through life,
but to soften will let us experience life.
~ Mark Nepo, The Half-Life of Angels
but to soften will let us experience life.
~ Mark Nepo, The Half-Life of Angels
Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power. Christians should give more offense, shock the world far more, than they are doing now. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “Bonhoeffer Quotes to Remember a Pastor Who Resisted Evil Unto Death”
March 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Christendom adjusts itself far too easily to the worship of power. Christians should give more offense, shock the world far more, than they are doing now. ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “Bonhoeffer Quotes to Remember a Pastor Who Resisted Evil Unto Death”
Lent reminds us that we don’t have to fear or hide from our weaknesses and vulnerabilities. We can find our strength in and through them. ~ Adam Russell Taylor, “This Year Is Dark, But We Still Need Lent”
March 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Lent reminds us that we don’t have to fear or hide from our weaknesses and vulnerabilities. We can find our strength in and through them. ~ Adam Russell Taylor, “This Year Is Dark, But We Still Need Lent”
… even if we lose hope for a good outcome, we need not lose hope of being good people … courageous, wise, kind, loving ... ~ Brian McLaren
March 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
… even if we lose hope for a good outcome, we need not lose hope of being good people … courageous, wise, kind, loving ... ~ Brian McLaren
[Birthdays] remind us that what is important is not what we do or accomplish, not what we have or who we know, but that we are, here and now. On birthdays let us be grateful for the gift of life. ~ Henri J. M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey
March 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
[Birthdays] remind us that what is important is not what we do or accomplish, not what we have or who we know, but that we are, here and now. On birthdays let us be grateful for the gift of life. ~ Henri J. M. Nouwen, Bread for the Journey
Let there be such oneness between us that when one cries, the other tastes salt. ~ Rosabelle Belleve in It's a Meaningful Life by Bo Lozoff
March 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Let there be such oneness between us that when one cries, the other tastes salt. ~ Rosabelle Belleve in It's a Meaningful Life by Bo Lozoff
To awaken is to realize the infinite value of each moment of your own life as well as the life of other beings, then to continue to act accordingly. ~ Kazuaki Tanahashi
March 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
To awaken is to realize the infinite value of each moment of your own life as well as the life of other beings, then to continue to act accordingly. ~ Kazuaki Tanahashi
Let us give thanks for unknown blessings already on the way.
~ A Quaker Mealtime Blessing in The Whole Heaven Catalog by Marcia Kelly
~ A Quaker Mealtime Blessing in The Whole Heaven Catalog by Marcia Kelly
March 17, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Let us give thanks for unknown blessings already on the way.
~ A Quaker Mealtime Blessing in The Whole Heaven Catalog by Marcia Kelly
~ A Quaker Mealtime Blessing in The Whole Heaven Catalog by Marcia Kelly
The light will come soon, but for now, live with the darkness. Consider the shadow times of Lent as a necessary backdrop to offset the brilliance of the hope yet to come.
~ Christian Piatt, “The Only Way Out is Through (A Lenten Reflection)”
~ Christian Piatt, “The Only Way Out is Through (A Lenten Reflection)”
March 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The light will come soon, but for now, live with the darkness. Consider the shadow times of Lent as a necessary backdrop to offset the brilliance of the hope yet to come.
~ Christian Piatt, “The Only Way Out is Through (A Lenten Reflection)”
~ Christian Piatt, “The Only Way Out is Through (A Lenten Reflection)”
To foster one moment of trust
and love is to belong
to a crucial revolution.
It matters, how we hold each other.
What happens everywhere
Starts right here.
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
and love is to belong
to a crucial revolution.
It matters, how we hold each other.
What happens everywhere
Starts right here.
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
March 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
To foster one moment of trust
and love is to belong
to a crucial revolution.
It matters, how we hold each other.
What happens everywhere
Starts right here.
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
and love is to belong
to a crucial revolution.
It matters, how we hold each other.
What happens everywhere
Starts right here.
~ Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
God’s presence can be felt and heard in the call to stand up for justice and mercy among the marginalized in this and every society.
~ J. Jioni Palmer, “Put Your Shoes On. We Are Marching”
~ J. Jioni Palmer, “Put Your Shoes On. We Are Marching”
March 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
God’s presence can be felt and heard in the call to stand up for justice and mercy among the marginalized in this and every society.
~ J. Jioni Palmer, “Put Your Shoes On. We Are Marching”
~ J. Jioni Palmer, “Put Your Shoes On. We Are Marching”
Every passing moment, life asks us: “Will you say yes?” And when we embrace the nudges and whispers of what we really need, we become the answer to that timeless question.
~ James Crews
~ James Crews
March 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Every passing moment, life asks us: “Will you say yes?” And when we embrace the nudges and whispers of what we really need, we become the answer to that timeless question.
~ James Crews
~ James Crews
As Trump makes cuts to personnel, which will negatively affect - among so many things - protection of programs for differently-abled students, he also converted the lawn of The White House to a Tesla showroom.
www.npr.org/2025/03/12/n...
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What Trump's cuts to the Department of Education mean for schools and students
The DoE is cutting staff, halting grants and pressuring schools on various administration priorities. Washington Post writer Laura Meckler discusses its destabilizing effect on the education system.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As Trump makes cuts to personnel, which will negatively affect - among so many things - protection of programs for differently-abled students, he also converted the lawn of The White House to a Tesla showroom.
www.npr.org/2025/03/12/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/12/n...
Meaning is something that's given to us. Although we make a great effort to find meaning, we always receive it as a gift.
~ David Steindl-Rast in Tying Rocks to Clouds
~ David Steindl-Rast in Tying Rocks to Clouds
March 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Meaning is something that's given to us. Although we make a great effort to find meaning, we always receive it as a gift.
~ David Steindl-Rast in Tying Rocks to Clouds
~ David Steindl-Rast in Tying Rocks to Clouds
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Trump's barrage of executive orders can only impose as much injustice as we allow
Most startling is not the dismantling of government agencies that help others, but the public’s tolerance for these actions. — Kelly Brown Douglas
#ExecutiveOrders
Most startling is not the dismantling of government agencies that help others, but the public’s tolerance for these actions. — Kelly Brown Douglas
#ExecutiveOrders
Trump barrage of executive orders can only impose as much injustice as we allow - The Presbyterian Outlook
Most startling is not the dismantling of government agencies that help others, but the public’s tolerance for these actions. — Kelly Brown Douglas
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March 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Trump's barrage of executive orders can only impose as much injustice as we allow
Most startling is not the dismantling of government agencies that help others, but the public’s tolerance for these actions. — Kelly Brown Douglas
#ExecutiveOrders
Most startling is not the dismantling of government agencies that help others, but the public’s tolerance for these actions. — Kelly Brown Douglas
#ExecutiveOrders
Lent reminds us that we don’t have to fear or hide from our weaknesses and vulnerabilities. We can find our strength in and through them.
~ Adam Russell Taylor, “This Year Is Dark, But We Still Need Lent”
~ Adam Russell Taylor, “This Year Is Dark, But We Still Need Lent”
March 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Lent reminds us that we don’t have to fear or hide from our weaknesses and vulnerabilities. We can find our strength in and through them.
~ Adam Russell Taylor, “This Year Is Dark, But We Still Need Lent”
~ Adam Russell Taylor, “This Year Is Dark, But We Still Need Lent”