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Love Thy Neighbor: In the News
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Thoughts about trying, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding, to live in the world compassionately. Friday, August 9, 2013. The responses made by South Africa to human rights abuses emanating from the removal policies and Apartheid policies respectively, shed light on what Israeli society must necessarily go through before one can speak of a just and lasting peace in the Middle East and an end to its Apartheid policies.". Could we get a written copy of the order? Why were we not allowed to be there?
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Love Thy Neighbor: 02/01/2015 - 03/01/2015
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Thoughts about trying, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding, to live in the world compassionately. Monday, February 16, 2015. Listening: A February Invitation. Over the weekend I spent about 24 hours with 11 women with whom I am beginning a yearlong journey. Some I already knew; others I met for the first time. We spent much of our time sharing and listening to pieces of each other's stories. What a privilege. They are wise women. In this world we so often fail to listen - sometimes to own inner vo...
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Love Thy Neighbor: Forgetting they're people...warning: this is not pretty
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Thoughts about trying, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding, to live in the world compassionately. Monday, May 28, 2012. Forgetting they're people.warning: this is not pretty. The awful thing is that if I can forget they're people, [killing them] will be no different at all." The Hunger Games. As I was on my way to meet a friend a couple days ago, I was listening to NPR, This American Life. Labels: Breaking the Silence. May 29, 2012 at 12:22 AM. Fantasic. Every word. speechless. Thank you, Craig.
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Love Thy Neighbor: 05/01/2015 - 06/01/2015
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Thoughts about trying, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding, to live in the world compassionately. Monday, May 25, 2015. The activist would have used the gun, too! It's the only choice! The video left me unsettled, with more questions than answers:. Had the activist ever been trained in nonviolence? Had the training from police included de-escalation tactics or only use of the gun? If training only involved gun usage, did the activist realistically have any options besides pulling out the gun?
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Love Thy Neighbor: 07/01/2015 - 08/01/2015
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Thoughts about trying, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding, to live in the world compassionately. Monday, July 27, 2015. He apologized for being late, "It's been a hectic day." He put his phone, iPad, and keys on the coffee table and went outside to check the wiring. In the few minutes he was gone, his phone rang and rang and text message alerts beeped incessantly. How long have you been doing this work? Five or six months.". Do you like your job? He asked. With the foundation only of stereoty...
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Love Thy Neighbor: Space to Grow
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Thoughts about trying, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding, to live in the world compassionately. Friday, August 14, 2015. Then I decided to embrace my mind's workings. I haven't written in a few weeks and this time awake offers a gift, an opportunity to process all that is stirring and clearly needs attention. So much life has sprung up; the unwanted weeds, a corn stalk (? As well as the plants I carefully chose to inhabit the space are (mostly) thriving. I have some control over what happens in ...
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Love Thy Neighbor: 04/01/2015 - 05/01/2015
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Thoughts about trying, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding, to live in the world compassionately. Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Carefully formed or worked into shape. 1 worked into shape by artistry or effort. The artist: my Creator. Easier said than done. 2 elaborately embellished: ornamented. A smile from her,. His laughter, her trust,. The innocent invitation of a child, my nephew,. Dinners with friends and wild boys running, making messes, and babies,. Vigils for peace, for hope, for love,. Bang, p...
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Love Thy Neighbor: 06/01/2015 - 07/01/2015
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Thoughts about trying, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding, to live in the world compassionately. Monday, June 22, 2015. Healing at the River. Last night I parked and, journal in hand, walked past the bridge without feeling the usual pull, instead moving towards what I thought might be a quiet place near the water to write. I passed the picnickers, the kids and grown-ups on the swings, and as I kept walking, I heard the familiar sound of salsa music. There is reason to reach out, because Love is s...
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Love Thy Neighbor: Amna Sur (warning: this includes graphic photos)
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Thoughts about trying, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding, to live in the world compassionately. Thursday, October 25, 2012. Amna Sur (warning: this includes graphic photos). Even when you've been there, it's hard to imagine the reality of some places. A reality lived rather than visited. This was my experience in the Amna Sur Museum. Outside of one of the prison buildings. One of the few small. I don't have an answer. My hope is that not. Looking away will help us not. Focus seemed appropriate, ...
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Love Thy Neighbor: 03/01/2015 - 04/01/2015
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Thoughts about trying, sometimes failing and sometimes succeeding, to live in the world compassionately. Monday, March 30, 2015. Some got swallowed up by birds. Creator of All,. Birthing beauty and beauty and beauty. And re-birthing world,. And (she says,. Wide with wonder,. Give birth to peace. I didn't know),. My body purged only blood. Grief for what i cannot. Resides outside of me. What emerged from me:. Nestling into fertile soil,. Yearn for a chance at. Some got swallowed up by birds. The Milky Way,.
