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Celebrate mutuality
Happy 2011! I chuckle to think of the image of “wiping the slate clean” as a metaphor to beginning a new year, as I know slate boards in classrooms are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Still the...
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Grief…
As virtually everyone in the U.S. knows by now, six lives tragically ended, and one hangs in the balance because a deranged young man purchased a Glock 9 mm pistol with extended clip and proceeded to...
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As my brother Dave pointed out in his comment on my last post, even President Obama as a candidate in 2008 used a “gun metaphor” in response to Republican attacks, speaking of bringing a gun to a knife...
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Where’s the spark?
Perhaps it is a little ironic to be asking this question at a time when it takes very little in the public discourse of the U.S. to “spark” controversy. So let me be clear – that is NOT the spark I’m...
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Not just a theory anymore…
A couple of weeks ago, I shared with you my learning at a deeper level that my zeal for justice must come from love, not anger. So I got to practice applying that in a situation last week. (Lucky...
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Ubuntu – not just another OS
Until today, I have seen the word “ubuntu” only in the context of Linux distributions. What learned today from a talk by Meg Wheatley, is that it is also an ethical conept in Africa, ”I am what I am...
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Always our sister
Here’s a press release about a statement of support for Beth Johnson that we affirmed at our Federation Event. For Immediate Release July 13, 2011 Sisters of Saint Joseph Support Theologian Elizabeth...
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Mixed blessings – a time for sober optimism?
Familiar images flooded media sources yesterday as the news of Muammar Gaddafi’s death spread. My initial response: “I don’t have time for this. Between work deadlines pressing on me and my body’s...
View ArticlePondering…freedom coming out of experience of oppression…
I’ve been praying these days for the board of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) who have been meeting to pray about their response to Vatican-imposed sanctions they learned about last...
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Reflecting on a recent encounter with the medical establishment
Gosh darn it…I had a pretty good streak going…more than 54 years without an inpatient stay at a hospital. Until the latter part of this past July, that is. My experience of that stay, along with a...
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