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black insurrection in Detroit in the summer of 1967. I had moved the year before to teach in Adrian, Michigan, just seventy miles from Detroit. I remember the feeling of dread and absurdity as I asked myself, What has all this to do with Jesus Christ—his birth in Bethlehem, his baptism with and life among the poor, and his death and resurrection? I

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for Augustine the journey inward was an open battle with devils and demons. Augustine’s pastoral practice gave us an inner self, but this self, to use Taylor’s language, was porous.

Andrew Root • The Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #2): Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God

The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet (Second Printing)

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Eager to Love: The Alternative Way of Francis of Assisi

Richard Rohr

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“the path of the Bodhisattva:” I am the protector of the unprotected and the caravan-leader for travelers. I have become the boat, the causeway, and the bridge for those who long to reach the further shore. May I be a light for those in need of light. May I be a bed for those in need of rest. May I be a servant for those in need of service, for all

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Understand Where You Live No.41 September 1984

Exploring bioregionalism, Thomas Berry emphasizes sustainable, self-sufficient communities that harmonize human existence with natural systems while critiquing capitalism, colonialism, and centralized urban structures.

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It is important to remember that Olmsted was not an environmentalist in the modern sense; he was a humanist. He advocated preserving selected wilderness areas not for their own sake but because of their effect on people. “The enjoyment of scenery employs the mind without fatigue and yet exercises it, tranquilizes it and yet enlivens it,” he wrote, ... See more

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The Pastor in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #2): Ministry to People Who No Longer Need a God

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Pastor Martin Luther King Jr. may have understood American Protestantism better than anyone. By staging resistance at the center of ordinary life (again on buses and at diners), he revealed an overwhelming lack of flourishing.