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“By Means of Peaceful Protest” Pope Francis and the Style of Politics for Peace

Since Pope Paul VI proclaimed January 1 a “World Day of Peace” in 1967, popes have issued statements for peace for that day. On December 8, in this most perilous of times, Pope Francis published the fiftieth World Day of

January 4, 2017 No Comments

The Power of Moving.

What do you do when you are in a bad space? How do you survive? The only thing, or maybe it’s better to say, “one of the best things” to do is to keep moving. Movement says that in

January 2, 2017 No Comments

The Power of Moving.

What do you do when you are in a bad space? How do you survive? The only thing, or maybe it’s better to say, “one of the best things” to do is to keep moving. Movement says that in

January 2, 2017 No Comments

Your donation toward the light

As 2016 comes to a close, we stand at the precipice of what may be a future fraught with tests of our conviction that only light can drive out darkness. With anticipation of great challenges ahead, we’re sure that we will stand

December 30, 2016 No Comments

Fighting the Feeling of Hopelessness

In a recent program on CNN, Lisa Ling, who hosts “This is Life,” interviewed people who were addicted to drugs. Some were black, others white, but all had the same struggle. I watched bits and pieces of the program

December 26, 2016 No Comments

Fighting the Feeling of Hopelessness

In a recent program on CNN, Lisa Ling, who hosts “This is Life,” interviewed people who were addicted to drugs. Some were black, others white, but all had the same struggle. I watched bits and pieces of the program

December 26, 2016 No Comments

Christmas in Karbala

Karbala, Iraq–It is Christmas day, and I am in Karbala with dear friends. We awoke to a second day of rain, and pictures of flooding, especially in Baghdad, are being shown on TV. Yesterday, on Christmas-eve, several tents caught fire

December 24, 2016 No Comments

The Longest Night and the Growing Light

The year 2016 will be remembered by many as a year of divisive politics fed by hateful rhetoric, scapegoating of the other, and fear of the unknown. “Refugee” and “radical extremists” became controversial buzzwords. A new generation of American citizens, Muslims and

December 21, 2016 No Comments

The Longest Night and the Growing Light

The year 2016 will be remembered by many as a year of divisive politics fed by hateful rhetoric, scapegoating of the other, and fear of the unknown. “Refugee” and “radical extremists” became controversial buzzwords. A new generation of American citizens, Muslims and

December 21, 2016 No Comments

Yea, Though I Walk…

Some years ago, I heard a story about a young woman who was walking in Detroit in the wee hours of the morning, going to catch a bus to go home. She had just gotten off work. It was

December 20, 2016 No Comments

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