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Coming Home – By Edgar Hayes
“Honey, I’m home!” Alas, back to the quiet, the clean air, and country living. I grew up in the city, but it wasn’t hard for me to leave. While…
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Challenge of Community on Freedom Farm, Agape’s Sister Community – By Ann Rader
I’m alone again – in a big old chilly farm house – on 59 acres of land – peeking over this screen, out the office window to sun on…
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Poetry Corner – Pieta – By George Capaccio
Pietà Artists, they counsel, take all that anger building up in you and use it to make something beautiful for the world to wear or otherwise possess. They say, of course you’re angry. Look how Bush ignored…
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Sowing Seeds: Reflection on the Anniversary of Our Agape Wedding, May 29th 2014 – By Emily Jendzejec and Bennett Comerford
Spring of 2005: We Come to Agape We like to think of it more as it was always meant to be. Agape chose us years ago, and we have been…
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Pope Francis and Nonviolent Parenting: A Personal Reflection – by Suzanne Belote Shanley
In remarks during a general audience at the Vatican in February, devoted to “the role of fathers in the family,” Pope Francis spoke of correcting children “with firmness” commenting…
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Tribute to Juanita Morrow Nelson – August 17, 1923 – March 9, 2015 – By Brayton Shanley
I do not remember the first time that I met Juanita Nelson and her husband Wally. In the world of peacemaking, the names and tax refusal actions of these…
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The Call Goes Out for Agape Community Members
Thirty-three years of co-mentoring Agape as a school for nonviolence and simple living have been a great fulfillment and joy. As the community and its co-founders age, we find…
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Book Review: Seizing the Nonviolent Moments by Nancy Small
Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace Nancy Small has just published a new book, Seizing the Nonviolent Moments: Reflections on the Spirituality of Nonviolence Through the Lens of Scripture,…
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“Blessed Are the Merciful” – By Pat Ferrone
Armed only with banners advocating mercy, and signs decrying the death penalty, nonviolent peacemakers from Agape, Pax Christi, Veterans for Peace and elsewhere, regularly stand vigil in front of…
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The Death Penalty rears its ugly head in Massachusetts
Dear Friends, As you may know by now, the Death Penalty is rearing its ugly head in Massachusetts, and anti-death penalty state. We have seen and heard the sorrowful testimonies…
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