To Silence a Divine Voice?

by Brayton Shanley In December 2016, I spent some time at Standing Rock, in North Dakota. I felt called to the Lakota led nonviolent…

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Stopping Short of Emmaus

by Suzanne Belote Shanley Recently, I read a critique by Alexandra Fuller of memoir as a literary genre: “Most memoir…

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Loving Life on the Margins: the Story of the Agape Community

by Suzanne Belote Shanley and Brayton Shanley Reviewed by Thomas Lee, PhD, retired professor, St….

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For Future Agape Interns: 3 Things to Remember

by Natalia Luna From March to May 2019, I lived and worked alongside Dixon, Brayton, and Suzanne as an intern…

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Jail, an Unusually Noisy Monastery

by Mark Colville A MARCH, 2019 LETTER FROM MARK COLVILLE FROM THE GLYNN CO. JAIL A member of the…

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Michael True, a Tribute

by David O’Brien Michael True, Worcester peacemaker, poet, historian, interfaith organizer, teacher of English and model Worcester citizen is…

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Sowing Seeds: Restoration Begins with Rest

by Hannah Baker, College of the Holy Cross Hannah at the Quabbin…

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Eduardo rallying a group of college students about DACA

The Case of Eduardo Samaniego: Deported by ICE from South Carolina Eduardo had been scheduled to speak at Agape’s Francis Day, October 6, 2018 [caption id=”attachment_4157″ align=”alignright”…

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Voices

When Great Trees Fall by Maya Angelou Great souls die and our reality, bound to them, takes leave of us. Our souls, dependent upon their nurture, now…

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