2021 – Page 4 – Agape Community

Be the Change – by Julie Bradley

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

After attending Agape’s October 2020 Zoom Francis Day event, I felt a sense illumination. Agape Community stepped up to the challenge of…

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The Dream of Allyship – by Edgar Hayes

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

There is a classic story about a hypothetical dream conveyed to a psychiatrist in which a runner tries to catch up in a race of 401 laps. The…

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God’s Peace Heals All Divisions: An Election Year Vigil – by Jim Robinson

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

Throughout the fall, we at Agape have been reading Pope Francis’s recently released encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, as part of our noonday prayer. Before eating lunch together, we gather…

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Finding a New Way of Being – by Dixon George

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

At different points in my life I’ve found myself reflecting on where I have come from, where I am now, and where I am going. The answers that I get…

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Climate Change and Covid Are Telling Us: Go Vegan – By Katya Renée Freitas

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

Like many people, Covid has drastically changed both my internal and external world. I was only about a month…

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The Harmonizing Power of Dialogue – by Steve Tumolo

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

Joe Biden wins But God’s peace steals our attention The people and the woods of Agape Invite…

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Notes on Books by our Friends

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

The Risk of the Cross by Art Laffin We at Agape have been reading the new edition of The Risk of the Cross: Living Gospel Nonviolence in the…

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The Splendor of Now – poem by Barry Winkelman

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

Surrender to the splendor of the now Surround yourself with love’s serenity Suspend disbelief just for the moment Find peace within the…

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Voices: Notes from the Agape Community

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

In Memoriam: Nina Anderson Nina, long time Agape friend, supporter, and neighbor died November 13th after a long illness with cancer. Nina was a mystical soul who…

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Kings Bay Plowshare 7 Update

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

Agape continues to stand in solidarity with the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 and the death-dealing weapons that these systems produce and employ. With our plowshare friends, we renew…

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