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Taking the Slow Road by Stephanie Ciner
*image courtesy Debbie Roberts Kirk Taking the Slow Road by Stephanie Ciner Nearly every day for the past year, I’ve arrived by bicycle at a place I’ve never been to before. Often a new town or city where someone has agreed to host me, sometimes a campground or state forest, occasionally a simple patch of…
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Long Way Out by Nicole Waybright
Long Way Out – A young woman’s journey of self-discovery and how she survived the Navy’s modern cruelty at sea scandal by Nicole Waybright Editor’s Note: Agape met Nicole at a Veterans Day peace rally last fall. She read excerpts from her book, Long Way Out, at our Annual Brigid day event, which moved all who…
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Pope Pius XII and the Holy Spirit as an Agent of Assassination by Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
Pope Pius XII and the Holy Spirit as an Agent of Assassination by Emmanuel Charles McCarthy This Sunday morning at St. Edith Stein Catholic Church in Brockton, MA, I heard one of the most abominable Pentecost sermons that I have ever been subjected to in my seventy-five years of Sunday Masses. The homilist, an ordained deacon…
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I Began to See with My Own Eyes by Christopher Aaron
I Began to See with My Own Eyes by Christopher Aaron I began to see with my own eyes that what I was being told was far from what I was actually experiencing, having two diverse sets of experiences. I came to a conclusion that we cannot change ideological radicals by dropping bombs on them….
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Drone Witness at Hancock Drone Base: Presente Jerry Berrigan by Ellen Grady
Life size cardboard images of Jerry Berrigan, arrested with protesters at Hancock Drone Base, Syracuse, NY. Drone Witness at Hancock Drone Base: Presente Jerry Berrigan by Ellen Grady We come to the gates of Hancock Drone Base today to install a memorial of Jerry Berrigan. Jerry Berrigan, who died on July 26, 2015 at…
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Will Agape Enter the Next Axial Age? by Brayton Shanley
“Have you ever heard of Wayne Teasdale?” I asked newly arrived Matt Riddle, an intern in his late twenties. I was pointing to a photograph of Wayne and Bede Griffiths, Benedictine monk who went to India as an experiment in Hindu Christian community. In the photo, Bede was celebrating a Hindu Eucharist, a sacrament symbolizing…
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Breathe Deep the Absurdities of the Day – by Brayton Shanley
Often, when I looked into Dan Berrigan’s deep-souled eyes, I could sense the pain of the world. The phrase that captures this is Paul’s letter to the Corinthians: “When I am weak, I am strong.” In the early 1990’s, Suzanne and I met with a group of peacemakers including Dan, Phil and Liz. A week…
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Now That You Are Gone: Memories of Daniel Berrigan, SJ, by Suzanne Shanley
Now That You Are Gone: Memories of Daniel Berrigan, SJ by Suzanne Shanley For months we expected word of Daniel Berrigan’s death. Because he was both a mentor and spiritual guide, Dan’s passing was on my mind. Several weeks before he died I sent him a birthday card, a small, seemingly inadequate gesture when viewed…
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Living Community: Call, Covenant and Change by Suzanne Shanley
In my prayer, I try to imagine Jesus speaking to me as he spoke to Saint Paul, saying “Take Courage.” (Acts 23:11) This visualization consoles and challenges simultaneously. On the one hand, I know that I must live tenaciously and I will have God’s support; on the other, I have a command to risk, to…
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Voices – from Various Contributors
Day Awakening: Sabbath – At 5:00 AM five planets were aligned in the Southeastern sky. Barb and I both watched. I believe that Mercury was not visible, hiding behind the mountains. Venus was a most brilliant orb, like a diamond, shining brighter than all the other early morning heavenly bodies. To the west, next in line,…
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