Vol.30 No.1 Winter 2021 – Agape Community

Lift Every Voice and Sing – by Melinda Adrienne Pellerin, SSJ

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

“Lift ev’ry voice and sing, ‘Til earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty… facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march…

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Rooted in Love – by Jeanelle Wheeler

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

I believe white people need to learn to talk about race. White people need to own our whiteness and examine what whiteness means. This examination is…

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Power Differential in the Context of Poverty in Haiti – by Steve and Nancy James

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

We both grew up as missionary kids in Burma/Myanmar where our friends were Burmese/Karen kids, so we were very conscious of not being like our friends. Every…

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Look Again – by Rev. Jonathan Betts Fields

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

It is essential that we notice how we have been changed and how we have worked to change ourselves if we are to truly become anti-racists building the…

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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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