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