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“…the human animal lives by friendship…”
We do not live by building ever more secure fences of possessions around ourselves, but by giving to others space to live. This is to give life to others. The human animal, human society, flourishes, not to the extent that it possesses riches, but to the extent that we give life to each other, to…
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Are Christians Escapists? Aliens? Crazy?
Before heading out of town for our family vacation I picked up the most recent issue of The Believer which happened to be the yearly music issue. I’d forgotten how odd (to me, at least) this magazine is but I enjoyed the interviews and essays, especially the one about Rev. C.L. Franklin, Aretha Franklin’s father and…
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The March On Washington
There’s a lot of good commentary on this 50th anniversary of the March on Washington – reflections on the forgotten context and all that remains undone – but the place to start is with Rev. King’s speech, the whole thing.
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Readers on Reading: Tomi Obaro
Tomi Obaro is a journalist in Chicago who writes about the arts, race, and cultural identity (among lots of others things- my wife’s tattoo, for example) with wit and insight. You can keep up with Tomi’s writing at her blog, Race riter. What books are you currently reading? The Remains of the Day by Kashuro Ishiguro and Money:…
David W. Swanson
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David W. Swanson 