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Haiti Earthquake
UPDATE: See additional ways to support the relief effort below. Details are still sketchy about the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti yesterday, though with daybreak that will soon change. The country was still recovering- an inadequate word for the poorest nation in the western hemisphere- from a category 4 hurricane in 2008. [See “Haiti’s…
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Happy Saturday: The Swell Season
The Swell Season is Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, known best for their starring roles (as actors and musicians) in Once. Their new album, Strict Joy, came out late last year and is as beautiful as could be expected. Here’s the video from “Low Rising,” directed by Sam Beam of Iron and Wine. As an…
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Immigration Interview with Jenny Hwang (1)
As mentioned on Thursday, today I’m posting the first part of an interview with Jenny Hwang who, along with Matthew Soerens, authored Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate. I read a lot of books this year, but this is the one I’ve most recommended. Hwang works for World Relief in…
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Growing Home: Fresh Veggies for Everyone
Once again a sign of life has shown up in the form of food; delicious, locally grown food. I first mentioned the folks at Growing Home last fall when Maggie and I visited their rural farm. A “rural farm” may sound like an oxymoron, but Growing Home also has a couple of ingenious urban farms…
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