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The era of prosperity-on-auto-pilot is over
David Kanigan curated this quote from Hugh MacLeod about the current economy… “Hardly a morning goes by these days without me hearing some story…about American economic woe… The Great...
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Bigger Isn’t Better when it comes to Farming
I’ve shared information about CAFO’s here before. As a resident of rural Wisconsin in a county with 17 CAFO’s, I’m concerned about the impact of these mega-manure operations on my land and water… The...
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Still Processing after 24 hours of a Horrible Event
My pastor Chris Jarrell wrote this yesterday: Yesterday, a horrible act of evil occurred. Myself along with many Americans are saddened, heartbroken and feeling helpless. Many of us are angry, many...
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Peggy Noonan on cultural decline…
Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal (July 15, 2011) wrote of our cultural ignorance and dislocation: Pretty much everyone over 50 in America feels on some level like a refugee … And they fear,...
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A True Refuge
Get the rest here: A True Refuge. Filed under: Quotes Tagged: Refuge, True Refuge
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Wise investigation
Click to see more… Tara Brach may be glad to know that I have ‘discovered’ her work [I find the 'discovery' process, how things come to us and the language around it amusing at times]. In any case,...
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Another Way to Celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day
Carl Considine writes: The life of Saint Patrick, the humble man from Britain who escaped Roman slavery and brought Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, is celebrated annually on March 17....
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Self compassion and negative emotions…
Lately, I have been finding wisdom and refuge in Kristen Neff’s book Self-compassion [which I highly recommend!]. Here is a recent passage that resonated with me… Click image to enlarge… Filed under:...
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Don’t take refuge in anything outside of you
Reblogged from Zen Flash: When the Buddha was very old, just before he died, he said, My dear friends, my dear disciples, don’t take refuge in anything outside of you. In every one of us there is a...
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