Overlooked or ignored
byThen the King will say to those on his right, “Enter, you who are blessed by my Father! Take what’s coming to you in…
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The test of our progress
by the daily asteriskBut here is the challenge to our democracy: In this nation I see tens of millions of its citizens—a substantial part of its whole…
Tendency to idealize
by the daily asteriskAnyone too undisciplined, too self-righteous or too self-centered to live in the world as it is has a tendency to “idealize” a world which…
Physical manifestations
by the daily asteriskCities, it occurred to me, are physical manifestations of our deepest beliefs and our often unconscious thoughts, not so much as individuals, but as…
Fathomless mystery
by the daily asteriskListen to your life. See it for the fathomless mystery it is. In the boredom and pain of it no less than in the…
Transform our suffering
by the daily asteriskOur responsibility as humans is to transform our suffering in order to transform the suffering of those around us. Thich Nhat Hanh Creating True…
Displacement
by the daily asteriskOptimists may be willing to believe in the promise, perennially made to inner-city residents by promoters of development, that a community of racially mixed…
Journey toward humanity
by the daily asteriskWhat is the task before us? It is as large as life itself, and remains so even when times of crisis or war narrow…
Economic equality
by the daily asteriskI feel absolutely confident that the biblical understanding of “economic equality,” or equity, demands at least this: God wants every person, or family, to…
Better off
by the daily asteriskThe world would be better off if people tried to become better, and people would become better if they stopped trying to become better…