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Community Organizers--The Nation's Backbone

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:20:06 -0500

Palin, GOP Make Plutocrats Happy

Sat, 06 Sep 2008 01:15:15 -0500

I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities.

Christian, the Hugging Lion

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:30:00 -0500

If you think animals aren't capable of love, and deserving of compassion, then watch this and think again.Keep up with me... Subscribe to my feed.

CRC Sea to Sea Tour Conclusion

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 11:31:00 -0500

A Dual Approach

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:13:12 -0500

Every so often, I’ll get an email or someone will post a comment which sticks with me. Something which the reader has written strikes a chord within me and I end up thinking about what they’ve said for quite some time afterward.

The Benefits of Ramadhan (Month of Fasting).

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:40:44 -0500

The benefits of the Ramadhan month of fasting are too many to be counted. If one does recognize them and realize their importance, he wishes to have the month of Ramadhan to be throughout the whole year. These blessings are given by Allah to the fast

Rendering the Poor Invisible

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:56:08 -0500

Whether you think there is a societal responsibility to provide assistance to the poor or not, the fact is the poor among us are growing in number. More about this later. If there really is a growing antipathy toward the poor, labeling them makes it

Fallen Through The Cracks

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:22:58 -0500

Like many American’s, I kept up with the news regarding Hurricane Gustav. I was particularly interested with when it was announced that New Orleans was in Gustav’s direct path. The city had been ordered evacuated by its mayor, and its res

Gov. Palin “knocks it out of the park” with her convention speech…

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:35:36 -0500

Text of the speech… it was amazingly delivered and was hard hitting: Mr. Chairman, delegates, and fellow citizens: I am honored to be considered for the nomination for Vice President of the United States… I accept the call to help our nom

30 Day Meditation Experiment

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:35:04 -0500

For the last few days I’ve been experimenting with meditation on compassion for others. I’ve decided to extend this into a 30 day trial where I will meditate on compassion for at least 15 minutes per day. The aim during the time of mediat

Noticing Others To Be True To Ourselves

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:08:09 -0500

According to research cited by Daniel Goleman in a video recorded at a TED conference last year, humans have a natural bent towards compassion. Reflecting on this video, Tammy Lenski over at Conflict Zen says: “We’re

A Fool’s Dream

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:16:39 -0500

Yesterday evening while I was doing an online search I inadvertently came a New York Times article from July 2004 titled, Will Compasses Point South? That seemed a bit of an odd title since I was looking for something completely different. Still, it

Take what you can use…

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:22:38 -0500

Even if I knew my good opinion of Martin Luther was going to end tomorrow, I would still plant a tree today !

People don't get it

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:02:26 -0500

Mayor Tom Leppert praised the partners and supporters for “bringing together a vacant building and need for permanent affordable housing” downtown. “It’s amazing what perseverance and commitment can achieve,” he said. Opponents have said

Light on the train

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:22:56 -0500

The story so far (in chronological order): Once upon a time Ground zero Those eyes - or - don’t step in the glass A day and a week later ******************* Friday morning arrived – a whole week after that horrible night. And it was time for ac

compassion, not pity

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:00:02 -0500

CM Can you talk a bit about “engaged spirituality?” joan halifax roshi Engaged spirituality, in the best sense, means that we simply are in the world helping other Beings seamlessly. It’s not just frantically helping another Being, it is a con

Sponsor Me Monday–AGAIN!

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:00:50 -0500

Rosely is still not adopted and every Monday is reserved for her until she has been. Make an effort today to impact the life of a child. Are you a blogger?? Get involved and post Rosely on your site. Again, together, yes, you and I, together,

Enough

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:21:00 -0500

The past ten days have been emotionally trying to say the least. I’ve dealt with the lost of a dear friend last week, now “deja hurricane” this weekend. It is said that love in one’s heart and faith in God will calm the most difficult storms

Amour et compassion

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0500

Le noeud d'amour sans fin est un symbole partagé par le bouddhisme et le feng shui.Symbole chinois de compassion, d'amour et de sagesse.Optez pour un t-shirt exprimant votre amour sans fin. En vente libre dans les boutiques ZhongArt:http://zhongart.

Stargirl

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:09:42 -0500

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli I promised a review of this book in my recent reading post, and here it is. I loved this book very much. I have to say that right away. I had heard about it for a while and knew that Jerry Spinelli was a good writer,