Dear Teacher by Yael DiPlacido-Eastman
I once asked Jean Abbott what made her choose the path that she chose in life. Her answer became a guiding principle in my life. She said that she was raised to believe (I believe…
Category: Share the Wealth Project
Share the Wealth: With Gratitude for Jean Abbott
I invite you to join us for an evening of sharing stories about Sister Jean Abbott (1943-2021), who was the founder of the Center for Survivors of Torture and War Trauma here in Saint Louis….
Share the Wealth with Annie Cosby … When Writing’s The Easy Part: Lessons from Writing, Publishing & Loving Novels
Writing is difficult. Really, really difficult. Growing up, I always thought that would be the hardest part of my dream of becoming an author. Actually finishing a book, a book people would want to read,…
Share the Wealth Sunday 27 December 2020
As I was driving in the Central West End this afternoon, I realized that I had not asked a friend to do a Share the Wealth with us this weekend. Then, knowing that Christmas…
Share the Wealth with Natalie Long/Gratitude and Grace: Lessons from a Summer Garden
In late 2019, my partner and I conceived a garden. Rooted in dusty recollections of summer gardening with grandparents, our memories animated a vision that inevitably turned out differently than imagined; as reality eventually supplanted…
Share the Wealth on Sunday 22 November: The Practice of “Disponibilidade”
I first learned this Portuguese word when Mev Puleo was working on translating her interviews with radical Brazilian Christians in the early 90s. A one-word English synonym she gave me was “availability.” In her book …
Share the Wealth with Rachel Sacks: Celebrating a Long Life
Rachel will celebrate the life of her Grandma Marcia, who died of Covid-19 in April, sharing stories from her grandma’s life as well as her own writing from the past seven months since her death….
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Share the Wealth with Andrew Wimmer: Julian Assange in Conversation with John Pilger “You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is…
Share the Wealth with Danielle Mackey: A Life in Journalism
In true journalist style, this share will (hopefully) be dominated by your questions. We are living in a time in which the existence of truth — and the legitimacy of professions that trade in unearthing…
November Share the Wealth Sundays
Danielle Mackey, A Life in Journalism Rachel Sacks, “May Her Memory Be a Blessing” Mark Chmiel, The Way of Disponibilidade Natalie Long, Spirituality of Farming and Baking [Hopefully]