Spiritual Exercises: Slowing Down
“I have no time to be in a hurry.” — Henry David Thoreau For our October Spiritual Exercises gathering, Lindsay Sihilling will share reflections on her experience of slowing down. We meet on Monday 22…
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Writing To Wake Up Course
Writing to Wake Up: A Course in Creativity and Community Think about it: Even with all our technologies and modes of communication, who has enough time? And yet, we need time, as community activist Grace…
A Counter Friction To Stop the Machine
The case of Bradley Manning matters. The reason is simple: He touched a nerve. Before releasing over 250,000 diplomatic cables to Wikileaks, Manning commented, “Hilary Clinton, and several thousand diplomats around the world are going…
American Classics: Emma Goldman
Dear Friends, This month for our American Classics Reading Circle, we will explore Emma Goldman’s essay “Patriotism: A Menace to Liberty.” It is available on-line here. We meet on Wednesday 23 May and begin with…