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“I’m the Kinda Person Who Can’t Stand By and Watch Other People Suffer”
“I’m the kinda person who can’t stand by and watch other people suffer,” he said. He, and other brave Americans, commandeered boats off the island of Manhattan on September 11, 2001. Their actions will live in infamy. Their actions saved lives. … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, pray for all on 9/11, terrorism
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Loving Ourselves, And…..
There is a remarkable parallelism in the world’s great religions regarding the commandment to “Love your neighbor as yourself.” The message is clear – from Buddhism, “Hurt not others with that which pains yourself” (Udana 5.13); to Confucianism, “Do not do … Continue reading
The Big Aspirin Bottle in the Sky
Who or what might be the big aspirin bottle in the sky? The answer to that question lies in an unlikely place – at the beginning of what Christians refer to as Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, which can be … Continue reading
Remember to Love
“As we as a community reel from the shock of missing friends, co-workers, and loved ones many of us are overcome by a sense of unreality and feel that somehow we have become the unwilling observers of yet another Hollywood … Continue reading
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Listen…
The Obama administration held talks today to jump-start stalled Middle East peace discussions, its first high-level meetings with Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in months. With progress seemingly stalled yet again , my mind went back to my time in Israel … Continue reading
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