Category: Servant Song

Be the Change – by Julie Bradley

After attending Agape’s October 2020 Zoom Francis Day event, I felt a sense illumination. Agape Community stepped up to the challenge of racism, showing its members’ level of commitment and

January 1, 2021

The Dream of Allyship – by Edgar Hayes

There is a classic story about a hypothetical dream conveyed to a psychiatrist in which a runner tries to catch up in a race of 401 laps. The runner keeps

January 1, 2021

God’s Peace Heals All Divisions: An Election Year Vigil – by Jim Robinson

Throughout the fall, we at Agape have been reading Pope Francis’s recently released encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, as part of our noonday prayer. Before eating lunch together, we gather in the

January 1, 2021

Finding a New Way of Being – by Dixon George

At different points in my life I’ve found myself reflecting on where I have come from, where I am now, and where I am going. The answers that I get from prayer,

January 1, 2021

Climate Change and Covid Are Telling Us: Go Vegan – By Katya Renée Freitas

Like many people, Covid has drastically changed both my internal and external world. I was only about a month and a half into my last semester of college at Hofstra

January 1, 2021

The Harmonizing Power of Dialogue – by Steve Tumolo

Joe Biden wins But God’s peace steals our attention The people and the woods of Agape Invite us to be still. One in a hut, one in a hermitage, Our

January 1, 2021

Notes on Books by our Friends

The Risk of the Cross by Art Laffin We at Agape have been reading the new edition of The Risk of the Cross: Living Gospel Nonviolence in the Nuclear Age,

January 1, 2021

The Splendor of Now – poem by Barry Winkelman

Surrender to the splendor of the now Surround yourself with love’s serenity Suspend disbelief just for the moment Find peace within the chapel of your heart Part the narrow furrow

January 1, 2021

Voices: Notes from the Agape Community

In Memoriam: Nina Anderson Nina, long time Agape friend, supporter, and neighbor died November 13th after a long illness with cancer. Nina was a mystical soul who expressed her spiritual

January 1, 2021

Kings Bay Plowshare 7 Update

Agape continues to stand in solidarity with the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 and the death-dealing weapons that these systems produce and employ. With our plowshare friends, we renew our commitment

January 1, 2021

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