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Worcester Inter-Tribal Indian Council: Sacred Fire and Pipe Ceremony
By Nicole and Rick Braithewait Hunt and John Joubert “ how do we come back to being one people…
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Give Us a Seat at the Table
Systemic racism has, throughout my whole life, prevented me from being in spaces like this today, from going to college, from…
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Courage to Change
by Brenna Cussen I was beyond impressed that Agape was willing to dive into such a difficult and necessary issue. The diversity…
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St. Francis Day on Replay
by Jonathan Betts Fields Nonviolent love looks like friendship; embrace it and end all the isms. Race justice, lament,
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The Mystic’s View
Book review by Claire Schaeffer-Duffy Robert Thiefels has written a thoughtful and valuable book about consciousness as it pertains to the Christian faith…
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Way More Than A Day
In fact, 28 days. This year my Francis Day stars aligned in such a way that I’d be spending 28 days at Agape Community in Massachusetts helping to organize…
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Ethnic and Racial Diversity: A Challenge to a White Community
by Suzanne Belote Shanley (an excerpt from a chapter in Loving Life on the Margins: The Story of the Agape Community by…
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Following Jesus in a Post-Truth World
by Brayton Shanley “Ultimates have to be seen for what they are; namely, ultimate.” This statement from Thomas Merton drives…
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Incarceration in a Rural Georgia County Jail
by Martha Hennessey In southeastern Georgia, it is near the end of May, and the seven of us who participated…
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New Energy
by Aria Killough-Miller “Can everyone halt?” Brayton asks. We pause from clearing lunch dishes and discussing afternoon tasks. He begins…
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