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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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May 2018 Stonehill College Rural Immersion
by Rachel Riani At the end of May, eight of my fellow classmates at Stonehill College along with two faculty members went on an H.O.P.E. (Honoring…
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Prayer Before a Driftwood Cross
(in gratitude for a visit to Agape Community) by Marjorie Corbman In the morning light, thick as golden ribbons from the window to my…
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Pray With Our Feet: A Kairos Moment in Charlottesville One Year Later
by Eric Martin Life in Charlottesville tends to normalize what may seem dramatic or outlandish elsewhere. Amidst the violence that…
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