At home funerals and death doulas
November 24, 2013
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A common practice in many parts of the world and among Native Americans,
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Today is Stir Up Sunday
November 24, 2013
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In news from across the pond, it is Stir Up Sunday, the Sunday before the first Sunday in Advent. Project Britain explains:
Holy Welcome
November 24, 2013
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Imagine my surprise, though, when months later, one of the guests said to me, “I never thanked you for Thanksgiving. That was the best holiday I had in a long time! I didn’t have to deal with the pressure of my crazy relatives, and everyone was interesting, and we all did a good job of cooking by committee, didn’t we?”
Disappointing new findings on pre-K education
November 23, 2013
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File under dealing effectively with poverty is hard. Brookings has issued a report by Grover J. Whitehurst on a study of Tennessee’s Voluntary Pre-K Program
Last words
November 23, 2013
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by Linda Ryan Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on
The Number of Forgiveness
November 23, 2013
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When Jesus told Peter to forgive seventy-seven times, he wasn’t just pulling the figure out of the air. Seven is a number indicating completeness, like seven days in the week for creation. Peter asked if forgiving seven times would be enough but Jesus asked for more than ten times that plus yet another seven, a number that adds rather than multiplies …
Where faith and time travel meet
November 22, 2013
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This month marks an event that took place fifty years ago that has shaped and influenced our culture.
We are talking, of course, of Dr. Who.
Why the snark in the face of memory?
November 22, 2013
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Some people are apparently a little weary of all the remembering going on today. Which is strange coming from a tradition built on anamnesis.
Food banks cannot make up for SNAP cuts
November 22, 2013
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Deacon Diane Riley of Diocese of Newark says that the state’s food banks cannot make up for the $90 million annual cuts in SNAP benefits. The advocacy director of the Community FoodBank says that these cuts will affect 873,000 people — 10 percent of the population of New Jersy, the vast majority being children, elderly or the working poor.
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