October 2012
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September 2012
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Pro-Life, Pro-Choice, Pro-Dialogue: A Civil...
when: Wed, Sep 26th, 2012 (3pm CST/4pm EST) where: Humphrey School of Public Affairs, U of Minnesota Discuss with others and ask your questions here: Today Krista Tippett hosts the second of four live public events of The Civil Conversations Project (CCP). Krista’s guests at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs are Frances Kissling and David Gushee. They belong to a constellation...
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Irreverent Cards for the High Holy Days →
trentgilliss: Tablet Magazine’s e-cards for the High Holy Days. The best kind of irreverence, and you don’t have to be a Jew to send one of these gems. Yom Kippur? I barely knew her! Oy. Have an easy fast. If we have sinned against you by idle chatter, you probably deserved it. Still, have a good Yom Kippur. He’s making a list, checking it twice, gonna find out who’s in...
Sep 20th
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“How can we expect non-Muslims to believe that Islam is a religion of peace, when...”
– Dr. David Liepert from his HuffPo piece “Muslim Mobs Insult Muhammad’s Legacy”
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The Civil Conversations Project: In the Room with...
when: Wed, Sep 12th, 2012 (6pm CST/7pm EST) where: Cowles Auditorium, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, U of Minnesota We kick off our second season of The Civil Conversations Project (CCP) with four live, public events. This Wednesday at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Krista speaks with Gabe Lyons, author of The Next Christians, and Jim Daly, Jim Dobson’s successor at Focus on...
Sep 13th
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“By inaction one can become the center of thought, the focus of responsibility,...”
– —Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzŭ), from Lionel Giles’ Musings of a Chinese Mystic The idea behind the Taoist sage’s language is appealing, but I’m not sure I fully grasp its meaning — or that I fully buy into it. Perhaps someone could help me better comprehend it? (via trentgilliss)
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“See what is. Acknowledge it without judging it as right or wrong. See it clearly...”
– —Pema Chodron I think the second line is most difficult, one constantly in tension with the mind. (via trentgilliss)
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