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John Dickerson: FDR's 4th inaugural address and... →
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FDR’s fourth address was only 559 words. (Still not shorter than Washington whose second address was less than 200 words). The end of World War II was three months away and FDR was trying to just remind people that things would get better. The message was essentially: me again, peace. I had…
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And...
– Albert Camus (via hellanne)
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Poetry is for me Eucharistic. You take someone else’s suffering into your body,...
– — Mary Karr from her 2010 interview with Judy Valente on PBS’ Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.
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Radio Folk, Looking to Pitch Your Stories? Feed... →
“People working outside of the networks and stations hear the world differently. They break rules and formats, and I want that element of surprise on The Story. I am writing to ask you, the independent community, to pitch to me.”
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All this journalistic analysis around the ‘Nones’ as the demise of...
– Krista Tippett, who offered these tweets this morning in response to the many reports resulting from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life’s study, “Nones” on the Rise.
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There is something very comforting about ritual. I have friends who go to church...
– —Naomi Shihab Nye, from her interview with Kim Rosen in Spirituality & Health magazine in which she talks about the writing life, ecumenism, and the virtue of kindness.
(h/t DailyGood)
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What makes me a believer is that from time to time, there have been glimpses...
– —Frederick Buechner, writer and theologian from his 2006 interview on Religion & Ethics Newsweekly
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O Allâh, place light in my heart, light in my tongue, light in my hearing, light...
– Hussein Rashid has posted several lovely prayers for the new year: two from the Prophet Muhammad and one by the author himself. The one above is especially lovely during the depths of winter here in North America. (via trentgilliss)
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Prakash Utsav: Sikhs Celebrate the Birthday of...
by Susan Leem, associate producer
Prakash Utsav birthday celebrations in Sikh temple for Guru Gobind Singh. (photo: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images)
The number of Sikhs in the world is approaching 20 million adherents. Most live in India, and many are settling in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, and Italy (where they were recently credited with saving Italy’s struggling dairy...
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Anonymous asked: Can someone at On Being recommend a good book to start reading the works of Teilhard de Chardin? I was transfixed by this show! Thank you!