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In the ams of Ali

“My conscious won’t let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America. And shoot them for what? They never called me nigger, they never lynched me, they didn’t put no dogs on me, they didn’t rob me…

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In the arms of Ali

  “My conscious won’t let me go shoot my brother, or some darker people, or some poor hungry people in the mud for big powerful America. And shoot them for what? They never called me nigger, they never lynched me, they didn’t put no dogs on me, they didn’t rob…

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Summer Brain Drain

My sister-in-law posted a picture the other day of my niece enjoying her first week of summer vacation from elementary school.  In the picture, my niece was stretched out in the sun on a beach chair with her nose buried deep inside a book.  In the caption and comments, my…

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The Great Fiesta yet to come

  Today we hosted a lunch at church for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and their allies. Most of the fresh tomatoes served at US restaurants and sold in supermarkets October through April come from Florida, with a large percentage of those coming from the area around the town of…

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Welcome to Ordinary Time

What time is it? It’s Ordinary Time. In the liturgical calendar, the seven weeks of the Easter season culminate in Pentecost Sunday.  Since Advent we have been following the trajectory of Jesus’ life, from expectant pregnancy and birth, to baptism and ministry, to crucifixion and resurrection. At Pentecost the Spirit…

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