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The Present Crisis [Written in 1844, this poem provided inspiration for the leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. When deciding on a name for their new publication in 1910 they agreed that the name of their magazine should be The Crisis.] WHEN a deed is done for Freedom, through the […]
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David Halberstam
Henry Allen in the Washington Post: David Halberstam was out to save the world back in the ’60s and ’70s when a lot of smart people believed that journalism would save the world, and Halberstam was just the man to lead the way, a big, bombastic man with big shoulders and features and a face […]
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Addiction and Human Inertia
human inertia, from the blog Yeah, Whatever do you believe in addiction? at times i have, and at times i have not. now i want to redefine it, at least for myself. i believe addiction is primarily human inertia. let me explain…
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Prayer, George Herbert
PRAYER the Churches banquet, Angels age, Gods breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage, The Christian plummet sounding heav’n and earth ; Engine against th’ Almightie, sinner’s towre, Reversed thunder, Christ-side-piercing spear, The six daies world-transposing in an houre, A kinde of tune, which all things heare and […]
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The Grail, the wasteland
The theme of the Grail is the bringing of life into what is known as ‘the wasteland.’ The wasteland is the preliminary theme to which the Grail is the answer… It’s the world of people living inauthentic lives–doing what they are supposed to do. –Joseph Campbell
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Thoughts on Rest and Relaxation
There is more to life than increasing its speed. –Mohandas K. Ghandi Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. –Chinese proverb
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How do we individually construct ourselves in relation to our circumstance? So much of my daily reading comes through inadvertent google searching. Today is no different. I happened to be reading a blog about the Arsenal Gunners when I stumbled across a reference to the impressive Ghanian Captian and Midfielder, Stephen Appiah. I wanted to […]
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This is faith
We can never fully understand the final purpose of human life. A construction worker who works at a construction site can have no idea of the final form or general design of the large structure he builds, but he can know that he is working on something good, something beautiful, clever, and necessary, both for […]
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Worldchanging
To the detriment of some, and the delight of most Y2K came and went. And, we’re still here. But things are different now. Some people would tell you that things are more different now that ever before. Survivors, we can begin to express a vision for our future. To be a 21st century dweller is […]
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The bakery or the factory?
American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it’s profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It’s just about sucking everything up. My idea was: Enjoy baking, sell your bread, people like it, sell more. Keep the bakery going because you’re making good food and people […]
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