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February 10: T.S. Eliot on the Mystics as Medicine for Despair “The mystics — or else despair,” said T.S. Eliot. The writings and actions of
Three days ago, we honored the 20th anniversary of Sister Dorothy Stang’s martyrdom among the peasant farmers living in the rainforest, and committed to defending
A criticism has arisen among a few responders to the DM that I should not use the language of “spiritual warriorship” because it has the
The purpose of our daily meditations have been, from the beginning, to assist one another to pray the news. Not just watch the news. Or avoid the
On this day twenty years ago, a 74-year-old white-haired North American woman was gunned down by hired assassins on a dirt road in the jungle
We are considering the role of the mystic in a time of unraveling of order and therefore a time of despair. And how the mystic lays
There is considerable despair in the air these days. And for obvious reasons that do not need renaming here. T.S. Eliot offered the mystics as medicine
Ours is a time for spiritual warriors—that is for sure. Every citizen who gives a damn about honesty and caring in our government and democracy should
Yesterday I received a response to my DM on “What a President Would Say if He Were the Anti-Christ” and I want to share it
I will destroy democracy and replace it with an Autocracy or Oligarchy of billionaires who will be beholden to me. I will give them and
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