Forrest
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Are these two Christian bishops from the fourth century (CE) — Basil the Great and Saint Ambrose of Milan — just some early Socialist outliers, or are they expounding on the sometimes hard-for-us-to-accept teachings of Jesus? You decide (it’s a fairly short read).
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Liberate Your Wealth
Excerpts from Aurelius Ambrosius and Basil the Great taken from Charles Avila, Ownership: Early Christian Teaching (Orbis, 1983).
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October 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Are these two Christian bishops from the fourth century (CE) — Basil the Great and Saint Ambrose of Milan — just some early Socialist outliers, or are they expounding on the sometimes hard-for-us-to-accept teachings of Jesus? You decide (it’s a fairly short read).
www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...
www.plough.com/en/topics/fa...
For quite a while, our stand-up comics and talk-show hosts were just our court jesters. Then about 10 years ago, they became our truth-tellers and prophets, a curious role for them and one I think they felt obliged to take on because few others were. And now they are becoming virtual martyrs.
September 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
For quite a while, our stand-up comics and talk-show hosts were just our court jesters. Then about 10 years ago, they became our truth-tellers and prophets, a curious role for them and one I think they felt obliged to take on because few others were. And now they are becoming virtual martyrs.
“When I feed the hungry, they call me a saint. When I ask why people are hungry, they call me a Communist.” — Dom Hélder Câmara
[from introduction to “Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings” (Orbis Books, 2009)]
[from introduction to “Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings” (Orbis Books, 2009)]
September 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“When I feed the hungry, they call me a saint. When I ask why people are hungry, they call me a Communist.” — Dom Hélder Câmara
[from introduction to “Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings” (Orbis Books, 2009)]
[from introduction to “Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings” (Orbis Books, 2009)]
Move along, nothing to see here …
From NY Times 5-30-25:
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist.
From NY Times 5-30-25:
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist.
May 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Move along, nothing to see here …
From NY Times 5-30-25:
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist.
From NY Times 5-30-25:
White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
A report on children’s health released by the Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist.
Dopey, pointless blather. Waste of taxpayer $$. He is all about empty symbols.
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Live updates: Trump says he is reopening Alcatraz prison
President Donald Trump said late Sunday that he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a California island off San Francisco that has been closed for...
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May 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Dopey, pointless blather. Waste of taxpayer $$. He is all about empty symbols.
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He’s gotta be lovin’ the judges today.
April 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
He’s gotta be lovin’ the judges today.
About 350 people downtown Moline today for the 50501 rally. Several good speakers, good energy in the crowd. We do what we can these days as individuals and communities. And gathering publicly and calling out what is going on (and what needs to change) is one of the things. It matters.
April 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
About 350 people downtown Moline today for the 50501 rally. Several good speakers, good energy in the crowd. We do what we can these days as individuals and communities. And gathering publicly and calling out what is going on (and what needs to change) is one of the things. It matters.
Homemade sign for 50501 protest in downtown Moline (IL).
April 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Homemade sign for 50501 protest in downtown Moline (IL).
Since 2011 and reiterated now, the resolution and witness of my denomination, the ELCA.
April 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Since 2011 and reiterated now, the resolution and witness of my denomination, the ELCA.
It is written (right here): Thou shalt not covet thy ally’s, or anyone else’s, sovereign nation.
March 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It is written (right here): Thou shalt not covet thy ally’s, or anyone else’s, sovereign nation.
I got an email from Iowa Public Radio saying the heads of NPR and PBS will testify Wednesday before the Congressional Oversight DOGE subcommittee. The hearing, "Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the heads of NPR and PBS Accountable," will be chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene. Just a damn show trial.
March 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I got an email from Iowa Public Radio saying the heads of NPR and PBS will testify Wednesday before the Congressional Oversight DOGE subcommittee. The hearing, "Anti-American Airwaves: Holding the heads of NPR and PBS Accountable," will be chaired by Marjorie Taylor Greene. Just a damn show trial.
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"Violence can never heal the harm that has been done."
~Kazu Haga
~Kazu Haga
March 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"Violence can never heal the harm that has been done."
~Kazu Haga
~Kazu Haga
“Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs … our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying." — Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Today in 1965 was the third civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest the disenfranchisement of black voters.
Today in 1965 was the third civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest the disenfranchisement of black voters.
March 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs … our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying." — Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Today in 1965 was the third civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest the disenfranchisement of black voters.
Today in 1965 was the third civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to protest the disenfranchisement of black voters.
I don’t have any Finnish in me, but every cup I drink from this I enjoy all the way to the end.
March 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I don’t have any Finnish in me, but every cup I drink from this I enjoy all the way to the end.
“Hope is an absurdity … for it flies in the face of all those claims we have been told are facts. Hope is the refusal to accept the reading of reality which is the majority opinion … hope is subversive, for it limits the grandiose pretension of the present ...” — theologian Walter Brueggemann
March 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“Hope is an absurdity … for it flies in the face of all those claims we have been told are facts. Hope is the refusal to accept the reading of reality which is the majority opinion … hope is subversive, for it limits the grandiose pretension of the present ...” — theologian Walter Brueggemann
Its natoinal proofreeding day.
#NationalProofreadingDay
From the National Day Calendar: “Corporate Trainer Judy Beaver created National Proofreading Day. She chose March 8th, her mother's birthday, to honor her mother and her love of correcting people.”
#NationalProofreadingDay
From the National Day Calendar: “Corporate Trainer Judy Beaver created National Proofreading Day. She chose March 8th, her mother's birthday, to honor her mother and her love of correcting people.”
March 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Its natoinal proofreeding day.
#NationalProofreadingDay
From the National Day Calendar: “Corporate Trainer Judy Beaver created National Proofreading Day. She chose March 8th, her mother's birthday, to honor her mother and her love of correcting people.”
#NationalProofreadingDay
From the National Day Calendar: “Corporate Trainer Judy Beaver created National Proofreading Day. She chose March 8th, her mother's birthday, to honor her mother and her love of correcting people.”
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From Hurting to Healing
Life has a way of hurting. The unhealed pain of other people impacts our very existence. Nature, despite human taming and because it, will have its own way. No one lives then without wounds whether buried, forgotten, open, mending, or scars. Two truths: Every human being…
Life has a way of hurting. The unhealed pain of other people impacts our very existence. Nature, despite human taming and because it, will have its own way. No one lives then without wounds whether buried, forgotten, open, mending, or scars. Two truths: Every human being…
From Hurting to Healing
Life has a way of hurting. The unhealed pain of other people impacts our very existence. Nature, despite human taming and because it, will have its own way. No one lives then without wounds whether buried, forgotten, open, mending, or scars. Two truths: Every human being hurts. Every human being can heal. If we all hurt, then why does the ongoing pain of others so often go unnoticed?
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March 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
From Hurting to Healing
Life has a way of hurting. The unhealed pain of other people impacts our very existence. Nature, despite human taming and because it, will have its own way. No one lives then without wounds whether buried, forgotten, open, mending, or scars. Two truths: Every human being…
Life has a way of hurting. The unhealed pain of other people impacts our very existence. Nature, despite human taming and because it, will have its own way. No one lives then without wounds whether buried, forgotten, open, mending, or scars. Two truths: Every human being…
From Brian D. McLaren:
“Old saying: When a clown moves into the palace, the clown doesn't become a king. The palace instead becomes a circus.
New saying 1: When a criminal moves into the White House, the criminal doesn't become a president. The White House instead becomes a crime scene.”
“Old saying: When a clown moves into the palace, the clown doesn't become a king. The palace instead becomes a circus.
New saying 1: When a criminal moves into the White House, the criminal doesn't become a president. The White House instead becomes a crime scene.”
March 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
From Brian D. McLaren:
“Old saying: When a clown moves into the palace, the clown doesn't become a king. The palace instead becomes a circus.
New saying 1: When a criminal moves into the White House, the criminal doesn't become a president. The White House instead becomes a crime scene.”
“Old saying: When a clown moves into the palace, the clown doesn't become a king. The palace instead becomes a circus.
New saying 1: When a criminal moves into the White House, the criminal doesn't become a president. The White House instead becomes a crime scene.”
Sharing this courtesy of a friend who I know prefers not to be tagged in posts. An especially good reflection on this Sunday morning.
March 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Sharing this courtesy of a friend who I know prefers not to be tagged in posts. An especially good reflection on this Sunday morning.
I doubt some of my favorite WaPo columnists (Ruth Marcus, Catherine Rampall, David Ignatius) are going to survive this, so it’s time to let my WaPo subscription go.
Headline in The Guardian:
“Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
Headline in The Guardian:
“Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
February 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I doubt some of my favorite WaPo columnists (Ruth Marcus, Catherine Rampall, David Ignatius) are going to survive this, so it’s time to let my WaPo subscription go.
Headline in The Guardian:
“Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
Headline in The Guardian:
“Bezos directs Washington Post opinion pages to promote ‘personal liberties and free markets’
I might have to get 1 or 2 or 10 of these from RAYGUN.
February 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I might have to get 1 or 2 or 10 of these from RAYGUN.
Subject line of email to me from Venmo:
Can we send you a debit card?
Dear Venmo: Can you send me a debit card? No doubt you can. May you send me a debit card? No, you may not.
Can we send you a debit card?
Dear Venmo: Can you send me a debit card? No doubt you can. May you send me a debit card? No, you may not.
February 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Subject line of email to me from Venmo:
Can we send you a debit card?
Dear Venmo: Can you send me a debit card? No doubt you can. May you send me a debit card? No, you may not.
Can we send you a debit card?
Dear Venmo: Can you send me a debit card? No doubt you can. May you send me a debit card? No, you may not.
I don't think I know anyone here. I don't think anyone here knows me. This could be slow going.
October 7, 2024 at 8:43 PM
I don't think I know anyone here. I don't think anyone here knows me. This could be slow going.