Carmen Acevedo Butcher (she/her)
@cab-phd.bsky.social
I love Earth, Marsh walks, coffee, conversation, books, teaching, translating, writing, chanting, contemplating, aka living. Translated Practice of the Presence by Br. Lawrence, the Cloud of Unknowing, & others
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"How Can Contemplative Christianity Help Me?" Discover your faith anew at our LIVE online event on 5/18.
Brian McLaren, James Finley, and Carmen Acevedo Butcher will guide attendees through practices to help us explore contemplative Christianity. tinyurl.com/3munekb6
Brian McLaren, James Finley, and Carmen Acevedo Butcher will guide attendees through practices to help us explore contemplative Christianity. tinyurl.com/3munekb6
March 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"How Can Contemplative Christianity Help Me?" Discover your faith anew at our LIVE online event on 5/18.
Brian McLaren, James Finley, and Carmen Acevedo Butcher will guide attendees through practices to help us explore contemplative Christianity. tinyurl.com/3munekb6
Brian McLaren, James Finley, and Carmen Acevedo Butcher will guide attendees through practices to help us explore contemplative Christianity. tinyurl.com/3munekb6
Sean put Tao’s channel on.
April 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Sean put Tao’s channel on.
John Levine of @ucberkeleywriting.bsky.social interviews Dacher Keltner of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social — an excellent interview!
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March 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
John Levine of @ucberkeleywriting.bsky.social interviews Dacher Keltner of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social — an excellent interview!
America’s wealth gap is now more extreme than it’s been in over a century. Until this structural problem is remedied, the American economy will remain perilously fragile.
March 7, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Elon Musk has called for Amtrak and the Postal Service to be privatized.
Be warned: this is a call to gut essential public services to pad corporate profits.
Here are my 5 rules of thumb for when public services should NOT be privatized.
Be warned: this is a call to gut essential public services to pad corporate profits.
Here are my 5 rules of thumb for when public services should NOT be privatized.
The Truth About Privatization | Robert Reich
Robert Reich explains why using the private sector for government services can have negative consequences. Watch More: 7 Economics Fundamentals ►► https://youtu.be/utuX4_uD5lE
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March 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Elon Musk has called for Amtrak and the Postal Service to be privatized.
Be warned: this is a call to gut essential public services to pad corporate profits.
Here are my 5 rules of thumb for when public services should NOT be privatized.
Be warned: this is a call to gut essential public services to pad corporate profits.
Here are my 5 rules of thumb for when public services should NOT be privatized.
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Speak up as I have at the US capitol, by phone, email, letters, protests! Join the struggle to protect our rule of law, to protect nature and people
March 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Speak up as I have at the US capitol, by phone, email, letters, protests! Join the struggle to protect our rule of law, to protect nature and people
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Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad
March 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Cartoon by Benjamin Slyngstad
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Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber. Time for US to #ReWild!!
Call your congressional delegation now to #stop this #devastating turn in our land management.
Call your congressional delegation now to #stop this #devastating turn in our land management.
March 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber. Time for US to #ReWild!!
Call your congressional delegation now to #stop this #devastating turn in our land management.
Call your congressional delegation now to #stop this #devastating turn in our land management.
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Authors I've read 5 or more books by:
E M Forster
Virginia Woolf
David Gerrold
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social
@morganbrice.bsky.social
@cab-phd.bsky.social
@carlmccolman.bsky.social
(Yes, I know, that's more than 5.) 🙂 📚
E M Forster
Virginia Woolf
David Gerrold
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social
@morganbrice.bsky.social
@cab-phd.bsky.social
@carlmccolman.bsky.social
(Yes, I know, that's more than 5.) 🙂 📚
Ray Bradbury
C.S.Lewis
H.G. Wells
Jack London
JRR Tolkien
C.S.Lewis
H.G. Wells
Jack London
JRR Tolkien
Authors I've read 5 or more books by:
Stephen King
Larry Niven
Martha Grimes
Timothy Zahn
Issac Asimov
Bonus: Mary Stewart and Mike Stackpole.
Stephen King
Larry Niven
Martha Grimes
Timothy Zahn
Issac Asimov
Bonus: Mary Stewart and Mike Stackpole.
December 12, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Authors I've read 5 or more books by:
E M Forster
Virginia Woolf
David Gerrold
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social
@morganbrice.bsky.social
@cab-phd.bsky.social
@carlmccolman.bsky.social
(Yes, I know, that's more than 5.) 🙂 📚
E M Forster
Virginia Woolf
David Gerrold
@leannareneehieber.bsky.social
@morganbrice.bsky.social
@cab-phd.bsky.social
@carlmccolman.bsky.social
(Yes, I know, that's more than 5.) 🙂 📚
What a wonderful welcome, Justin, @new-eden.bsky.social! I have such good memories of our conversation then too!
I still love this conversation with Carmen Acevedo Butcher @cab-phd.bsky.social. She always has something wise to say and the Cloud is one of my favourite books. Click the thumbnail below to watch our chat on YouTube!
The Cloud of Unknowing with Carmen Acevedo Butcher
YouTube video by In Search of a New Eden
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November 22, 2024 at 4:51 AM
What a wonderful welcome, Justin, @new-eden.bsky.social! I have such good memories of our conversation then too!
This is my first non-blue-sky post.
November 20, 2024 at 6:11 AM
This is my first non-blue-sky post.