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Bethany Erickson
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Happily married mom of 5. Catholic convert, still love the Anglicans. Neurodivergent. Probably reading Goodnight Moon.
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This is why they were skipping due process and pressuring people to self-deport. If they followed due process, they wouldn't be deporting very many.
In their review of people arrested by agents potentially in violation of the consent decree, Fleming said more than 1,000 people are no longer in the U.S., meaning they may have been deported already after signing voluntary removal orders.
November 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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As a Catholic myself, the priests and renegade nuns are my favorites.

Father Dan Berrigan, pray for us.
Father Dan Berrigan, making a peace sign while in handcuffed, priest and anti-war activist
October 7, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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The article traces the development of the current system giving the nuclear codes to the President. I am not reassured.
When I asked a former Air Force missile-squadron commander if senior officers could refuse the order to launch nuclear weapons, he said: "We were told we can refuse illegal and immoral orders." He paused. "But no one ever told us what immoral means.
June 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I can't get over this anecdote
When the Prevost brothers spoke on Tuesday, John said the topic of a papal name came up while the pair played the online games Words With Friends and Wordle.
May 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 7
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Cover of How (Not) to be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor, by James K. A. Smith
November 26, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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I was reminded of this quote. Humility is foundational, because you must be humble in order to change and grow.
"You fast, but Satan does not eat. You labor fervently, but Satan never sleeps. The only dimension with which you can outperform Satan is by acquiring humility, for Satan has no humility." St. Moses the Black (Ethiopian)
November 22, 2024 at 8:00 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 6
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Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
November 22, 2024 at 1:51 AM
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Day 5
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Cover of Postcards From Babylon: the Church in American Exile, by Brian Zahnd
November 19, 2024 at 3:41 AM
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On Social Justice by St Basil the Great
November 18, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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Day 4
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Cover of "On Social Justice" by St Basil the Great
November 17, 2024 at 9:20 PM
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Here's St. Basil, from his sermon on Matt 19:16-22
November 17, 2024 at 8:57 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 3
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#Books
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November 17, 2024 at 3:02 AM
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Thinking of this Lucille Clifton poem today
November 15, 2024 at 9:10 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 2
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Cover of Killers of the Dream by Lillian Smith
November 15, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
Day 1
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Book cover of To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
November 15, 2024 at 5:09 AM