See, Judge, Act in the age of algorithms. This is part two: Judge and Act, moving from seeing to judgment and action. Part one, See, opens in a Vermont cotton mill in August 1910. Part two: On 21 May 1930, at the Dharasana Salt Works on the Gujarat coast, United Press reporter Webb Miller saw... Continue Reading →
The bottom line is that healthy living requires low exposure to manufactured chemicals. By Julie Peller Ph.D.
Green Junction The American Lung Association describes indoor dust as “animal dander (including dead skin cells), dust mite matter and pollen.” Interestingly, the website also states, “The American Lung Association has partnered with Swiffer to inform Americans about why they should be aware of dust in their homes.” SwifferTM sweepers are made of “specially coated... Continue Reading →
The Girl on the Stamp
See, Judge, Act in the age of algorithms. This is part one: See. In August 1910, a photographer put a notebook in his pocket and stopped next to a girl working at a spinning frame in the North Pownal, Vermont cotton mill. Lewis Hine worked for the National Child Labor Committee, which hired him to... Continue Reading →
The Monk Both Sides Called a Liar
In late May 1966, a thirty-nine-year-old Vietnamese monk named Thich Nhat Hanh arrived at a Trappist abbey in Kentucky's hill country to meet a man he had corresponded with but never seen. He was partway through a tour of the United States, sent to explain to Americans who assumed Vietnam's war had exactly two sides... Continue Reading →
The Clause and the Wall.
The rise of Christian nationalism in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia In 1894, a Seventh-day Adventist in Sydney was convicted of violating the Sunday laws. The sentence offered two options. Pay the fine or sit in the public stocks for two hours. The Adventists observed Saturday as their Sabbath and worked on Sundays. That year, they... Continue Reading →
Liturgy and Community, Part Two.
Liturgy Part II: Sent Liturgy and Community, Part Two. Where We Left the Monk Recap in three sentences, using the cards from Tuesday. God gathers the assembly. The assembly receives before it acts. The test of a liturgy is the kind of people it makes. Ask yourself what you brought on the card today: which... Continue Reading →
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