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Possibilities

The possibilities when one breaks Dr. King’s shackles of fear and the complicity of silence.  

“Melting Ice at Walden Pond.”

This sermon connects Thoreau’s time at Walden with the night he spent in jail, a night he later turned into his thoughts on Civil Disobedience. It asks, how can we learn from Thoreau’s careful paying attention to the natural world around him in order to inspire our own work for justice?  

“Bring Back the Snakes! An Alternative Look at St. Patrick’s Day”

The “snakes” that St. Patrick drove out of Ireland were actually the Druidic, Pagan and Celtic ways that the people there had followed for centuries. Whether he drove them out by violence or assimilation, St. Patrick destroyed religious practices and beliefs that were very much life-affirming – among other things, the idea of living in … Continue reading “Bring Back the Snakes! An Alternative Look at St. Patrick’s Day”