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Donna Schaper wrote a new post, Honesty in Sacred Spaces 7 years, 4 months ago
What do church buildings, nations, and marriages have in common?
They all need to leave a sacred space for divergent opinions.
Lots of things happen in sacred spaces. Janitors clean churches up after big […]
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Donna Schaper wrote a new post, Sanctuary, for the Word and for the People 7 years, 8 months ago
You’ve surely heard of sanctuary congregations, restaurants, universities and cities. You probably have listened to their political opponents snark and snarl when they say the word “sanctuary”. But it is a […]
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Couple of points wrt sanctuary and immigrants:
People are concerned about illegal immigrants, not legal immigrants. Conflating the two is not helpful, as pretty much everybody knows better.
Back when I was on the Social Justice and Peacemaking committee of the Presbytery of Lake Huron, thirty years ago, I was assured that forgiveness could actually be complete without giving the forgiven individual another shot. That’s what they said, anyway, but the results called for made me wonder.
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Donna Schaper wrote a new post, Moral Mondays 11 years, 8 months ago
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Donna Schaper wrote a new post, Book Review: "Rise of the Spiritual Activist" 12 years, 2 months ago
A review of Guillermo Márquez-Sterling’s new book, Rise of the Spiritual Activist: A Beginner’s Guide for Integrating Faith and Justice. In his book, Rev. Márquez-Sterling provides the philosophical foundation for […] -
Donna Schaper wrote a new post, What’s Next in Faith Based Community Organizing: A Rolling Jubilee 12 years, 5 months ago
Occupy Faith and partners are launching a Rolling Jubilee, a people’s bailout to help eliminate debt—and make a stand in the face of our moral crisis of money, debt, and power. Rolling Jubilee may signal an […]
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