Quoting Good Words

With the drawing of this Love
and the voice of this Calling
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
...And all shall be well and
All manner of thing shall be well T.S. Elliot Four Quartets

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Tag Archives: Community

Wisdom versus Winning

By CircleReader | November 3rd, 2008
After all this, is your world not larger than it was before? Show me you both are looking for wisdom and understanding, rather than victory.
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Studs Terkel, 1912-2008: A Lifetime of Listening

By CircleReader | November 1st, 2008
Studs Terkel, that great & generous soul, has passed on. For me, the voice of Studs Terkel will always symbolize a combination of passionate curiosity, prophetic conviction, and deeply generous, fatherly love. He delighted in the people of the world, and shared his delight with us.
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Poverty Bibliography (Blog Action Day 2008)

By CircleReader | October 15th, 2008
A bibliography for Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty. A collection of readings on economics and poverty, for parents, kids, and churches. "You cannot reduce poverty if you don?t know what poverty is."
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The Woman, the Problem, the Dream…and the Hope?

By CircleReader | September 2nd, 2008
Some of our struggles: from Sojurner Truth, who asks, "Ain't I a Woman?" From W.E.B. Du Bois, who asks, "How does it feel to be a Problem?" From Martin Luther King, Jr., who asks, "Can we bank on this dream?" And from Barack Obama, who claims that, "Yes, we can."
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Everything to Gain

By CircleReader | July 16th, 2008
What if you could right a wrong from your parents generation, and pass on a blessing to your children? What if you could build businesses in the community, cut crime, pollution, and disease, and make a profit doing it?
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We’re off to see…

By CircleReader | June 7th, 2008
The Lambs & Lettuces!
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Homeschool Moments: Dishing Out BOF, Dealing with Prejudice

By CircleReader | June 1st, 2008
Overcoming prejudice and distrust is not a one-time attitude adjustment, but a continuing journey in the company of people who are not like us, but who may become our civic friends. Such a strategy might go a long way toward more important goals: building a supportive environment for homeschoolers, and reinvigorating the varied practices of education & learning in America today.
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What Are Blogs? Not Monologues but Conversations

By CircleReader | January 20th, 2008
Perhaps the best thing about the web, and the blogosphere in particular, is that it enables you to connect with like-minded people you might never meet otherwise. –Kriss M. at Circle M Farm On January 27th, 2008, Reading Circle Books will host its first group! In her wonderful invitation to our first Reading [...]
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Real Life Superheroes

By CircleReader | November 1st, 2007
And for All Saints Day, a shout-out to Red Justice, Street Hero, Direction Man, the Super, and all the other Real Life Superheroes!
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The Community in Action

By CircleReader | August 23rd, 2007
Studs Terkel on prophetic community. . . .
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