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Monthly Archives: August 2010

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October 7, 2011 Occupy New York Friends, One of the reasons I am passionate about Middle Church is that we have been addressing economic justice for more than 50 years. Olga Downey was an older woman who helped start the clothing closet. She got her clothes 0
April 15, 2011 Journey Toward New Life by Jacqui Lewis Friends, in the Christian tradition, Palm Sunday begins a very holy journey toward new life. It is a journey of remembrance of events that happened in ancient Palestine, when a Rabbi named Jesus rode into Jerusalem for 1
March 31, 2011 Clouds After two days of work here in Capetown with brothers and sisters trying to move toward reconciliation in their churches, despite centuries of apart-ness, I feel both tired and encouraged. These people, the twenty five we were with, want to 0
March 14, 2011 Words From Our Friends In Japan What can we say when the earth pushes up from the ocean floor? We know that God is with our friends in Japan. We pray for those who are lost and for those who have lost so much. Here are 0
March 11, 2011 Earthquake in Japan Dear Middle Family: This is like something out of a disaster movie, except it is real. Our friends in Japan have been absolutely decimated by a massive earthquake, measuring at an 8.9 magnitude, a tsunami with waves as high as 0
March 10, 2011 On The Peter King Hearings Sometimes someone says just what you want to say. Check out my colleague, Bob Chase, on the Peter King hearings, and do take it to heart. Fear and bigotry fuel the fires of terrorism. Take this to heart. 0
March 6, 2011 Get informed. Get involved. Have you been paying attention to the Wisconsin and Ohio conversations on collective bargaining? No matter where you are on the subject, check out this really smart research, Why Wisconsin is Ground Zero For Democracy in America (PDF), from Dean 5
February 24, 2011 Read. Get engaged. Pray. Act. Friends I am taking a few days off but have to write how excited I am about President Obama’s actions in support of Gay marriage. I think this clears the way for more organizing on a state level and Middle 0
February 22, 2011 Turn it Around I am with my family today, staying up way too late talking to my siblings, listening to stories shared by my mom and dad.  These past two days we have laughed and cried; cooked and eaten great food; washed dishes 0
February 11, 2011 Freedom Has Come Friends, I was on the phone a little while ago with my mother. She is on the way to the doctor, to discuss a regimen to address her cancer–will she need chemo and radiation or just one? It is not 1