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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 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 5, 2011 A Prayer Heard Around the World I was riding in the car this morning, running some errands and thanks to the ease with which news travels around the globe, I felt like I was in Tahrir Square, a square whose name means liberation. I can hear the chanting of the 0
July 16, 2010 The Living is Easy Hey friends, it is summer time and the living is easy for some of us. Listening to NPR this morning, we must keep our eyes and ears open to news about the gushing oil in our waters in the Gulf 0
June 6, 2010 Oil Spill Vigil in New York Friends, have you seen the photos of the disgusting oil spill?  Spill is too mild a word. That should be reserved for milk or salt.  One colleague said to me the other day that it is as though the earth 1