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July 28, 2011
The Economy of Holiness

When economies forget  "the moral determination to care for the poorest of the poor,"  they become tyrannies that end up destroying the household of human kind, writes F. Richard Garland.

July 19, 2011
Join the Tar Sands Action in Washington

Protesting the Tar Sands Project, calling Texas Gov. Rick Perry to true repentance, and seeking the spirituality of Harry Potter are part of today's report on Faith & the Common Good.

 

Christians, other people of faith and concerned citizens continue to stand up to the special interests that are holding the nation hostage to actions that seriously threaten the common good. Here are some of the latest developments:

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As the nation broils in triple-digit heat, a new grassroots effort has emerged to stop a development that could accelerate global warming even faster: the Tar Sands Project in Canada.

May 21, 2011
A Sense of Place

Wendell Berry lives in Kentucky. He is everybody's neighbor. He wrote that if we don't know where we are, we don't know who we are.

"Jesus said, 'In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?' " –John 14:2

Wendell Berry lives in Kentucky. He is everybody's neighbor. He wrote that if we don't know where we are, we don't know who we are. He is not talking about the kind of location that can be determined by looking at a map or a street sign. He is talking about the kind of location of knowing that involves the senses, the memory, the history of a family or a tribe.