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Another grass roots compassion song
In another post, we ask the question”what if all non-harming ministers were to join together in a grass roots movement leading their communities in song, fostering an ethic of sharing and understanding, and open hearted compassion towards the last and least, right here in our country.” Here, we offer yet another possibility for ministers interested in teaching mercy and kindness, ministers interested in tackling even more painful and difficult topics, within the context of song, because art can sometimes reach where sermonizing cannot. We offer for your kind consideration, Rough Justice.
Posted in Prison System (riptide), Social Justice (undercurrents), Violence (a riptide)
Tagged abuse, ballad, compassion, grass-roots, music, rape
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A Prison Solace Poem: thoughts are free…
Thoughts are free, who can guess them? They flee by like shadows in the night. No one can know them, no hunter can shoot them,… And if they lock me in a dark dungeon, that would just be futile, because my thoughts tear apart barriers and throw down walls: Thoughts are free! Continue reading
Language sensitivity for people who have been in prison
AN OPEN LETTER TO FRIENDS OF PRISON MINISTRY Dear Friends: One of the primary initiatives of The Riverside Church Metro Prison Ministry is to respond to the negative public perception about people formerly or currently incarcerated as expressed in the … Continue reading
Breakwaters…
category description: a safe place to discuss contentious issues with dangerous undercurrents… Continue reading
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