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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.
December 21, 2009 in Prison System (riptide), Social Justice, Violence - Prevention and Response by lms
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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!
December 21, 2009 in Prayer and Praise, Prison System (riptide), Skillful Communication, Social Justice by lms
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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 language and concepts used to describe us. When we are not called mad dogs, animals, Read more
December 21, 2009 in Prison System (riptide), Skillful Communication by lms
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