All throughout America, people of faith are looking with alarm as the poor fare worse, and Congress sets its sites on the few remaining programs left to help them. This is not only cruel, ill advised and short sighted (creating taxpayers is smarter than incarcerating the hopeless), it goes against biblical teachings. One of our Read more
March 25, 2011 in Compassion: for Self and Stranger, Social Justice by lms
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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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“Second Saturday Soul Soup Singalongs” – the song ‘Such a Crime’ offered in the tradition of call and response, in hopes for a grass roots movement fostering compassion towards the last and least. Song and easy guitar chords.
December 17, 2009 in Compassion: for Self and Stranger, Social Justice by lms
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Peter Drucker, the renowned business luminary of the 1980s, has been known to say that the best hope for our country’s problems is if the leadership of the religious groups could possibly come together and find common ground. Surely recent trends in hunger, pointing to the possibility that half of our country’s children can expect to receive food assistance some time during their childhoods, could be one area in which we can agree to come together. Our thought: why not sing for other’s suppers? We will be singing every second Saturday, and Godwilling, some of you will, as well. Here, for your kind consideration, a few songs.
December 11, 2009 in Social Justice by lms
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