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Encounters with the Common Good

Posted on April 29, 2019 in the Religious Affairs, Thought for Today category

I know  I am not alone in struggling not to be overwhelmed at times by all the negativity in so many words and acts,  a sense of despair about the  state of the world from Brexit to Trump, via massacres and other man-made disasters. So let me share three  shared encounters in recent days that reminded me that our spirits can be lifted if we allow  other less binary, less visceral and conflictive human narratives to give us direction and a  sense of  common purpose. The first was a silent …

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