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It’s about relationships
I was in Chicago for several days this week with two fellow Franciscans, Bp. Rafe Adams and Br. Ray Knapp. We met for the purpose of beginning a major revision of the constitution of the Franciscans of...
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Guerrilla gardening
I spent this past weekend in Washington, DC, participating in a training program and launch event for Franciscan Earth Corps, the newest project of the Franciscan Action Network (FAN). It was a great...
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Celebrating San Damiano
Sts. Cosmas and Damian Though we celebrated it last Saturday, today is our official titular feast — the feast of Sts. Cosmas and Damian. Twin brothers born in the third century in what is now Turkey,...
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Hands on
A powerful image of Pope Francis has been making the social media rounds. Indeed, there are several photos of him embracing and kissing a man who suffers from horrible disfiguration due to...
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On conversion
St. Francis embraces the leper. I met a homeless man today. That is not terribly unusual, of course. We have been involved with homeless people for years as a parish community. What was unusual was the...
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“Trendy”? So old, it’s new again
“Ash Wednesday on the Go” photo in Arkansas Democrat-Gazette On Ash Wednesday this year, working with St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, we offered our third “Ashes on the Go” event, spending the day in a...
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Of rules and relationships
I want my tagline back. When the San Damiano community began to meet at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in January 2007, we also began to run a weekly ad in the Arkansas Times. Our little ads have been...
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Tuesdays with Bryan
The meeting reminder popped up yesterday afternoon as it does every Monday: “Bryan — Tomorrow at 7:30 AM, Root”. The appointment has been on my weekly calendar since December, when we decided to go...
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This is bigotry, not religious liberty
As you probably know, Arkansas has been making the national news for the work of its legislature, and not in a good way. The passage of SB 202, with the misleading title of “Intrastate Commerce...
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Baltimore
Demonstrator atop damaged Baltimore police car (Click to enlarge.) We don’t get it, though it’s right before our eyes. The years of abuse and violence have created endemic pain, mistrust, anger,...
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