Immigration
A friend asked me a few days ago what I thought about the current immigration debate in the US. This is my response. My response to this may initially seem oblique, for reasons that I hope are clear by the … Read More
Patience
posted in: Prison Notes
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We’ve noticed a pattern, that we do not hear from L, except on her terms. When she needs something she will call, but apart from that she seems to stay apart from us. That’s okay, forcing will not work; when … Read More
A Generous Response
posted in: Bits and Pieces
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L, the single mother with four kids at home for whom we recently spontaneously gathered a sum to pay her electric bill, responded in an unusual way a few weeks ago. After her public assistance had come through, she said … Read More
Generous Community Redux
posted in: Bits and Pieces
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A generous community must respond in the crisis of the other, not in its own convenience. F and M, the couple for whom All Saints recently threw a shower, did have their child, a little boy. He had a minor … Read More
Becoming a Generous Community
All Saints is a small parish, perhaps 30-50 depending on the Sunday. We are seeing the beginnings of something that over the last few years I have found that I deeply desire, to find an expression of authentic community centered … Read More
Reflections on growing up in the Church of Christ
[3 Sep 2023: I edited the post to remove references to clarify and smooth it; in particular I removed all uses of the word ‘progressive.’ When I wrote it in 2006 I was not sensitive to the baggage that ‘progressive’ … Read More
Verità e Cultura
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Spesso la costanza della verità si è mutuata, e si mutua, in una costanza culturale. Insomma riduce la verità in una prassi, una forma. D’accordo, la verità può e deve infatti esprimersi in cultura, ma ridurre la verità in cultura … Read More
Egregio Sig. Marchese:
All’egregio sig. Marchese, della vecchia villa ai piedi della Via San Giacomo Apostolo 4, Cornigliano, a Genova, durante gli anni 1971-1973: dopo tanti anni Le scrivo dalla distanza geografica dell’America e dalla distanza temporale di trentaquattro anni. Le scrivo in … Read More
Perdere
posted in: Bits and Pieces
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Oggi è stato difficile. È fallito il ventilatore CPU di lgw, che nello spegnere il sistema ha distrutto la strutture del disco. Ho dovuto trasferire il servizio su alfredo, perdendo la giornata intera. Almeno sembra stabile ora. Non ho dormito … Read More
Culture and Truth
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Most people confuse their culture for truth.