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Tag Archives: losing oneself
Walking City Sidewalks as Acts of Democracy
Not all that long ago I was reading (= listening while driving) to Parker Palmer’s Healing the Heart of Democracy. In it he offered up a solution to the loss of mutual connection that undermines the democratic essence of our … Continue reading
Posted in Fascism, Hope, sidewalks, Spiritual Practice, Travelogue
Tagged against fascism, democracy, losing oneself, Parker Palmer, sidewalks, suburbia, Walter Benjamin
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Practicing the Art of Losing (sermon)
Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Soceity May 4, 2013 Karen G. Johnston Candidate for the Unitarian Universalist Ministry Over the New Year, for the first time in my life, I spent ten days on a Buddhist silent retreat. I was with 93 … Continue reading
Posted in Buddhism, Sermons
Tagged A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Aaron Sachs, Daniel Boone, Elizabeth Bishop, Home, losing oneself, lost, One Art, Rebecca Solnit, silent retreat
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