Facebook Publication Date: 44142.549305556 What is hope? I’ve always thought of hope as an expectation or anticipation of something (something good) that I know will come to fruition. But hope is so much bigger or broader than that, and not nearly always wrapped up in a neat and pretty bow. Hopes can be dashed or…

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Facebook Publication Date: 12/15/2020 13:12 Fifth Night of Hanukkah (yesterday’s post): Accompanying Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17gWxKDdHHimTwgnhvUyCN1ZyLc-_lRZsYTl8z9oqsh0/edit Related website article: https://bit.ly/FifthNightofHanukkah Permalink: https://www.facebook.com/laceonrace/posts/pfbid08aFhewUzfjDmNJFdV3dZmCkuKMCJS27RfGWUGsic5EKrN1W3M9MorTFS2cNYQChql Post Type: Link Caption Type: N/A Is Cross Post: 0 Is Share: 0 Impressions: 1 Reach: 1 Reactions: 0 Comments: 4 Shares: 0  

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Facebook Publication Date: 44140.590972222 From Julie Conason: Do me one GREAT BIG FAVOR. Please, please, please MISS ME with any BS about *this is not who we are* and *we’re better than this* because first of all, I’ve been saying this is utter nonsense for years; second of all, who is the “we”? And thirdly,…

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Facebook Publication Date: 44141.090972222 We knew this was coming. As late Returns come in, most of which favor Biden, the writing is on the wall. And he would rather commit administrative and constitutional arson than to allow a legitimate vote tally to stand. This is beyond irresponsible. This is beyond incendiary. This comes close to…

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Facebook Publication Date: 12/25/2020 7:12 In this reflection from Roslyn Bouier, we experience the anticipation of the Child from the eyes of an impoverished and marginalized woman of color. It’s so glossed over, isn’t it? The Magnificat is a manifesto, which if it had been truly heard and not metaphor-ized and ‘spiritualized’ into meaningless spoken…

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Facebook Publication Date: 12/24/2020 7:12 Dispatch from Behind the Dumpster I wrote this last year to complement the original post by Jason Chestnut, which you will also find below. This adaptation, showing how God is found in dirty rags used to wipe up Slurpees and those awful 7-Eleven hot dog juices stopped me short. This…

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Facebook Publication Date: 12/21/2020 7:12 Eighth Night of Hanukkah – Hesed: Accompanying Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EwDeVKmaHhj3YLmik7M3KJc0KYGj_MUso44et7I5E5U/edit Related website post: http://bit.ly/EighthNightofHanukkah Permalink: https://www.facebook.com/laceonrace/posts/pfbid02xmbVtSRHd3Ld1TXUoDuUcpM7i1Bk8BuekXUZ7rtL8L4PQkFY7yKV9TxunurWxMX1l Post Type: Link Caption Type: N/A Is Cross Post: 0 Is Share: 0 Impressions: 1 Reach: 1 Reactions: 0 Comments: 3 Shares: 0  

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Facebook Publication Date: 12/19/2020 15:12 Seventh Night of Hanukkah: Accompanying Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MD9kQ86TNaZwy6RIp7OMFbl-da_NPTnDYWAkvSO_50k/edit Related website post: http://bit.ly/SeventhNightofHanukkah Permalink: https://www.facebook.com/laceonrace/posts/pfbid02t9hiS4R2Vgsi9RhfqwyjsXLSnFTGr3wyPXGH2RYmydwC13t1ShRzhCFaiTVsoVdFl Post Type: Link Caption Type: N/A Is Cross Post: 0 Is Share: 0 Impressions: 1 Reach: 1 Reactions: 0 Comments: 3 Shares: 0  

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Facebook Publication Date: 12/19/2020 15:12 BEING THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THE WORDS WE SPEAK: “There is a great deal of Jewish commentary on speech—about gossip, shaming, lying, and more—and a verse from the biblical book of Proverbs warns, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” This may seem hyperbolic, until you consider this quote…

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Facebook Publication Date: 11/25/2020 7:11 Have you found yourself quoting the words of a Black activist, past or present, but ESPECIALLY activists of the past who are no longer living? Did you interpret those words to be defending or in anyway justifying thoughts that involve controlling, diminishing, demeaning, glossing over, softening, etc. what Black people…

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