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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Reality.
This past Saturday we witnessed a scene that has become all too familiar. The casket was opened for the viewing of a young man. Mourners were weeping in the front pews and holding one another for support. The family, with … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Crime, Funeral, Gang, gang crime, God, healing, poverty
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Would You Live Like This? (Part Two)
NP Lanthrum has helped Brothers and Sisters of Love by photographing the living conditions of our friends in Cabrini Green and Back of the Yards that we wrote about two weeks ago. Below are photos of various damages and living conditions. … Continue reading
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Tagged Cabrini Green, Chicago, Chicago Housing Authority, Housing, poverty, South Side Chicago
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Listening for the Kingdom
Readings:1Samuel 3:3b-10; John 1:35-42 The first reading and the Gospel reading this week speak to us on call and on prayer. As a baptized Christian, I believe that God loves us all equally and uniquely. It does beg the question, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Christianity, God, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Lord, vocation
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Would You Live Like This?
Walking through the streets of Jaipur, India, I would take my head scarf and bury my nose. The smell of urination, animal excrement, and decaying garbage mixed with the sand and desert heat to create a thickness almost unbearable. Children … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Chicago Housing Authority, Christian love, fear, poverty, Public housing
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Our? Resolutions
I enter the gym to a crowd of new members trying out equipment in their rarely-used running shoes. The locker room is filled with the chatter of women on their first workout-high. “How wonderful this feels!” They exclaim before the muscle … Continue reading