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What to do with all this anger?
On Lama Rod Owens' Love and Rage
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Jera Brown
Treating the Body Like an Elder
A meditation on the wisdom of the body
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Contemplation is Hella Gay
Reflections on Cassidy Hall's new book Queering Contemplation
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What's The Role of Hope in Activism?
It’s difficult to be hopeful right now. I don’t think I need to name all the reasons why. We’re inundated with bad news every day. And if you’re an…
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Jera Brown
Hip-Hop and the Holy Spirit
On Lenny Duncan's Psalms of My People: A Story of Black Liberation As Told through Hip-Hop
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Being a Good Person is Overrated
Buddhist teacher Lama Rod Owens is calling for a new era of spiritual activists he has labeled new saints. And new saints are not good people.
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On Impoverishment
Reflection on Louise Glück's powerful essay and the relationship between acceptance and resistance
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I asked my ancestors for aid and they gave me more dreams
Reflection on developing an ancestor practice
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Is Balance Overrated?
Striving for Balance Vs Alignment
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Do spiritual motivations matter?
Thoughts on a justice-centered spirituality
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Is Your Self-Care Radical?
Reading Real Self-Care and Rest Is Resistance Together
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Jera Brown
Saying No to the Universe
More on Collaborating with the Universe
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