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Janet Jonas is on page 33 of 145 of Holy Stuff of Life: Stories, Poems, And Prayers About Human Things
Forgiveness is gut-wrenching, mind-bending, and plain awe-full work.
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Janet Jonas is on page 22 of 145 of Holy Stuff of Life: Stories, Poems, And Prayers About Human Things
We are charged with re-covering grace in a world that suffers from a nakedness of God.
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Janet Jonas is on page 13 of 145 of Holy Stuff of Life: Stories, Poems, And Prayers About Human Things
"I finally ask him... to explain the spoon. He answers me without looking, 'It's the weapon of a Christian.'" "It is a powerful weapon, an instrument of peace, a source of love and power, a means to Christ's end: feed my lambs. To use the power of a spoons is to employ every skill we possess as peacemakers at the table in the household of God."
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Janet Jonas is on page 17 of 242 of The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back
Service is the rent we pay for the privilege of living on this earth. -Shirley Chisholm
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The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back

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Janet Jonas is reading The Power of Half: One Family's Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back
Intro. Erosion is so much harder to recognize than earthquake damage.
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Janet Jonas is on page 3 of 208 of So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America
By the fall of 2011, one in seven people, and one in four children, were receiving food stamps.
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So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America

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Janet Jonas is reading So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America
Intro p xviii. Public policy is essential, but so is civic action. The millions of one-on-one, one-by-one connections that occur every day, both professionally and through volunteering, make a huge difference. Individual responsibility is indispensable, too.
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So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America

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Janet Jonas is reading So Rich, So Poor: Why It's So Hard to End Poverty in America
Intro. "America" and "poverty" are words that should not appear in the same sentence. We are the wealthiest country in the world; that we should have poverty at all is oxymoronic, and that we have the highest child poverty in the industrialized world is downright shameful.
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Janet Jonas is on page 21 of 269 of Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed
Holes are good for making friends, and friends are the best fillers I've found yet. Maybe because other people are the closest we get to God on this side. So when we use them to find God in each other, we become holy.
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Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed

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Janet Jonas is on page 7 of 269 of Carry On, Warrior: Thoughts on Life Unarmed
Life is brutiful. Like stars in a dark sky. Sharing life's brutiful is what makes us feel less alone and afraid.
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Janet Jonas is on page 106 of 256 of Walk in a Relaxed Manner: Life Lessons from the Camino
Struggles are the fertilizer for spiritual growth.
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Walk in a Relaxed Manner: Life Lessons from the Camino

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Janet Jonas is on page 17 of 168 of Take My Hand: A Theological Memoir
You can't be a Christian by yourself.
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Take My Hand: A Theological Memoir

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Janet Jonas is on page 16 of 168 of Take My Hand: A Theological Memoir
Hospitality, then, is a spiritual discipline... (it) is the practice of meeting with friends or strangers so that we can meet God. We share a meal and share a laugh; we open our homes and open our hearts; and we discover Emmanuel - God with us.
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Janet Jonas is on page 53 of 135 of Blessed Are the Pacifists: The Beatitudes And Just War Theory
Empty people do not bring canned solutions or panaceas - they listen to what others have today about issues and possible solutions.
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Janet Jonas is on page 52 of 135 of Blessed Are the Pacifists: The Beatitudes And Just War Theory
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Those who know themselves to be empty (meekness and humility are kinds of emptiness - not claiming knowledge, power, or standing) will inherit the kingdom. Empty of what?
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Janet Jonas is on page 18 of 135 of Blessed Are the Pacifists: The Beatitudes And Just War Theory
There is no merit in loving only those who love us.
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Janet Jonas is on page 102 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
Salvation is not so much going to heaven when we die but about heaven coming to earth. Salvation includes a profound harmony with God, the creation, and one another.
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Janet Jonas is on page 100 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
AM Lindbergh : "Man had to free himself from earth to perceive both it's diminutive place in a solar system and it's inestimable value as a life-fostering planet. We see our planet earth with detachment, with tenderness, with some shame and pity, but at last also with love."
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Janet Jonas is on page 94 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
God loves is at least as much as the one who loves us most.
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Janet Jonas is on page 80 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
The garden is the perfect place to learn... death and resurrection all over the place.
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Janet Jonas is on page 71 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
As people of faith, it is time to rethink our throwaway mentality. Our current course of continual consumption and planned obsolescence exacts an outrageous price: The poor of the world die that the wealthy may live. We must find a new way.
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Janet Jonas is on page 73 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
No matter how much money you may have, affluence can never take the place of abundance.
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Janet Jonas is on page 68 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
Our wealth symbolizes a hidden poverty... rich in things but poor in spirit.
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Janet Jonas is on page 66 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
Going green is not a checklist of deprivations to endure, habits to change, or things to but. Going green is ultimately about respecting the well-being of every community on earth... even future generations who have yet to be born are part of our community
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Janet Jonas is on page 65 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
Matt. 6:25b. The Bible envisions a different kind of life for us: a life focused not on what we privately possess but on what we share in common.
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Janet Jonas is on page 64 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
Matt. 6:20a. The word heaven is a Jewish way of referring to God. Storing up treasure, then, means serving others and honoring God by doing so.
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Janet Jonas is on page 53 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
philopatry - love of homeland.
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Janet Jonas is on page 49 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
The Scriptures call us tone stewards of the creation; science lets us know how we are doing at it.
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Janet Jonas is on page 41 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
As we think about reducing our impact on the earth, there is no better place to turn than to the Bible for guidance. It contains the first environmentally friendly law on the books, the covenant of sabbath.
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Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!

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Janet Jonas is on page 41 of 114 of Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice!
As we think about reducing our impact on the earth, there is no better place to turn than to the Bible for guidance. It contains the first environmentally friendly law on the books, the covenant of sabbath.
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