For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for wrongdoing and yet at the same time remain in touch with their humanity enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed?

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What had begun as a movement to free all black people from racist oppression became...

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The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the...

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I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and...

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For me, forgiveness and compassion are always linked: how do we hold people accountable for...

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I feel like there is always something trying to pull us back into sleep, that...

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Yesterday I was thinking about the whole idea of genius and creative people, and the...