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Feb 5ALERT: Your account XXXXXX5301 has a balance of 61.00 (balance is less than 200.00)Alert balances will be based on the Current Balance in the account at the end of each processing day for DDA and Savings. Loans will be based on the Payoff Balance at the end of each processing day.If you have questions regarding your account, please contact The Peoples Bank of Gambier.

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From BFFE 2007this was stolen from me when I first moved to the west side... I still think of her often. If you have any leads or have seen anything like it on the streets, let me know... also if you want to print this off and go staple it to telephone posts around your village, feel free

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we are leaving today for indiana....My sister's in-laws attend a friends church in Winchester IN and we are going there this sunday to hang out and make new "friends"! dave will be caring for the chickens and the starts while we are away...

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http://franklinton.wordpress.com/

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Jack Kerouac on H1N1They need to worry and betray time with urgencies false and otherwise, purely anxious and whiny, their souls really won't be at peace unless they can latch on to an established and proven worry and having once found it they assume facial expressions to fit and go with it, which is, you see, unhappiness, and all the time it all flies by them and they know it and that too

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AKRON, Pa. -- The Washington Office of Mennonite Central Committee(MCC) U.S. has joined other religious groups in asking Congress topass legislation protecting millions of acres of land.The Public Land Management Omnibus Act would establish wildernessareas in West Virginia, protect mountainous land in Wyoming and wouldprovide Congressional authorization to permanently recognize theNational

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spent today preparing a space for seeds. I added some additional insulation to a small cinderblock room in the cellar and threw in a space heater and should have water to the room within the week. Started some onions (copra)... should be a good storage onion from fedco catalog... Hard medium-sized storage onions with blocky round shapes and thin necks. The standard storage onion for commercial

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Super Bowl halftime sponsor Bridgestone Firestone continues to exploit workers in LiberiaFriday, January 30 2009 @ 11:04 AM CSTContributed by: WorkerFreedomViews: 66SportsSince 1926, Bridgestone Firestone has operated the world's largest rubber plantation in Harbel, Liberia . Workers on the plantation have long faced incredibly poor living and working conditions. Firestone rubber tappers live in

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This was the goal of the leaf and the root,For this did the blossom burn its hour.This little grain is the ultimate fruit.This is the awesome vessel of power.For this is the source of the root and the bud...World unto world unto world remolded.This is the seed, compact of God,Wherein all mystery is enfolded.- Georgie Starbuck GalbraithKerri and I placed our seed order this week. Kerri also baked

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The New York TimesJanuary 5, 2009Op-Ed ContributorsA 50-Year Farm BillBy WES JACKSON and WENDELL BERRYTHE extraordinary rainstorms last June caused catastrophic soil erosion in the grain lands of Iowa, where there were gullies 200 feet wide. But even worse damage is done over the long term under normal rainfall - by the little rills and sheets of erosion on incompletely covered or denuded

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Yesterday was spent in the kitchen... baking pies, singing songs, feeding my children. It was rich and rewarding. I recently read how stability and love inform one another and bring a deep rich contentment that is hard to explain. It brings me a "calmness of heart that allows a deeper, slower growth."Never could I have imagined that at Christmas 2008 I would be awaiting the arrival of my

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Iron & Wine is scheduled to perform their song "Flightless Bird, American Mouth" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday, January 5, 2009. "Flightless..." was recently been featured in the film Twilight and is also included on the Twilight Soundtrack. The song was originally released on the Iron & Wine album, The Shepherd's Dog.

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prolific freestylek'naan brings a voice to the voiceless somalians in this countyMy somali friend and I listened hand in hand here at work to a number of his songs. he also introduced me to sadar ali

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http://ammenda.livejournal.com/

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Circular Painting from Fly on the Wall on Vimeo.

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I guess caring about human life makes you a terrorist these daysMd. Police Listed Green Group As Terrorist

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SOLDIERS OF CONSCIENCENational PBS Broadcast on the "P.O.V." Series:Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 9pm ** Check listings for local broadcast date and time:http://www.pbs.org/pov/tvschedule.php"Has an eloquence and passion that will open hearts as well as eyes."- The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTheir country asked them to kill. Their hearts asked them to stop.A documentary film about our

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IMG_1044Originally uploaded by estetlerthey keep climbing

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IMG_1052Originally uploaded by estetlerhot stuff making brownies

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SUSTAINABILITY NEWS OF THE WEEK: POSITIVE SOLUTIONS-- FROM PANIC TO ORGANIC While consumers struggle to fuel their cars and put food on the table, oil companies (like ExxonMobil, BP and ConocoPhillips) and seed companies (like Monsanto, Cargill and ADM) are raking in record profits. In a fiery essay posted on the Common

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By Tim ShenkAKRON, Pa. -- Longtime peace advocate Titus Peachey said he is amazedand pleased that 111 countries formally agreed to adopt a ban oncluster bombs at a recent international conference that he attendedin Dublin, Ireland.Peachey, director of peace education for Mennonite Central Committee(MCC) U.S., said that the ban is a great step toward ending the useof a weapon that kills civilians

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so we've moved to the west side of dwntwn columbus... life is great, but something is missinga local coffee shopView Larger Map

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She is the strongest woman I know.I love her more than anyone on the earth.She is brilliant.She is compassionate.She is dedicated.She posesses wisdom .She takes NO bullshit.She is beautiful.She is so much more, and more.

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By Tina SchragNORTH NEWTON, Kan. -- Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Central States isresponding to a May 12 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid atAgriprocessors meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa.In the raid, 389 workers without documentation of citizenship or otherlegal status were captured and detained. ICE had a caravan of buses readyto cart the people away to the National

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Another World is Nececssary: Anarchism, Christianity and the Race from the White HouseAugust 15-16, 2007Columbus, Ohio As election fever rises throughout the United States and the contest for the White House becomes more fierce, the masses will clamor for a new Commander in Chief to assume the seat of American power. This year, it seems as if the game has changed as a female candidate appears to

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WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Soaring food prices threaten to increase globalhunger and poverty -- two issues at the forefront of Mennonite CentralCommittee (MCC) programs in many countries.In the last month, serious food riots have taken place in 10countries where MCC offers programs relating to food security.Unrest over food prices in Haiti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso,Indonesia and many other

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My friend asked me today: do you have a suggestion for someone that has a terrible diet at this point to get started on a healthy sustainable diet. Both good for me and environmentally/economically sustainable. A starter diet if you will. Weight loss and colon cleansing would be natural outcomes but even necessarily the central motivation....also, honestly there is no doubt I could use both.

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around our house these days....boys all dressed for easter serviceDavid Rowe hangs with Evanst. johnsEvan with his new elmo roos and elmo booksome berry scones i madebrotherly loveexperimenting... resorted to plastic... oh well. I'll build those cold frames one dayearly march seedingmore david rowedudes make art here quite a bit.here's evan making his morning smoothie

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read about this documentary in the sunday ny times.http://www.thegreenhorns.net/home.htmlif there is enough interest I would buy it and host a showing.article {here}

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Cathleen Hockman-Wert – co-author of the Simply in Season cookbook – will headline Sustainable Food and Farming Conference 2008, set for March 7-9, 2008, at Laurelville Mennonite Church Center in western Pennsylvania. “Growing and Eating Simply in Season” is the theme for this biennial event at the intersection of Christian faith and innovative farming that builds farms, families and community.

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He plants annuals, packets the old lady gives him- nasturtiums, poppies, sweet peas, petunias.He loves folding the hoed ridge of crumbs of soil over the seeds.Sealed, they cease to be his.The simplicity.Getting rid of something by giving it to itself.-Rabbit, Run, John Updike

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something stinksit smells like deathi smell it at my workplacei smell it in the churchi smell it in my own lifeI believe that it is tragicIt is a tragic misrepresentation of the The WayIt's what I like to call the "False American Gospel"simply stated... my life + Jesus = my better lifeOr what some folks call "prosperity gospel" or "health and wealth gospel" ...I think the widely accepted

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a new book in the mail today...books by this pioneer of the liberation theology movement contain statements that are “either erroneous or dangerous,” according to a formal Vatican notification, “and may cause harm to the faithful.”sounds like a good readJesuit theologian Jon Sobrino has this to say about his new collection of essays No Salvation Outside the Poor: Prophetic-Utopian Essays"The

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IRAQ: An open letter to the U.S. Administration, State Department and Defense Department regarding Turkish bombing of Kurdish civiliansWe are members of Christian Peacemaker Teams, presently living and working in the Kurdish north of Iraq. We have closely watched the news reports that detail the Turkish military invasions and bombings of Kurdish territory over the last five months. We note that

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"It is better that the United States be liquidated than that she survive by war." - Dorothy Day

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(the above caption is Peggy involved in the training Muslim Peacemaking Teams)Christian Peacemaker Teams are to be remembered during this season. Many people are doing the work of peace around the globe even now. We remember Art and Peggy GishThe following is an email I received last week. Peggy is in Iraq and her husband art is serving in Hebron.23 December 2007IRAQ REFLECTION: The Light

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This is my delight, thus to wait and watch at the waysidewhere shadow chases light and the rain comes in the wake of the summer.Messengers, with tidings from unknown skies, greet me and speed along the road.My heart is glad within, and the breath of the passing breeze is sweet. From dawn till dusk I sit before my door,and I know that of a sudden the happy moment will arrive when I shall see.In

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The past few months have been quite a ride... As many know I finished my prerequisites at Columbus State for Nursing School. I applied to Mount Carmel College of Nursing and did not get in. It was very discouraging to me, but Kerri and I resolved to keep our head up and find "plan G". So I decided to heavily seek full time employment and found some good leads and apply to other programs. I

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I'm proud of her

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Greg Rosser is scheduled for a house visit this Monday, November 12th, from 7:30-9pm. Greg is a mentor of mine. I would not be where I am today (wherever that is) without his influence. Although Greg is a student of Spiritual Formation, I consider him to be a teacher. So come and meet my friend Greg on Monday night.

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Old friends from the Spring Valley Community are coming tomorrow afternoon to visit. Feel free to stop by and visit with us.

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We must remember that there is nothing in life that is not dangerous, and the greatest danger of all is not firearms, is not edged tools, is not wild beasts, is not tornadoes or earthquakes, avalanches or floods, but it is Luxury; expressed in boy language, it is ice cream, soda water, candy, servants and automobiles; it is everything which tends to make a boy dependent upon others and soft in

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Against the wind Originally uploaded by * Michail *

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For some time now, Kerri and I have been eager to bring our friends under one roof and hear from some people we respect, admire, know, wish we knew, etc. We are wanting space in our lives to learn from some people who have "gone before".So we invite you to our home at 197 Dakota for coffee and conversation.Art Gish is scheduled for a house visit this Thursday, Oct 25th, from 7:30-9pm. Art and

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a good day spent with strong men on the small farm just over the railroad tracks from here. not a hawk in sight and the chickens were quiet. a stiff fall breeze filled my lungs while we spread compost and shared good memories of last years garlic harvest. a rain is coming inso we work fastanother good day spent with a longtime friend. working side by side we share all there is to know of our

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who's in for capture the flag, downtown Columbus?http://www.newmindspace.com/capturetheflag2007.php

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not sure what to pray about?Pray that next week's Ontario provincial election will bring greater justicefor indigenous peoples including the Algonquins who are seeking to protecttheir traditional lands from uranium exploration without their consent.

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trey, the smile on your face... shere joy.... the gap in your teeth. your rosy cheeks. you cuddle up next to us in bed to fall asleep on my chest. old men... smile at the young men around youshow them all of your teeth... teach them with your peace that life adds up to more that being a hard ass. making dinner and enjoying one another. I think this is what our family does best. cooking is

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Diego Irarrazaval C., speaking of the Chilean liberation struggle, said,... I want to clarify the basis of our reflection. We are coming to realize that the fundamental root of Christian thought is the question: What is to be done? This is not a doctrinal question like: What do we believe? Nor is it a moral question we raise: How are we to do good? Given our commitment to those who suffer

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We are finally home here in franklinton. Residential guests is what I like to think of ourselves. That will be our status for years here I believe. It's truly a different world here ... 2miles from where we used to lay our heads at night. Two nights after we moved in we got our "welcome" to the neighborhood. It was after dark and I was getting ready for bed. As I looked over the back yard I

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Quick blog here to ease the pain of studies:in alphabetical order slightly adapted from a really great blog 1. baseball: I went to a ballgame. beers and peanuts. It was the most american I have felt in years. 2. beards: they just keep growing, if you let them, and lord knows I like to! perfect winter cover, and somehow in my head is my link to monasticism, Anabaptists, Appalachian culture

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berries for the birds and the beeslettuces and cukes (let me know if you want some chinese yellow cukes for your garden)grapes for everyoneraspberriespotatoes... and the beautiful potato flowera princess (not in my yard, but it was good to see the smiths this wknd)and a sweet old cruiser

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK: WHEN THE ENTIRE PLANET SHOPS AT WAL-MART"Worldwide, so many people shop at Wal-Mart that this year 7.2 billion visits will be made to Wal-Mart stores. Earth's population is only 6.5 billion, so this year the equivalent of every person on the plant will visit a Wal-Mart, with more than half a billion visits left over." Charles Fishman, "The Wal-Mart Effect," 2006via OCA

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david rawlings is absolutely the finest acousticdavid rawlings is nothing short of a masterpiecedavid rawlings is always saying things like 'if we ever make it we'll buy real guitarsdavid rawlings is still arounddavid rawlings is one of my favorite parts of the albumdavid rawlings is a special treatdavid rawlings is a gift from goddavid rawlings is at her flank; together they recorded timedavid

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I wrote this a few years back... a conversation with some friends about taxes/tax resistance brought it to mind. I hope it is still true in my life.Dear Money,Some are at ease with you, others feel guilty about having you as their own, others... ambivalent. some dread the thought of life without you claiming that you will make life easier than it might otherwise be. personally I wish I wasn't

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Hi friends of Just This Farm: If you are interested in getting excellent quality grass fed beef this year, raised at Just This Farm, I have a proposal for you. For the last several years I have been purchasing heifers in early May from another farm, and then keeping them here at Just This Farm for six months. While they are here, I use a rotational grazing system, so that they are eating high

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Our "Justice" System. Apathy Is DeathOur justice system isn't any where close to rehabilitative. In fact, it is more destructive than anything else. Have you ever hung out with educated people who have been in and out of jail before? They exist. They have MA's and BA's. They have wives and kids and families, and they want to be a part of the Church. They want to have a good job and help

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birder's delight Audubon Ohio is developing the state’s first urban Audubon Nature Center at the Whittier Peninsula site, which has been designated an Important Bird Area of critical habitat. The most exciting element in the Audubon Center project is the opportunity to build within the downtown community. We will empower urban youth to enjoy and protect the nature in their own backyard instead of

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today is a good day. lent 4 cJesus' story of the lost son (Luke 15:11b-32) is clearly shaped by the experience of the ‘lost’ children of Israel - the lost and reclaimed children of the forgiving God. (Joshua 5:9-12).So today we will sow seeds for a garden. It will hopefully produce food. I'm sure the children of Israel were hopeful as they planted those first crops in the land of Canaan. See

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When I tell the homeless man at the shelter that he has a great beard his face lights up...well, here... see for yourself and fall in love with humanityhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/all_the_names_are_already_taken_pfff/sets/1705874/show/

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well, this is exciting...__________________________________currently playing:: akron family

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I handed in my application for school this week. Here's how my 300 word essay came out:Why do you want to become a Nurse?The first thought that comes to my mind when I think of nursing is servanthood. I see it as a position in society that requires selflessness. This level of engagement with suffering leads me to believe that only those with a deep commitment to human need will be able to

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February 20, 2007WINNIPEG, Man. - Over 8,000 olive tree saplings will be planted this spring in the Occupied Palestinian Territories to replace olivegroves that have been uprooted.The campaign, Keep Hope Alive, makes it possible for individuals,churches and organizations from other countries to help Palestinianfarmers maintain their land and source of income, said MennoniteCentral Committee peace

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A PB&J will slow global warming. Next time you have one you'll reduce your carbon footprint by saving the equivalent of 2.5 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions over an average animal-based lunch like a hamburger, a tuna sandwich, grilled cheese, or chicken nuggets. That's about forty percent of what you'd save driving around for the day in a hybrid instead of a standard sedan. If you were going to

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I have some friends that might be eligible for something like this...http://mcc.org/salt/

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I got called in to the shelter tonight. It's been a slow night (if you don't count the heart attack and the sudden seizure in the office doorway). I'm hanging with "brother dave" tonight. He's older with arthritis and can't lay down for very long, so He and I have been chillin at the front desk. He has family in dayton, but got hung up in cbus for a stint. He is a rather impressive man with

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Readings:Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 or Isaiah 58:1-12;Psalm 51:1-17;2 Corinthians5:20b-6:10;Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21.Fasting and Repentanceby Claire EvansAsh Wednesday is a day set aside by Christians for fasting and repentance, atime to examine our lives and return to God's path. Fasting can be aspiritual discipline that undergirds prayer. In a small way, it can putthose of us who are well fed in

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what do you think of this?http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2846568

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A brief update...I'm half way through my first qtr of "back to school". If you read my wife's blog (kerristetler.blogspot.com) then you might already know that I'm going back to school to become a nurse. Reason: we are moving to franklinton (largest white ghetto in the nation only 2miles from where we live currently) and Kerri and I decided to fully involve ourselves in that neighborhood

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PRAYERS FOR PEACEMAKERS, Thurs., Feb. 01, 2007Pray for the small Christian Peacemaker Team in northern Iraq. They are under considerable stress right now as they deal with difficult situations in new and uncertain conditions. Pray for wisdom and safety.--------------------------Doug PritchardChristian Peacemaker TeamsToronto ON, Canada

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Dr. Howard Zehr, professor and co-director of the Center forJustice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), willpresent "Doing Justice on the Healing Edge" at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13,in Founders Hall, as a part of Bluffton University's weekly Forumseries. This event is free and open to the public. Zehr is widely known as a major restorative justice pioneer. Hiswork with the

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Don't forget to pray for these folks EVERY DAYWhat would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war?Read about how this army reduces violence by getting in the way

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when I own a home again, I think I'll install a urinal if there is space for itsaves waterno more missingeasy to clean

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Low carb diet? I won't make fun if you've tried one. But, just so you know why you felt like crap, or in case you were thinking about trying a diet that would send your cholesterol through the roof, drain your brain power, gain twice as much weight back when you finally snap and cause you to be fatigued, cranky, generally miserable and constantly hungry... I give you the following:Carbohydrates

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The Food Politics: Change the world just by buying certain foods.http://gaia.org.pt/?q=node/1027

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i think i want to go here

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http://cornucopia.org/index.php/206

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Compassion for a Suicide BomberNowadays we learn that there are many young people in the Mideast, they are ready to die, to blow themselves up with a bomb in order to kill as many as possible. We call them terrorists, and we believe that in order for the world to be peaceful, you have to kill all these terrorists. So you invest a lot of money and energy into what you call the war against terror.

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http://picasaweb.google.com/estetler/TurkeyBowl

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My friend Corbin recently posted on the need for societal transformation. One point of emphasis was the need for local and regional identity. While it wasn't his main point or emphasis, I feel as though this identity can become so strong as to chip away at the individualism of our society. I saw this happening when I visited my parents in Uniontown, OH. There is some fascinating history in the

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today...Dear Eric :Thank you for considering Mount Carmel as a possible career choice, and taking the time to apply for the Receptionist- PT/32hr position.We have reviewed your application and credentials and, unfortunately, we are not moving forward with your job candidacy at this time. We are focusing on other candidates with experiences and/or skills that more closely match our needs for

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Immigrant workers earn a piece of an organic farmA year after the trade agreement took effect, Tortoledo joined hundreds of thousands of migrant farmers in a desperate search for work. Some drifted to northern Mexico to pick tomatoes for seven dollars a day. But others, like Tortoledo, endured often treacherous journeys to the U.S. to earn farmworker wages that were higher than Mexico's, yet

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this is a real good episode... It is worth watching.

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A couple people have commented on the photograph of Wendell below. It was taken by Jonathan Williams in Port Royal, Kentucky back in 1970. Here you will find more of his photography of some real great people. Like this guy and him too, oh... and this long time friend of the late Jack Kerouac.

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Treehugger.com has issued the 100 Mile Thanksgiving ChallengeThe farm I work at is offering a way to make it happen.

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...our destruction of nature is not just bad stewardship, or stupid economics, or a betrayal of family responsibility; it is the most horrid blasphemy. It is flinging God's gifts into his face, as of no worth beyond that assigned to them by our destruction of them. To Dante, "despising Nature and her gifts" was a violence against God.(n3) We have no entitlement from the Bible to exterminate or

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O Lord,You came and set foot on desert groundparched:cracked:brokenYou revealed to us your love, yet it was an alien lovea love we didn't recognizeor understandYet everywhere you set foot became gladblossomed:bloomedYou walked strait into our brokenesswith our feeble handsweak kneescaloused eyesdeaf earsand gave strength and understanding as a GIFTYou showed us The Wayand offered to carry us to

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I'm selling my Chevy PrismManual Transmission that gets close to 40 MILES PER GALLON hwy it's like a PRIUS... but cheaper... (and not quite the same gas mileage)any takers?

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Kelly posted this: Does God Allow His Children to Be Poor?God allows both Christians and non-Christians to experience every form of suffering known to the human race, just as He allows His blessings to fall on both. Poverty, like other forms of suffering, is relative, as Lars and I were reminded while we were in India. Our country's definition of the "poverty level" would mean unimaginable

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The farm is changing as new fall greens, turnips, sweet potatoes, squash, and spinach move up through the soil. Weeds are down. Plenty of garlic orders to fill. I was able to take the boys out with me this past weekend. I helped them feed chickens, collect eggs, feed the turkeys and the cows... I hope they remember what they experienced.The work ahead is overwhelming... cleaning out the

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