Monks of Invention

Canary Books—Nampa, Idaho

It takes a special kind of callousness to steal a Surly—they had to hack their way through decades of good vibes, ignoring the resounding echoes of winsome laughter and pure joy to lay hands on that most sacred of beasts. Mourn freely, my friend.

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A recreation league basketball team of celebrity women pictured.

Pretty fantastic specimen of a documentary that highlights the value of meaningful friendships outside your work world.

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As a hospice chaplain, I work with people who die—it’s inherent to the work itself. What I find intriguing is the relationship one forms with death and dying, which can, strangely enough, be described as a profound mundanity.

Love Thy Neighbor — LEAP Housing

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World's Okayest Pastor What can you say about a pastor whose greatest accomplishment is closing his church?

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Serenity, Firefly Class Ship

Floyd Green CPA—highly recommend. I’ve used them twice setting up a church and a nonprofit.

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A poem by Howard Thurman titled, “Endureth All Things”

“The final vote of man’s spirit—
For what is it cast?”
—Howard Thurman

Well, today we did our first test recording for the podcast…one more to dial things in and we’re off! Once we get a bunch of episodes recorded we’ll be ready to launch!

“Kindness can never be coupled with merit”
—Howard Thurman
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It took a couple years, but I finally got my hands on Thurman’s poems. What a great month for it too! #blackhistorymonth #howardthurman

“I’m any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts…negotiation; selection-purification; and direct action.” MLK
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“In the summer of 1963, am army brandishing only the healing sword of nonviolence humbled the most powerful, the most experienced and the most implacable segregationists in the country (Birmingham).”
Martin Luther King Jr.

We just want to say, if you’re an air traffic controller or work in the industry we see you and trust your expertise in your field!

“ICE field offices have been told to meet a quota of 75 arrests per day, according to two sources, paving the way to surpassing the number of daily arrests in the past year.”

Are there really that many criminals for every field office, every day?

Great episode! Out of curiosity, (and not necessarily in defense of complimentarianism) have you come across much of Nancy Pearcy’s commentary on masculinity?

Thanks for this new (to me) insight!

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“We can never leave behind our concerns in the safe deposit of opinions, nor delegate its force to others and so attain vicarious insights.”
—Rabbi Heschel

“Speculative prosperity is no answer to spiritual bankruptcy.”

—Rabbi Heschel

That’s nuts.

“Excellence honors God and inspires people.”

Not so much a wrong concept as the way it was used to regulate who got to be the face of ministry.

Refusing to let hate have the final word: the hidden history of human rights in Idaho • Idaho Capital Sun Action and nonviolent resistance, an example set by Bill Wassmuth, can counter even the most entrenched forms of hate, writes Jess Westhoff.

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David Whyte: Essentials

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