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Entries by Richard T. Hughes from 01/2011

Echoes From Gettysburg: How We Can Save Our Country--Part 1

| Posted 01.16.2011 | Religion
Read More: American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Arizona Shooting, Gabrielle Giffords, Tuscon Shooting, Division in America, Gettysburg Address, American Dream, The Broken Covenant, Religion News

To put it bluntly, by placing their individual interests ahead of the common good, the American people have betrayed the American dream.

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Echoes From Gettysburg: How Americans Embrace Incivility and Ignore the Poor

| Posted 01.21.2011 | Religion
Read More: American Media Landscape, Chris Hedges, American Public Discourse, Journalistic Incivility, American Civility, American Civil Discourse, Ignoring America's Poor, Journalistic Integrity, Poverty in America, Religion News

In this second post in a three-part series on civility and the common good, we hear the voices of the two African Americans who gathered at the diner that day.

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Echoes From Gettysburg: Restoring Civility With Love

| Posted 01.26.2011 | Religion
Read More: Arizona Shooting, Abraham Lincoln, Christian Right, Gabrielle Giffords, Bible, American Christians, First Corinthians, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Christianity, Religious Right, Gettysburg Address, God Is Love, Civility, I Corinthians 13, Religion News

We never "find" hope at all. Rather, we create hope, and we do so through love, empathy, and compassion. We create hope through the care we bring to any situation.

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