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Paying It Behind

James M. Lynch | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living


James M. Lynch

Pay it Forward is a 10-year-old movie but the concept wasn't new then and it's not used up yet. The potential to virally spread goodness and beauty is more fertile now than ever.

Relying on the Kindness of Strangers

Leslie Goldman | Posted 06.05.2009 | Living


Leslie Goldman

As I walked around town looking generally pathetic with my hand wrapped in a giant cloud of gauze, I was pleasantly surprised at how quick strangers were to help me.

Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows: Jesus Wouldn't Have it Any Other Way

Myrna Pérez | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


Myrna Pérez

The collaboration giving rise to the Poverty Forum is surely a blessed event. I hope, however, that soon it becomes an ordinary one.

Will A Vow Of Poverty Fill The Void In My Soul?

Jim Luce | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living


Jim Luce

As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...