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30 Days of Love: ‘calling in’ and room for compassion
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Britton Gildersleeve
“Calling in” is a new term for me. During the 30 Days of Love project, I’ve learned several new things — vocabulary is only 1 piece of it. I had to go to the original article, after reading today’s prompt. Calling people out on racism, heterosexism, or just plain hatefulness is a calling for me…
30 Days of Love: faith and social justice
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Britton Gildersleeve
Today’s 30 Days of Love prompt is to look at the social justice programs of another faith. Initially I thought I’d write about engaged Buddhism again, as many Americans are unfamiliar with it. But when I went to look for social justice images to use in today’s post, I found this one, courtesy of U.…
30 Days of Love: drawing birds, getting it wrong, and compassion vs. love
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Britton Gildersleeve
This is not a great goldfinch sketch. BUT…. it’s measurably better than last year’s birds (see below). Because I’ve spent a YEAR drawing crappy birds. 🙂 And they’ve grown slightly less wretched each month. Here’s the kicker: you have to be able to look at the early birds ( 🙂 ) to see the progress.…
30 Days of Love: blending faiths
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Britton Gildersleeve
In keeping with the 30 Days of Love project, I’m thinking about how it works with my own beliefs, with Buddhism, specifically. As many faith traditions do, they intersect in many productive ways. Engaged Buddhism fits well with the theme of today’s 30 Days of Love blog post, for instance: voting rights. I have stood…
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