{"id":48,"date":"2008-10-24T18:31:35","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T18:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/textmessages\/2008\/10\/the-unshakeable-october-24-edi.html"},"modified":"2008-10-24T18:31:35","modified_gmt":"2008-10-24T18:31:35","slug":"the-unshakeable-october-24-edi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/textmessages\/2008\/10\/the-unshakeable-october-24-edi.html","title":{"rendered":"The Unshakeable, October 24 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday, I&#8217;ll try to post a few things&#8211;maybe 3, maybe 10&#8211;that stuck with me this week, wouldn&#8217;t leave me alone, and probably won&#8217;t be going anywhere anytime soon. IOW, the best kind of reading.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This week&#8217;s list:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>From Culture11.com, <a href=\"http:\/\/\">Thomas Chatteron Williams on what a Barack Obama presidency can mean for black America<\/a><\/li>\n<li>From Books &amp; Culture, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/books\/web\/2008\/oct20.html\">Andy Crouch on the cultural and human goods that might come from our bleak economy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>From the Episcopal Cafe, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/thesoul\/daily_reading\/only_compost.html\">a metaphorical approach to loss and hardship in your life: treat it like compost<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>From NPR, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/templates\/story\/story.php?storyId=95849670\">a report on how food pantries are already going dry<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On that last note, if you can afford some spare dry or canned goods, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedingamerica.org\/?show_nce=1\">Feeding America can help you find a local food bank in your area that can use it.<\/a>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday, I&#8217;ll try to post a few things&#8211;maybe 3, maybe 10&#8211;that stuck with me this week, wouldn&#8217;t leave me alone, and probably won&#8217;t be going anywhere anytime soon. 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