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a spirited book club dissicoun of See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love, by Valerie Kaur How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valarie Kaur—renowned Sikh activist, filmmaker, and civil rights lawyer—describes revolutionary love as the call of our time, a radical, joyful practice that extends in three directions: to others, to our opponents, and to ourselves. It enjoins us to see no stranger…

Prophets and mystics recognize what most of us do not—that all things have tears and all things deserve tears. – Richard Rohr In his first major work since “The Universal Christ,” Richard Rohr offers a hope-filled model for the world today, grounded in the timeless wisdom of the Hebrew prophets. In “The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage,” Fr. Richard draws on a century of biblical scholarship to breathe new life into ancient wisdom, revealing how some of the lesser-read books of the Bible offer us a crucial path forward today. “The Tears of Things” paves a path of enlightenment for anyone seeking a compassionate way of living in a hurting world. Released on March 4, “The Tears of Things” is available wherever books are sold. Dear Spirited Readers: To learn more about whether this book is for you, take Amazon up on its offer to read a free sample. Here’s a nugget from the Introduction that I find inspiring from where I’m living of late – out here on the exhausting edge of outrage: “My favorite thing about the prophetic books of the Bible,” writes Fr. Rohr, “is that they show a whole series of people in evolution in their understanding of God. Like most of us, the prophets started not only with judgmentalism and anger but also with a superiority complex of placing themselves above others. Then, in various ways, that outlook falls apart over the course of their writings. They move from that anger and judgmentalism to a reordered awareness in which they become more like God: more patient like God, more forgiving like God, more loving like God. Sign me up for some reordered awareness! Let’s talk more about that this month – April 10: 3 pm (Arizona/PDT) Chapters 1 – 5 April 24: 3 pm (Arizona/PDT) Chapters 6 – 10 Sheri Coming Up! Save the Dates, Get the Books: MAY 8 and 22, 2025: See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur JUNE 12 and 26, 2025: How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith by Mariann Edgar Budde

From the moment European settlers reached these shores, the American apocalypse began. But Native Americans did not vanish. Apocalypse did not fully destroy them, and it doesn’t have to destroy us. Pandemics and war, social turmoil and corrupt governments, natural disasters and environmental collapse–it’s hard not to watch the signs of the times and feel afraid. But we can journey through that fear to find hope. With the warnings of a prophet and the lively voice of a storyteller, Choctaw elder and author of Ladder to the Light Steven Charleston speaks to all who sense apocalyptic dread rising around and within.

In Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, Marilyn McEntyre exposes the commercial and political forces that affect public discourse in American culture and counters with twelve constructive “strategies of stewardship”—such as challenging lies, fostering the art of conversation, and encouraging playfulness and prayerfulness in writing and speaking.