2022

What does it mean to take up the Lenten journey when Jesus may come with more baggage than blessings and occasions bigger questions than confidence? De/Constructing Jesus is a pop-up learning community where we get honest about all the baggage and questions Jesus brings and explore what Lent looks like when they aren’t silenced or erased. To…

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56% Among U.S. workers who quit a job in 2021, the share who say they are now earning more money in their current job. Pew Research Center The majority of workers who quit a job in 2021 cite low pay, no opportunities for advancement, feeling disrespected  Majorities of workers who quit a job in 2021 say low…

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Leah Goggins Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD A new article in PLOS Medicine found that people who make sustained changes to their diet can add up to 13 years to their life, depending on when they make those changes. The findings are based on data from the 2019 Global Burden of Diseases study, which researchers used to build an…

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David A. Love  |  Mar 4, 2022 There is a saying that when you’re Black, you must work twice as hard to get half the credit. This is most certainly true, and the predictable yet outrageous white conservative attacks on Joe Biden’s Supreme Court pick, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, is a case in point. Judge Brown Jackson is more…

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2 cups of flour, sifted 2 eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (only if using buttermilk) dash salt 1/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 2 cups plain whole milk or whole milk buttermilk OR 1 cup cream and 1 cup milk 1/2 stick melted butter neutral cooking oil or cooking spray Sift…

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March 3, 2022 By David Leonhardt The original American advocate for inoculation against severe disease was arguably an enslaved man named Onesimus. Before being forcibly brought to Boston, Onesimus seems to have lived in West Africa, where inoculation was a common practice. There, he had been deliberately infected with a small amount of smallpox to…

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Endometriosis Awareness takes place across the globe during the month of March with a mission to raise awareness of a disease which affects an estimated 200 million worldwide. The pain of endometriosis can be devastating; it is the biggest cause of infertility in women, and carries a huge personal and societal burden! Together we are poised to take action…

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HARRIET TUBMAN KEPT PUSHING FOR CHANGE AFTER THE ‘RAILROAD’

By Starlight Williams, Associate Editor Thursday, March 10, 2022 In her nine decades (she died on this day in 1913), Tubman (pictured in 1878) became the first U.S. woman to lead an armed military raid and was a spy and nurse for the Union during the Civil War. She joined Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in their…

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The changing political geography of COVID-19 over the last two years 

COVID-19 since 2/29/2020 USA CASES 79,305,507 USA DEATHS 959,590  USA fully vaccinated 216,204,455 or 65% In the spring of 2020, the areas recording the greatest numbers of COVID-19 deaths were much more likely to vote Democratic than Republican. But by fall 2020, the pattern had reversed: Counties that voted for former President Donald Trump over President Joe…

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I went to the grocery store Saturday and discovered that the in-store ground beef had gone from $5.49 to $6.79 per pound in about 2 weeks. Bananas are about $0.20 more per pound. Tomatoes were $1.29 more per pound. Gasoline was $3.70 per gallon today. Which prices are going up the most? Why? “Higher costs…

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Trinity Retreat CenterWe are a Christian retreat center: a place apart for rest, quiet, prayer, discovery, connection, and reflection. Nestled amid the forests, rivers, and farmland of West Cornwall, Connecticut, the retreat center offers gracious, authentic hospitality — where you can slow down, enjoy farm-to-table meals, discern direction for your life, and go home ready to…

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