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The Island and Friendship That Changed My Life
Jim Wallis

It is early morning on Block Island -- a time and place where I
have often written over many years. My family, on our annual
August vacation together here, is still asleep, liking to rise
late on vacation days. Therefore, I always have several hours
alone each day on Block Island, a special place introduced to me
by one of my early mentors, William Stringfellow. He described
the island, which is part of Rhode Island, as an hour "off the
coast of America."

Seeking Shelter, a recently released film about Block Island, is
a description of this place as a haven for radical Christian
thinking and acting that Bill Stringfellow, Dan Berrigan, and
their friends created. I am absolutely delighted to share this
wonderful documentary with you all this week and hope that you
will watch and share it. I am very grateful to filmmaker Sue
Hagedorn, also an island resident, and many other dear friends
who helped create this delightful and challenging piece of work.
A wonderful community of Islanders have sprung up around this
film and are showing it around the country. See their
amazing story right below my article. Invite them to
bring Seeking Shelter to your university or church.

Read more about Block Island and the exhibit 'Seeking Shelter'
-- focused on my mentors William Stringfellow and Daniel
Berrigan and their extraordinary legacy on Block Island -- in
this piece from Ken Yellis, a dear friend and co-creator
of  'Seeking Shelter.' 

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'Seeking Shelter' Exhibit Highlights Block Island's Activist
History (by Ken Yellis )

Block Island, where our story begins, was for Berrigan and
Stringfellow a sanctuary from turbulent America and their
stressful lives as activists.

The Burden of Staying Alive in Puerto Rico (by Rev. Dr. Damaris
D. Whittaker)

Politics may stand in the way of health care progress once
again.

Boris Johnson And the Rights of Marginalized Communities in the
U.K. (by Rishika Pardikar)

As silly as some of Johnson's stunts and statements have been,
there is an equally -- if not more -- troubling side to his
temperament.

Singing 'Amor Eterno' Feels Different Now (by Aaron E. Sanchez)

Singing 'Amor Eterno' after the El Paso shooting follows the
Hebrew Bible tradition of lamentation.

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What Makes a People? (by Kenyatta R. Gilbert)

October reflections on scripture from the Revised Common
Lectionary, Cycle C.

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