HeyJaredThe Holy Labor
Original essays on theology & spirituality from Laura Kelly Fanucci. Plus a round-up of others' creative work each Wednesday, to help you in your own holy labor.
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“Walking in the dark, I met Christ” (opens the original)
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Will it happen again, mama? (opens the original)
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“Your words are the most powerful things you have” (opens the original)
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For years as a mother-writer, I’ve been telling my kids: your words are the most powerful things you have. So I was jolted by this line in Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas (in which he quotes himself): “The first contribution we can make toward a more humane civilization is to be mindful of our words. ‘Let us disarm words and we will help to disarm the world’
Work Without End, Amen (opens the original)
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A New Member of The Dead Poets Society (opens the original)
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Wendell Berry died this week. One of the greats. At last count I’ve cited his work 11 times in The Holy Labor, so let’s make it an even 12 in his honor, shall we? Yesterday I read “Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front” here, or you can listen to Nick Offerman do the same; I won’t be offended. (Don’t worry about the wild title; the Mad Farmer is Wendell’s contrarian, curmudgeonly alter eg
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