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I think for, you know, the moms and dads out there, the people who give money to Christian advocacy groups, to the RNC, what they want is something really, you know, important. They want to try and make America better. And they’ve been led to believe that somehow all of that can be achieved through politics. All of if can be achieved particularly through conservative politics. And you fast from something not because it’s evil, but because you want to step away and focus on something more spiritual.

And I really would love to see a period of time for a couple of years where evangelical voter stopped giving to all these political groups and started giving to the poor, you know, started giving their time to after-school programs, started, you know, doing two things that Jesus said, like loving your neighbor and… and again, redirecting that money towards the poor. And I think that it would provide some much-needed perspective on the political environment.

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The late David Kuo talking to Terry Gross in 2006 about his call for a fast from politics for evangelicals. Kuo, the Deputy Director of President George W. Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, became disillusioned with the politics of the Bush White House. He died on Friday at age 44. He had brain cancer. (via nprfreshair)

"I am constantly questioning whether I am doing the right thing here,” she says. “There’s an eternal search for a more challenging and satisfying option, a better lifestyle. You always feel you’re not doing the right thing always feel as if you should be striving for another goal,” she says."

Tribal Workers, Financial Times

"We’re not meant to say: ‘I made this decision for this person. Today, you’re meant to do things for yourself. If you’re willing to make sacrifices for others - especially if you’re a woman - that’s seen as a kind of weakness. I wonder, though, is doing things for yourself really empowerment, or is liberty a kind of trap?” she says."

Tribal Workers, Financial Times

"I would suggest that an ideal human life lies somewhere between my own defiant indolence and the rest of the world’s endless frenetic hustle."

Tim Kreider, The ‘Busy’ Trap

EEK. I DIE. :D

I’d also like to see an elephant costume…

soussa:

Baby wearing a penguin costume.

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Love it. Go Bears! 

Life has been full traveling non-stop for work the past two weeks, but nothing could stop me from sharing this. I die. I want a little mini-totoro.

Thanks, Cindy! 

(Source: youandmie.wordpress.com)

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Fabulous in every way. Roy Lichtenstein exhibit at the Chicago Institute of Art. (Taken with Instagram)

"As college tuition has consistently outpaced the ability of people to pay out of pocket, debt has been the safety valve of our higher education system. It is what has allowed everything to keep running because people know they have to go to college — they don’t feel they have any choice — so they just continue to borrow and borrow and borrow."

What’s Driving College Costs Higher? (via nprfreshair)

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