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Resisting the Powers of Empire: Protesting NATO in Chicago
Last weekend, several members of Amos House attended the “Faith and Resistance Retreat” hosted by Catholic Workers in Chicago in preparation for the NATO protests that are happening now and will...
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Fear, Death, and Love
(remarks from recipient of the Mary Morris Award, Lipscomb University: Brett Flener) Hearing people speak about the kind of person Mary Morris was in her time at Lipscomb is a humbling experience. In...
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30 May 2012 – Julian Assange Extradition Report- Supreme Court of the United...
(This report was assembled by Brett Flener who is currently living at the London Catholic Worker, UK. Edited by : John Hamblett, Lauren Plummer, Kate Riley, and Kayleigh Butterfield) Background...
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Monsters and Scapegoats: A Reflection on Otherness, Grief, and the Failure of...
posted by Lauren Plummer Christ of Maryknoll, by Robert Lentz This summer I read Unclean: Meditations on Purity, Hospitality, and Mortality by social psychologist, professor, and ad hoc theologian,...
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A Theology of Mushrooms
posted by Autumn Dennis I am my father’s daughter. Among all of the things he has passed onto me, besides a love for punk music and Mel Brooks films, he has taught me to love and appreciate nature....
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In Solidarity with Tenants at Lexington Gardens
posted by Lauren Plummer Last week, the Nashville Scene published a story that brings to light a great injustice facing some of the most economically vulnerable and voiceless members of our community...
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Secede into Care: An Election Day (Every Day) Poem
posted by Lauren Plummer Today we will vote or not vote, and someone will be elected to lead our country. And still – to the children of distant lands and children of our own land, in the bodies of...
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Stop Searching for Christ: An Advent + New Year Reflection
This essay was originally preached as a sermon by Autumn Dennis at Cornerstone United Methodist Church in Smyrna, Tennessee on December 30th, 2012. It has been edited for clarity. “Then the king will...
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Homeless Funeral Procession
This Friday, January 18th, homeless advocates and community members will mourn the loss of yet another member of the homeless community, Jimmy Fulmer, who recently froze to death on the steps of an...
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City-wide Stations of the Cross: Good Friday, March 29th
On Good Friday, March 29th, you are invited to join faith leaders, homeless advocates, and other community members as we journey across downtown Nashville on foot to observe and participate in the...
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Advocacy and Activism as Christian Witness
A sermon by Lindsey Krinks preached at the Vanderbilt Divinity School (VDS) Chapel on April 3rd, 2013 (Text: The Road to Emmaus, Luke 24:13-35) I’m so grateful to be here today on April 3rd—a very...
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The Voice of Angels
An essay by Autumn Dennis I volunteer at a soup kitchen in a Catholic Worker house, and I see a large volume of people experiencing homelessness come in and out each week. There’s one man who comes...
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The Underside of Nashville and the Pilgrimage for Jobs, Equity, and Fairness
by Lindsey Krinks It’s no secret that the city of Nashville is booming. We’ve been declared the new “it” city by the New York Times, our new $623 million convention center is now up and running, the...
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‘I felt like my legs were praying’
Photo by Alvine By Andrew Krinks Pilgrimage for Jobs, Equity, and Fairness City Hall, Nashville, TN July 23, 2013 My name is Andrew and I work with people experiencing homelessness here in Nashville....
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Why I’m Seeking Ordination through Amos House
posted by Lindsey “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke?” Isaiah 58:6 On a cold November morning in 2009, I awoke from a vivid...
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Tent City, U.S.A. – 2013 Updates
posted by Lindsey The documentary “Tent City, U.S.A.” was recently added to Netflix and we have been getting a lot of questions about where the residents are now and what is going on. Tent City, U.S.A....
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Mike and Barbara
posted by Lauren Saturday morning, Lindsey and I got a call from our friend Will who told us that Barbara, someone we have loved and worked with for a year and a half, had suddenly passed away. She...
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The Breakdown of Community
This post, written by Amos House Community member Autumn Dennis, was originally posted on the Ministry With* the Poor blog. The original post can be accessed here:...
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Eucharist with* the Poor
This post, written by Amos House Community member Autumn Dennis, was originally posted on the Ministry With* the Poor blog. The original post can be accessed here:...
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All God’s Children Got Keys
This post, written by Amos House Community member Autumn Dennis, was originally posted on the Ministry With* the Poor blog. The original post can be accessed here:...
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