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Justice: Shared Compassion

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Bob Patrick

We wake today in the United States to another mass shooting on another school campus. We will wring our hands.  We will, some of us, call for laws to control guns. We will, some of us, chant the refrain that … Continue reading →

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Justice–Becoming Aware

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Bob Patrick

Somewhere this very moment, babies are born, fathers are dying, mothers are grieving. Yet, pervading all is a groundless awareness, delicate and strong at the same time. Everything becomes we, a beating heart with a transparent, radiant smile. And we … Continue reading →

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Justice: Forgiveness

Posted on September 27, 2015 by admin

This past week, people of the Jewish faith honored the season of atonement and forgiveness in their observation of Yom Kippur. Every year people look at their relationships and examine where they need to make repairs, to atone for words … Continue reading →

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Justice: Tending One’s Own House

Posted on September 26, 2015 by Bob Patrick

Any human endeavor which calls on intellect and passion, which asks us to stand and at times to stand alone against hostility requires a spiritual practice.  I am not saying that such endeavor requires religion or even a belief in … Continue reading →

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Justice: Touching Humanity

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Bob Patrick

I was sitting in a long line of cars waiting to turn at a busy Gwinnett intersection.  I could see the man standing at the intersection holding a cardboard sign.  I could not read the words, but I imagined what … Continue reading →

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Justice: Elders

Posted on September 21, 2015 by admin

The social worker had requested help from “Focus on the Elderly,” a charity supported by my college service club.  Our orientation visit was to a woman whose house was about to fall off of the hill.  She lived there by herself, and had … Continue reading →

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Justice and Mercy

Posted on September 20, 2015 by admin

In front of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama there is a statue of Justice and Mercy. Justice is blindfolded and the scales she holds are perfectly balanced. The angel, Mercy, is whispering in Justice’s … Continue reading →

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