Toward a World that Works for Everyone
Coronavirus Is a Historic Trigger Event. Now Is the Time for a Social Movement to Rise Paul Engler, Yes! Magazine, April 6, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/torolhg We can build a powerful people’s response to provide care in our communities and reshape the limits of what is politically possible. There are times in history when sudden events — […]
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Online Conference April 14-16 Using Covid-19 Crisis to Fix the World Good News Network, Apr 3, 2020 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/online-conference-april-14-16-using-covid-19-crisis-to-fix-the-world/ “I cannot think of another time in the last million years when our species has been united against a common enemy,” […]
A roundup of articles on the status of the Coronavirus and ways we can help…. Coronavirus: Why healthcare workers are at risk of moral injury BBC.com, April 6, 2020 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52144859 It is widely known that veterans can return from war with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Far less appreciated is moral injury – a trauma […]
April 2, 2020 With loving greetings from all souls at this station, this is Matthew. Beloved brothers and sisters, please take a deep breath. Exhale slowly and let your hearts feel lighter. Now envision Earth glowing in golden-white light, then “see” people of all ages and skin colors joyously hugging each other and the animals […]
The rumors are flying – Coronavirus will be short-lived; no, it won’t – There’ll be three days of darkness; no, there won’t – 5G lowers immunity and promotes susceptibility to a virus; no, it’s perfectly safe. If I could hold everything else constant and just run one variable and look at it (which of course […]
Denmark’s Idea Could Help the World Avoid a Great Depression “We are freezing the economy.” Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, March 21, 2020 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/denmark-freezing-its-economy-should-us/608533/ While the White House and lawmakers haggle over the terms of an emergency economic-stabilization package, Denmark has gone big—very, very big—to defeat the unprecedented challenge of the coronavirus. This week, the Danish […]
10 Positive Updates on the COVID-19 Outbreaks From Around the World McKinley Corbley, Yes! Magazine, March 17, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/wzlta6a If it seems that your news feed has been flooded with nerve-wracking updates on the COVID-19 outbreaks, have no fear—there are also plenty of positive updates on the pandemic as well. So without any further ado, […]
The fear of dying or of causing the death of another – and this fear facing us and every human being around us – has galvanized the world. It has gotten the world’s attention in a way that previous chaos did not. Not the whole world’s attention. Coronavirus is happening everywhere. Everyone is facing the […]
California Governor Attacks Crisis of Homelessness by Donating Nearly 300 State-Owned Buildings For Shelters Andy Corbley, Yes! Magazine, March 14, 2020 https://tinyurl.com/sag7h97 California Governor Gavin Newsom has turned over 286 state-owned buildings and properties at no cost in order to house citizens sleeping on the streets. The properties include state-owned undeveloped lots, fairgrounds, armories, and […]
Engage with Love, and allow It to dissolve your fears and anxieties. March 16, 2020 by John Smallman Humanity is approaching a moment of change, a moment of enormous change, and as you all move forward through it there will be much uncertainty and disturbance. You know that God’s Love for every one of his […]
OK, OK, a little chest thumping going on here…. But this does show (1) that it can be done and (2) how quickly it can be done in this age of social media. I hope the practice of caremongering grows. Compassion by any name is what society needs right now. Coronavirus: Kind Canadians start ‘caremongering’ […]
I think the Coronavirus outbreak, along with the tragedies it brings, also presents us with a wonderful opportunity, not to be missed. It’s the opportunity to come together as a world community and take measures for the next determined time (two weeks?) to stop the pandemic in its tracks. I call for an international health […]
Bishop C. Andrew Doyle Texas Church to Donate $13 Million to Help Those Hurt by Their Slave-Owning, Confederate-Supporting History By Annie Reneau https://tinyurl.com/uhc6zde The first bishop elected to the Episcopal Diocese of Texas was a slave owner who pushed for loyalty to the Confederacy during the Civil War. The first church in the diocese, Christ Episcopal Church […]
(Continued from Part 2, yesterday.) All well and good. But what has all of this to do with the Reval and everything that falls out of it? Michael is adamant that what is being revalued that is of most importance is our spiritual currency; in other words, our own readiness, willingness, and ability to value […]
(Continued from Part 1, yesterday.) If we as a society have not reached a collective level of self-worth that allows the Reval to do any good, Michael says, heaven will not release the funds. In 2015, he observed that “there are so many that have not reached a place of self-worth that they were not […]
