Responsibility – Page 9 – gregoryjoel.com

Activism, Citizenship, Community, Courage, Faith, Food Justice, Heroes, Hope, Opal's Farm, Persistence, Practice, Quotes, Responsibility, Role Models, Social Justice, Spirituality, Truth, What Can I Do

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg

September 26, 2020 gregoryjoel

Activism, Choices, Christianity, Community, Environment, Faith, Persistence, Prayer, Quotes, Relationships, Responsibility, Social Justice

“If now isn’t a good time for the truth, I don’t see when we’ll get to it.” – Nikki Giovanni

September 23, 2020 gregoryjoel

Activism, Community, Culture, Faith, Grace, Hope, Prayer, Quotes, Relationships, Responsibility, Simplicity, Social Justice, What Can I Do

“We pray to you, O God, for strength, determination and will power, to do instead of just pray, to become instead of merely to wish.

September 22, 2020 gregoryjoel

– Adapted from “We Cannot Merely Pray” by Rabbi Jack Riemer

Activism, Christianity, Citizenship, Community, Courage, Culture, Faith, Quotes, Racism, Relationships, Responsibility, Role Models, Social Justice, Spirituality, What Can I Do

“Ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part.” – Rep. John Lewis

September 20, 2020 gregoryjoel

Climate Change, Community, Consequences, Courage, Creation, Down On the Farm, Environment, Faith, Grace, Hope, Prayer, Quotes, Responsibility, Spirituality, Thoughts From the Porch, Volunteers, What Can I Do, Wildfires

“We see these natural tragedies, which are the Earth’s response to our maltreatment. […] It is we who have ruined the work of God.” – Pope Francis

September 13, 2020 gregoryjoel

Our prayers go out for all affected by the brutal wildfires in California and Oregon. Stacy Harwood, our Volunteer Coordinator has family near the Oregon fires. Friday was spent following up on Fire Level Alerts and a lot of prayer. Please keep her family and all of the others in prayer.