Listening Post #20: A Child Is Born: Prison Babies
I heard my friend Laura Ford tell a story recently that has entwined itself around...
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Wednesday, December 22
Friday, October 29
Listening Post #19:Lawyers as Rescue Workers: A Pro Bono Week Reflection
It’s National Pro Bono Week here in the US, and I signed a pledge to...
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Saturday, March 27
Listening Post #18: Money Management
Recently, I sat in conversation with the Board of Directors of a nonprofit organization that...
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Thursday, March 11
Listening Post #17: Revenge
The hard, often unforgiving streets of Kensington felt a little softer underfoot this week. A...
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Thursday, March 04
Listening Post #16: Lawyers You Can Love
I spent Wednesday morning this week getting inspired by a group of lawyers. Not your...
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Thursday, February 25
ListeningPost #15: Shoes
There is nothing like yet another major snowstorm in Philadelphia to make me notice people’s...
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Friday, February 19
Listening Post #14: Cold Hands, Cold Hearts: Time for The Thaw
There are many different kinds of cold. I’m a bit chilly in my heated house...
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Friday, January 29
Listening Post #13: Social Service Providers: Does Your Bread Give Life?
There’s a triumvirate of savvy survivors at St. Francis Inn in Kensington; around the holidays...
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Saturday, January 16
ListeningPost # 12: Haiti: His Mother Danced
Catastrophe seems an inadequate word to describe Haiti right now. The news reports can only...
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Sunday, January 10
Listening Post #11: Amaryllis
It’s time to start watering an amaryllis bulb. These frigid days and deep dark nights...
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