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Trauma and the Killing of Trayvon

Posted on July 30, 2013 by NACSW

Early one Tuesday morning on September 11, 2001 a nation looked on in horror as fire and smoke, cinder and ashes bellowed from the Twin Towers in New York City. The United States of America had been assaulted by hatred. Images of an unidentified man jumping from the heights of a building plague ...
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Called to Marketplace Ministry

Posted on June 25, 2013 by NACSW

When I was 15 years old I saw a social worker kneel in front of a weeping, pregnant 13 year old. She assured this frightened unwed mother-to-be that despite what it seemed in the moment, there were hope and a future for her. The incident happened in a Cleveland, OH welfare office and not a churc...
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Borrowing Inspiration from Another Tradition

Posted on June 11, 2013 by NACSW

“Why are you not a Catholic?” No, she was not looking for a fight. She was not taking me on about any doctrinal concern. Hers was a rhetorical question, one expressing surprise more than anything. My friend and I had met up not long before this exchange, at our 30-year high school reunion. Now w...
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