Entries by Mark Bromberg

Peace and co-existence

The lessons we learn from animals are often simple instructions on co-existence. Peace often comes from seeking it in ourselves, not demanding or insisting that others comply.

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Forgiveness

Hello friends, aspects of a Catholic childhood enfolded the context of my early life, but they were not its deepest roots. That dirt basement and the key players around it on 42 nd Street in Oakland, California really formed me. Gertrude Stein spoke of Oakland as a place with “no there there,” but for me […]

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A moral duty

“Who are we as a nation if we do not act to protect our children? … our elected officials have a moral duty to protect them.”
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Chicago