Jean-Paul Sartre

Meditations on freedom: spiritual and social

Freedom is what we do with what is done to us. — Jean-Paul Sartre The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud. — Coco Chanel When I discover who I am, I’ll be free. — Ralph Ellison We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at […]

Meditations on Independence and Bondage for July 4th Weekend

Reflections as we approach July 4th weekend: who is free, who is not free? Themes of spiritual freedom versus civic freedom … pondering Abraham’s obedience to Yahweh, willingness to sacrifice a child, the merciful intervention that freed him from such an act. What is asked of us? What is offered to us? My father always […]

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