“Our vocation is to do what the child did and keep saying that the king is naked, at the cost of being considered a criminal.”—#ThomasMerton, “Letter to an Innocent Bystander”
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Looking forward to speaking on Merton and how his model of holiness speaks to today, this week at the International Thomas Merton Society meeting in Santa Clara. (And seeing many friends!) merton.org/2019/
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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