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Free to Choose By Frederic Brussat Blog Post The freedom to choose one option over another is the source of democracy and consumerism. We like to tell ourselves that we can determine our destiny by the choices we make. But as Sophia Rosenfeld …
A Prayer for Slaves By Frederic Brussat Blog Post O Liberator God, we are ashamed of the persistence of slavery in our world. Help us to cherish our freedom and fight for the freedom of others. Fact: There are at least 27 million slaves in 161 c…
A Prayer for the Change-Makers in America By Frederic Brussat Blog Post July 4 is Independence Day in the United States. Many Americans have mixed feelings about this day. As our friends at the Network of Spiritual Progressives wrote several years ago: "Faced with Ju…
A Prayer for Desperate Children Fleeing Gang Violence By Frederic Brussat Blog Post God Who Breaks Chains, guide, direct, and sustain the poor, frightened, and desperate children of Central America who have seen their peers murdered in their communities because they have not wanted…
A Prayer for Those Deported in 2012 By Frederic Brussat Blog Post O Dweller in the Heart, we pray for the 11.7 million undocumented immigrants in the United States who live in constant fear of being deported. Fact: A record number of 419,384 deportations took p…
A Prayer for the People of Egypt By Frederic Brussat Blog Post February 1, 2011. After a week of street demonstrations against the regime of Hosni Mubarak regime, the people of Egypt are calling for a change of government and an end to the inequalities which ha…
Prayer for Mexicans Who Have Died in the American Desert By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Blog Post A powerful documentary in the PBS series "Independent Lens" titled The Undocumented, directed by Marco Williams, focuses on efforts to identify the 200 Mexicans each year who die while making the cr…
Prayers For Gaddafi and Protesters in Libya By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is killing his own people. There are estimates that as many as 2000 protesters on the streets have lost their lives. Mercenaries with machine guns are shooting down peo…
A Prayer for the Protesters in Wisconsin By Frederic Brussat Blog Post In response to efforts by Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, to cut the bargaining rights and benefits of public workers, protesters have gathered in Madison to challenge this blatant attempt …
True Happiness By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Literary Wisdom True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French writer

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