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Beyond a Corporate Model of Healthcare (Part I)

Posted on February 24, 2014February 23, 2014 by Tom Peteet

As a resident physician, I find it interesting that the most prominent public role models for medical humanism are all dead: Maimodedes, William Carlos Williams and Oliver Wendell Holmes come to mind ... Read More

Work and Witness: The Role of Faith Communities in Working-Class America

Posted on October 16, 2013October 16, 2013 by Adam Hollowell

Rob is a twenty-six year old white male who lives in Massachusetts. After graduating from vocational high school, he hoped to build a career in manufacturing technology and carpentry. But as soon as h... Read More

Domestic Workers at our Gates

Posted on January 31, 2013January 30, 2013 by Alex Weissman

“Happy is the person who heeds me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts.” –Proverbs 8:34 Who are those that watch our gates? Who are those that wait at our doorposts? ... Read More

Class Consciousness: The Spiritual Cost of Unemployment

Posted on April 1, 2011March 31, 2011 by Joshua Eaton

I tend to think of Buddhist practice as a way of cultivating a mind so stable that such storms leave it unscathed, and I often judge myself harshly when I fail to live up to that standard—when the s... Read More