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Monthly Archives: January 2009
Harry and Hermione
One of my favorite books of all time is Steppenwolf, by Hermann Hesse. It’s about a very lonely person named Harry who discovers a secret magic world. There he makes a very close friend named Hermione. And together Harry and Hermione look into a magic mirror and…I kid you not. (FYI: I do not think [...]
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On Ending Slavery
The Harry Potter novels talk about the importance of everyone’s freedom. One of the most tragic issues in our world is that slavery still exists in the form of human trafficking. Nick Kristoff talks about how we can fight that.
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No New Stuff #3: Paul in Seattle
Hey guys! I just posted the 3rd video for the No New Stuff project. Check it out on YouTube! I had a cool trip to Seattle this week where I was hanging out with all of my siblings. Since this project started, I’ve been keeping track of everything I spend money on. After 6 months [...]
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becoming me
There are many stories of creation all across this most glorious world of ours. The following is a children’s story that takes a non-denominational approach to a creation story. In many ways, it’s a story that combines many elements of the world’s multitudes of creation stories. There are many times that people ask, “What is [...]
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Rwanda putting out Indictments
While it is very important to remember that those who actually carried out the killing of nearly one million innocent unarmed people in 1994′s Rwandan Tutsi genocide should be held responsible for what they’ve done — it is also important to hold those accountable who were complicit with the genocide. The United States, for instance, [...]
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Follow the Spiders
Or the bees. When small creatures start to disappear in droves, it’s a sign that there is something dramatically off. Whether that something is a giant basilisk living within the walls of Hogwarts or unsustainable farming methods that are destroying our planet – the point is, the fact that bees are rapidly dying faster than [...]
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Discuss No New Stuff in the forum
Many of you know of the No New Stuff campaign by Harry and the Potters and The Whomping Willows. So what do you think of it? Are Matt and Paul inspiring? Are they crazy? What do you think of the idea of conscious consumption? Would you try something similar? What could the larger impact be [...]
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STANDFast Chapter Cup Winner!
I am very proud to announce that the Lexington High School Harry Potter Alliance Chapter in Lexington, Massachusetts has won the first Chapter Cup! Their chapter raised $330 - the most money raised by a single chapter for STANDfast. They started with two bake sales at their school, where they sold brownies, chocolate chip cookies, [...]
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Members of the Order Not Welcome In Burma
Human rights activist denied entry into Burma. This may lead one to think that the military junta in Burma does not have a liking for human rights? I mean, there’s this as well as their kidnapping of children and turning them into child soldiers, their ethnic cleansing in Eastern Burma, their brutal crackdown of pro-democracy [...]
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Inspirational Speeches
As we look at Harry Potter, we are looking at the inspiration of one of the greatest stories ever told. It opens our minds, our hearts, and our spirits to spread the power of love from us and through us. For many of us, definitely for me growing up, the power of story opening my [...]
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