“Fierce and Friendly Lord, we feel alone, but even here in school and in this class we discover friends we did not know we had. The discovery that we are not alone both gladdens and frightens us. Sharing life threatens loss of self. Give us the grace to learn that we have no life not shared. Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, make us in your image that we might be worthy witnesses of the joy that comes from your claiming us as friends. Amen.”[1]
Plato, Niebuhr, and Democracy
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You can stand in a busy city square and watch the ebb and flow of people
from all walks of life—families strolling, friends debating passionately,
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