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T. Thorn Coyle
Dec 31, 2017
Don’t Give Up on Love
One thing 2017 taught me was this: Don’t give up on love. 2017 was a hard year. A bewildering year. It was a year when chaos took the...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Jan 23, 2015
A Love to End All Wars: On Race & Religion
Last night, arriving home after doing my civic duty at a public hearing regarding fourteen activists facing a $70,000 fine for chaining...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Sep 11, 2013
Naked, and Unashamed
“If we could admit how bad things are, that would be the beginning of something good, of a kind of radical honesty with ourselves. That...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Sep 4, 2013
There is Love Enough…
Love is the most powerful force in the universe. More powerful than thought. More powerful than war. More powerful than shame, or hatred,...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Aug 29, 2013
Some Days Love Looks Like Anger
Some days, love looks and feels a lot like anger. Yesterday evening, I arrived at the rally in a downtown plaza in Oakland, California...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Aug 28, 2013
Choosing a Dream of Love
This was written on the 50 year anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the day of Dr. King’s “Dream” speech. Martin...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Aug 7, 2013
Choose Love (Even When It Sucks)
Love is worth it. Even if it breaks your heart. Anything that makes more space inside is worth the risk. I was reading journalist Laurie...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Jul 14, 2013
Confronting Racism is Spiritual Work
“Pray for the dead, and fight like hell for the living.” – Mary “Mother” Jones I didn’t get much sleep last night, but I’m sure it was...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Jun 26, 2013
Stand for Love
Let us always stand for love. Standing for love is a long game. We may not get what we want in the moment, but in persevering, love...
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T. Thorn Coyle
May 28, 2013
Missing James Baldwin
. Some days, I miss James Baldwin keenly. When I look to today’s thinkers, activists, creators to reflect the world back to me, so I can...
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T. Thorn Coyle
May 15, 2013
Falling in Love
(What helps you open heart and soul enough to fall in love?) What is the thing you love most? What will you do to save it? If you had the...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Mar 28, 2013
Love Will Out
DOMA should never have been passed. Proposition 8 is a hateful law. I am for neither of these. Love will out and both of these try to...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Feb 28, 2013
Love > Fear
This morning I dreamed that the phrase Love > Fear was tattooed on the back of my neck. It was tattooed over my heart. It was tattooed on...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Feb 13, 2013
What Will Make us Free?
“Any upheaval in the universe is terrifying because it so profoundly attacks one’s sense of one’s own reality.” – James Baldwin What will...
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T. Thorn Coyle
May 17, 2012
A World Split Open: Love and Justice
. “What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open.” – Muriel Rukeyser. Speaking the truth...
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T. Thorn Coyle
May 10, 2012
Lessons from the Lake
. There is great power in expansive stillness. There is great power in the depths. Lately, I’ve been meditating on the powers of the...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Apr 17, 2012
Raising Questions (or, Stopping Trains 2)
. A commentator on my last entry wrote: “A touching piece about an important question – the question Mario Savio posed, standing on top...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Feb 13, 2012
Love Builds a Bridge with Courage
. My heart feels pensive. If the heart can think, then today, mine is preoccupied. Not quite sad, though tinged with sadness, but moving...
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T. Thorn Coyle
Feb 7, 2012
Loving Rain, Loving Self, Loving World
Today, I welcome rain falling to the sidewalks, plants, and streams. I wish for shelter for all in need. As a Californian, who has often...
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