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Leaving the Garden: Zach’s Journey.

April 25th, 2008 · by John · 9 Comments

Although I had followed him online for some time (especially through his involvement in the nontheist Friends community), I first met Zach face to face on my trip to Boston last fall.  He invited Jana and I to dine with him at his home in the Seed Pod Co-op.  Over homemade soup and bread, he [...]

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Spark: Chinese Man Spends Spare Time Preventing Suicides

April 25th, 2008 · by John · 1 Comment

A little bit of hope from the LA Times:
The woman was still wearing her kitchen apron when Chen Si spotted her on the other side of the Nanjing Bridge.
By the time Chen raced across four lanes of screaming traffic that recent Sunday morning, the woman had already started climbing the narrow railing separating her from [...]

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