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+ My latest Tweet: There are some great videos at http://www.youtube.com/breadfortheworld #hunger #justice #abundance #peace #compassion #joy #giving #politics

+ Move On says: "Senator Reid, don't let a few senators derail what the majority of Americans want and need. We're counting on you to use every tool at your disposal to make sure the Senate bill includes a public option." Sign the petition.

+ Abbey of the Arts offers "When I began to wake" by Christine Valters Paintner. Here's what I saw there:

+ Bread for the World offers us an opportunity to "petition the White House for a Global Development Strategy." Excerpt:

Right now, President Obama and his senior advisors, led by National Security Advisor James Jones and National Economic Council Director Lawrence Summers, are preparing recommendations that will shape the future of U.S. efforts to alleviate poverty, fight disease, and create economic opportunity for the world’s poorest people.

The White House needs to hear your voice! Sign the first-ever development community petition asking the White House to send a strong signal about America’s commitment to development. We need 150,000 signatures by December 17. Add your name today!

+ Don't miss this! Shuck and Jive offers "The Great Turning" which is a poem about compassion and change by Christine Fry. It begins:

You've asked me to tell you of the Great Turning
Of how we saved the world from disaster.
The answer is both simple and complex.

We turned.

+ It's Advent: Wake Up!