Voice of the Day: Emily Dickenson

By the Web Editors
Feb 6, 2012
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“How happy is the little stone / That rambles in the road alone, / And doesn't care about careers, / And exigencies never fears; / Whose coat of elemental brown / A passing universe put on; / And independent as the sun, / Associates or glows alone, / Fulfilling absolute decree / In casual simplicity." - Emily Dickenson

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An image of the November 2026 issue of Sojourners, titled "Face to Face." It features George Lakey on the cover
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