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Shane Claiborne on Buy Nothing Day & Black Friday

Shane Claiborne posted a guest blog entry on the Sojourner blog today and recapped his thoughts on Black Friday and Buy Nothing Day. Loved this story ::
I love the story of one pastor who got fed up with all the decorations and clutter. He began to see that we are in danger of losing the [...]

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