http://www.polisrecoveryproject.org/new-blog-1 daily 0.75 2023-03-21 http://www.polisrecoveryproject.org/new-blog-1/2023/3/21/pneuma monthly 0.5 2023-03-21 http://www.polisrecoveryproject.org/new-blog-2 daily 0.75 2023-03-21 http://www.polisrecoveryproject.org/philosophy-1 daily 0.75 2015-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556272e0e4b0c0ea1b0090a9/1433712041647-3ZBC8T046L611W9A0TW2/static1.squarespace.jpg Philosophy http://www.polisrecoveryproject.org/services daily 0.75 2026-01-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556272e0e4b0c0ea1b0090a9/1447731795011-019A01NADMUXGCBVCHN1/image-asset.png services "You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in You." -Saint Augustine "It doesn’t happen all at once . . . You become. It takes a long time. That’s why it doesn’t happen often to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don’t matter at all, because once you are Real you can’t be ugly, except to people who don’t understand." -Margery Williams in The Velveteen Rabbit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/556272e0e4b0c0ea1b0090a9/1447782635771-O29CGZ6CWAO5LFU13NZK/image-asset.jpeg services "If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work and give orders. 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