By Lydia Sohn
Produced by Kristina Samulewski
Listen to and follow ‘The Opinions’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTube | iHeartRadioAfter having kids, the United Methodist minister Lydia Sohn was an avid subscriber to services that promised to make her life easier: She DoorDashed dinner, fixed furniture with the help of TaskRabbit and hired a cleaner. But that all changed when she discovered the philosophy behind the Benedictine monks who embraced physical labor in their daily lives. In this episode, Sohn argues something magical happens when you begin viewing household chores as more than just another item on your to-do list.
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His lawyers admitted that he had carried out the shooting, but they said he was so unwell at the time that he could not know that what he was doing was wrong.
No one was injured in the escape, which happened about 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. Firefighters for the city of North Attleboro who were working at a rodeo at the Emerald Square Mall said they had seen eight bulls break loose from their pen, the fire chief said in a previous statement.
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