Archive | November, 2012
Busy-ness ≠ Importance

Busy-ness ≠ Importance

“The place you are called to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.” – Frederick Buechner They say that we are inclined to teach the things that we most need to learn ourselves. And it is with that humour and humility that I write this little message, to remind […]

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The Space In Between

The Space In Between

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the in-between space, the space that isn’t quite one thing, and isn’t quite another. Maybe it’s this murky fall weather. Maybe it’s the work of figuring out how to describe and develop this project of Spirited Social Change, which is in-between and not-quite a whole bunch of things. […]

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Crazy Busy!

Crazy Busy!

This week’s episode of the CBC’s Tapestry was focused on busy-ness. As 20th century Anglo-American Catholic writer Thomas Merton says: “There is a pervasive form of contemporary violence, and that is activism and overwork. The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of this innate violence. To allow […]

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