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Reality Anemia
One of the questions I’ve been trying to understand is our personal inertia. Why do we get stuck in life. On the one hand (or dot), we have gifted identities and dreams and on the other, we have a huge world of need (the other, rather large dot). And yet, we often stand in the middle, fairly paralyzed and unable to move forward and connect these dots. We become passive or else actively engaged in massive wastes of time.
These questions kinda simmer in the back of my overly active mind (I take an hour to fall asleep) until God or man drops a pearl (a beautiful dot) into the picture. Today’s gem came from George Trow who once said that the generation raised on TV (and in my opinion, the net) suffers from Reality Anemia, an experiential and moral bloodlessness.
read more...Lessons from a Buddhist
Watching a presentation by Eva Ensler today, I saw from a Buddhist what we are so sadly missing in our Christian sub culture and the cult of self.
read more...What is Hip part 2 (The Profe$$ionals)
Ever noticed that most of the advice, preaching and education we get is from professional sources? This means that most of the key influences of our lives, the stuff that effects our soul, mind and hearts, comes to us by way of people who are paid to ‘minister’ to us. A professional is: def: [engaged in a specified activity as one’s main paid occupation rather than as a pastime]. Hmmm. I wonder if that effects what they tell us and why?
read more...What is hip?
Seems to me that the books that sell the most, workshops best attended and people most talked about are of the ‘self help’ genre. John and Stasi Eldredge talk about improving your masculine and feminine self. Rick Warren helps you understand your SPACE and purpose. Dr. Bruce Wilkinson teaches you how you can be more blessed and fulfill your dreams. Good ideas no?
read more...Social Entreprenuers
Up until fairly recently, I had almost given up hope on the present generation making much of an impact on the world around us. The rampant consumerism, a hyper focus on self and the sheer dysfunction left to them by the previous generation led me to believe it was time to start talking to preschoolers in hopes that they may have a clue.
read more...Everyday Beauty
Hey, here’s an idea. Let’s not be marginalized by the priestcraft of the arts. Let’s apply the perspective we have with the care we can give to the tasks we face each day. In this way, we love our neighbor by designing a better car seat, laying out a nice table of food, or creating a better frappe. I for example, have mastered the espresso double dark chocolate mint frappucino for the simple joy of making my guests gasp with excitement.
Home Schooling in Germany
Some friends of ours in Altensteig have recently been getting fines from the government. Not paying the speeding tickets you ask? Nope, just that they want to home school there kids like we did for nine years while living there.
I recently sent an open letter on there behalf to the Member of Parliment and thought I would share it here.
read more...Crossing the Line
We come to the edge of our potential and shrink back. The expectations inside of us or those being projected onto us keep us locked in place. Art Katz once said that the fear of man is not just being afraid of what others think of us, but being afraid of what WE THINK they think of us. The fault dear Brutus, is in ourselves.
read more...Pain
An amazing thing about pain is how it connects us. All of us have gone through a measure of pain. Physical, emotional, relational… we identify with each other through the pain that we share, or at least, can relate to. It’s the ultimate cross cultural communicator. Think of a painful time in your life, how were you comforted? Was it by those who know all the answers, or by those who have suffered? The resulting fellowship of suffering creates a softening bond that can last forever.
read more...Sustainability
It’s pretty difficult to build anything while you’re moving. You can learn a bit about the world, but you can’t do much about its issues while you are flying past it. You feel significant when you look at the stamps in your passport, but if you go back to the places you’ve been, they would call you a tourist. Like Erykah Badu says, “I ain’t got no buildings named after me.”
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