Posts Tagged ‘ faith and crisis ’

Preparing For Failure

Sep 23rd, 2012 | By
Preparing For Failure

“You must have long range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short range failures.”             –Charles Noble I remember the first time I decided to make homemade biscuits. I was beyond excited. One of my favorite wedding gifts was from my grandmother; she gave me the rolling pin my great-grandfather made for his
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God’s Economy

Aug 19th, 2012 | By
God’s Economy

Money contains all the work and effort of people whom we neither know nor care about. It makes people forget the mutual exchange that takes place in work done and services rendered.—Eberhard Arnold, Mammon and the Living God It’s increasingly difficult to comprehend the economic news. We’re told that hiring is increasing and also that
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The Gift of Crisis

Jul 3rd, 2012 | By
The Gift of Crisis

[Crisis] can mean the instant of choice, that moment when people become aware of their self-imposed cages and of the possibility of a different life—Ivan Illich We live in alarming times. Our political system is paralyzed, our fellow citizens are polarized, the global economy is lurching from crisis to crisis, and we’re sorely taxing this
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