A. Unabashed Pacifist:
If inanimate corporations didn’t profit from wars, we might be able to do away with them.
B. Unabashed Christian:
Holy One,
Going forward, you will accompany me. If I go backward, I’m not so sure you will.
When I’m on the ground, you’re surely with me. If I’m in the air, I’m not so sure.
When I focus on the bottom line, not a chance. Your focus is on top of the line efforts.
Amen
C. Un-quoting Jesus:
“Hey guys, Silas, our friendly inn-keeper, says I can put this meal on my tab if I promise to pay by Saturday. With that kind of service, we’ll be coming back to this place forever!”
[No, that never happened, not even on Maundy Thursday.]
D. Blog: Word of the Week – “doldrums”
I heard a friend was in them, but I knew she had not left her house… Aha, dictionary.com has an explanation of sorts.
1. a state of inactivity or stagnation, as in business or art: August is a time of doldrums for many enterprises.
2. the doldrums,
a. a belt of calms and light baffling winds north of the equator between the northern and southern trade winds in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
b. the weather prevailing in this area.
3. a dull, listless, depressed mood; low spirits.
Origin: 1795–1805; obs. dold stupid (see dolt) + -rum(s) (pl.) n. suffix (see tantrum)
So, number 3 must be the one where my friend is. But that number 1 and the origin seem to describe Congress perfectly, don’t you think?
Friday, February 19, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Conversion or Else
A. Unabashed Pacifist:
The Auctioneer says: “What am I bid for this marvelous Peace on Earth?”
B. Unabashed Christian:
Holy One,
Change is the constant. We adapt or stagnate. Bodies and brains deteriorate, then die (assuming “natural” death). Billions of years in the making, too many of us never see the grand opportunity of being co-creators with you, co-conspirators in making your dominion of life abundant and loving on Earth, thus proving the lie to eternal death and destruction.
Amen
C. Un-quoting Jesus:
“Okay. That’s not funny, guys. Who put the sugar in the salt container?”
[Hmm. Salt or sugar? Interesting question. Which are we? Can we be both? ... But He never asked that question.]
D. Blog: Climate Change and Peak Oil
It’s clear that governments have a hard time responding to climate change, and most of them (and big oil companies) don’t want their citizens to know about Peak Oil (i.e., that we will soon, if we don’t already, face a decline in the supply of easily accessible and easily refined oil). The Transition Movement offers some hope for local communities to respond to the twin threats, and in the process build stronger, more resilient communities with lifestyles far less dependent on the use of fossil fuels, lifestyles much less consumption oriented, and economies better able to sustain when growth is no longer possible. I’ll be devoting more time to our local efforts as Transition Asheville, likely meaning less time for this blogspot. Here are some of the resources that our group has found helpful in beginning to work on the transition to the inevitable descent to a society with less fossil fuel energy. I encourage anyone reading this to get informed and involved, if you aren't already.
Resources for Transition Movement “Mullers”
http://www.transitiontowns.org/
Website for the international movement
http://www.transitionus.org/
Transition movement in the US, includes online training modules/webinars and means of registering for future live webinars, plus many other resources under:
http://www.transitionus.org/resources/reading
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse
Understanding the prospect of coming economic, energy and environmental crash(es)
http://www.thomasberry.org/
Several resources on this site. His books have inspired many. The Great Work speaks powerfully to the task of changing our attitudes toward and beliefs about Earth.
http://www.brianswimme.org/
Berry’s colleague/collaborator, Swimme presents the new cosmology based on scientific findings of the past century, especially. Humans are the unique product of a process that has lasted billions of years, the cosmos and Earth coming to self-conscious life. The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos gives an excellent, readable overview of this process.
- Peak Oil – a film, and topic of many websites, including some that claim to debunk the threat as a myth.
- “End of Suburbia” (a film) More on the changes that will likely occur with the end to oil supplies sufficient to keep our current lifestyles going
- “The Awakening Universe” (15-minute film based on the work of Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme, inspiring!)
The Transistion Handbook: From oil dependency to local resilience, Book by Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition movement
- Permaculture (a topic that should become familiar to people who are active in Transition, lots of information in libraries and on the Internet)
- Ecozoic Age (Berry & Swimme idea that should also become familiar – lots on the Internet)
The Auctioneer says: “What am I bid for this marvelous Peace on Earth?”
B. Unabashed Christian:
Holy One,
Change is the constant. We adapt or stagnate. Bodies and brains deteriorate, then die (assuming “natural” death). Billions of years in the making, too many of us never see the grand opportunity of being co-creators with you, co-conspirators in making your dominion of life abundant and loving on Earth, thus proving the lie to eternal death and destruction.
Amen
C. Un-quoting Jesus:
“Okay. That’s not funny, guys. Who put the sugar in the salt container?”
[Hmm. Salt or sugar? Interesting question. Which are we? Can we be both? ... But He never asked that question.]
D. Blog: Climate Change and Peak Oil
It’s clear that governments have a hard time responding to climate change, and most of them (and big oil companies) don’t want their citizens to know about Peak Oil (i.e., that we will soon, if we don’t already, face a decline in the supply of easily accessible and easily refined oil). The Transition Movement offers some hope for local communities to respond to the twin threats, and in the process build stronger, more resilient communities with lifestyles far less dependent on the use of fossil fuels, lifestyles much less consumption oriented, and economies better able to sustain when growth is no longer possible. I’ll be devoting more time to our local efforts as Transition Asheville, likely meaning less time for this blogspot. Here are some of the resources that our group has found helpful in beginning to work on the transition to the inevitable descent to a society with less fossil fuel energy. I encourage anyone reading this to get informed and involved, if you aren't already.
Resources for Transition Movement “Mullers”
http://www.transitiontowns.org/
Website for the international movement
http://www.transitionus.org/
Transition movement in the US, includes online training modules/webinars and means of registering for future live webinars, plus many other resources under:
http://www.transitionus.org/resources/reading
http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse
Understanding the prospect of coming economic, energy and environmental crash(es)
http://www.thomasberry.org/
Several resources on this site. His books have inspired many. The Great Work speaks powerfully to the task of changing our attitudes toward and beliefs about Earth.
http://www.brianswimme.org/
Berry’s colleague/collaborator, Swimme presents the new cosmology based on scientific findings of the past century, especially. Humans are the unique product of a process that has lasted billions of years, the cosmos and Earth coming to self-conscious life. The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos gives an excellent, readable overview of this process.
- Peak Oil – a film, and topic of many websites, including some that claim to debunk the threat as a myth.
- “End of Suburbia” (a film) More on the changes that will likely occur with the end to oil supplies sufficient to keep our current lifestyles going
- “The Awakening Universe” (15-minute film based on the work of Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme, inspiring!)
The Transistion Handbook: From oil dependency to local resilience, Book by Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition movement
- Permaculture (a topic that should become familiar to people who are active in Transition, lots of information in libraries and on the Internet)
- Ecozoic Age (Berry & Swimme idea that should also become familiar – lots on the Internet)
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