Today’s special guest post comes from Professor Peter G. Brown of the McGill University School of Environment, co-author of Right Relationship: Building a Whole Earth Economy and author of two previous books. * * * HOW THE ESTABLISHMENT PROTECTS ITSELF, OR THINKS IT DOES WHILE THE EARTH DECLINES. 1. DROWNING IN OUR WORRIES. One of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘faith’
8 Jan
The word of the day: praxis
I read an article today on “The Religion of Sustainability”, in which the author calls for less theory and more practical work. Oh for the day when we all cared about the environment and the human race and that was our single mission. When we didn’t spend most of our time in meetings and forums [...]
31 Dec
Circles of concern, circles of influence
I just read an article in the current issue of The Canadian Friend that resonated very strongly with me. In “Making Peace With Our Place on the Planet”, Tony McQuail of Kitchener Monthly Meeting writes: Something that has been helpful to me is distinguishing between my circle of concern and my circle of influence. If [...]
10 Nov
Just Finance from the WCC
Hey, back to the actual topic of the blog this morning! All right! The World Council of Churches recently published their “Statement on just finance and the economy of life”. Some excerpts: “The current financial crisis presents an opportunity to re-examine our engagement and action. It is an opportunity for us to discern together how [...]
27 Oct
350 in Montreal
Some days, in the environmental movement, you feel like you’re some sort of small squishy creature making brave noises just before the great corporate-political-industrial juggernaut squashes you. Some days, you feel very alone. Saturday was not one of those days. As everyone probably knows, it was the International Day of Climate Action, where people all [...]
14 Oct
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
What am I thankful for? Ingenuity. Integrity. Awe. Diversity. Strength. Solidarity. Hope.
2 Sep
Charity in truth
Today I’m pointing you folks to an excellent summary of Pope Benedict’s Encyclical Charity in Truth (Caritas In Veritate), by John Hart, a Professor of Christian Ethics at Boston University. While we find parts of the encyclical problematic, there’s no question that this is an important document which agrees in many particulars with our own [...]
