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“Senator Bill Bradley defines a movement as having three elements: 1. A narrative that tells a story about who we are and the future we’re trying to build 2. A connection between and among the leader and the tribe 3. Something to do—the fewer limits, the better”
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
― Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
“Mulling on the page is an artless art form. It is fooling around. It is doodling. It is the way that ideas slowly take shape and form until they are ready to help us see the light. All too often, we try to push, pull, outline, and control our ideas instead of letting them grow organically. The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.”
― The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
― The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
“Thomas Merton speaks plainly and honestly when he writes, “We learn to live by living together with others, and by living like them—a process which has disadvantages as well as blessings.”1”
― The Relational Soul: Moving from False Self to Deep Connection
― The Relational Soul: Moving from False Self to Deep Connection
“In true community, the person is protected. Indeed, a solitary person may take a lonely stand in witnessing to a particular truth. Dissent is welcomed. In fact, the safe sharing of both agreement and disagreement is one of the first signs of authentic respect. Identity is ascribed. In collective identity, the community offers a place to belong, a place to stand, a place to slowly form one’s individual identity.”
― Dissident Discipleship: A Spirituality of Self-Surrender, Love of God, and Love of Neighbor
― Dissident Discipleship: A Spirituality of Self-Surrender, Love of God, and Love of Neighbor
“Tripolar spirituality is not a desirable consequence or an optional third way; it is not an extra or additive dimension. Rather, it is a radical alternative to both monopolar and bipolar spirituality. When love for God and neighbor are interdependent and inseparable, a pivotal redirection results, and an acute deviation from social norms ensues. Committing oneself to tripolar spirituality is making a painful decision to depart from cultural mandates and to risk countercultural actions motivated by a new agenda that becomes the prime factor revolutionizing one’s life.”
― Dissident Discipleship: A Spirituality of Self-Surrender, Love of God, and Love of Neighbor
― Dissident Discipleship: A Spirituality of Self-Surrender, Love of God, and Love of Neighbor
Theology Book Club
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— last activity Mar 27, 2010 05:09PM
Fact and Fiction are both fair game, so long as the book has the potential to spark a conversation on Faith.
The New & Noteworthy Book Club
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This club meets in real life at BookPeople on the corner of 6th and Lamar, in Austin, TX. We meet on the last Monday of every month at 7pm. The book ...more
John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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