October 2011
1 post
“A nation at war has no time for the poor, no space to worry about the...”
– Stanley Hauerwas
September 2011
12 posts
Resist or Not: the Inner Life of the Individual
His words were directed to the House of Israel, a minority within the Greco-Roman world, smarting under the loss of status, freedom, and autonomy, haunted by the dream of the restoration of a lost glory and a former greatness. His message focused on the urgency of a radical change in the inner attitude of the people. He recognized fully that out of the heart are the issues of life and that no...
1 tag
“What moral imperative should organize and give passion to a progressive politics...”
– Mike Davis, City of Quartz
“Labor’s forward march in Los Angeles, and with it the future of the urban...”
– Mike Davis, City of Quartz, pg. xviii
“The masses of men live with their backs constantly against the wall. They are...”
– Howard Thurman
Thought of the Day
Every great piece of art is informed by a number of influences. A great cloud of witnesses, rather. It is a community, perhaps better recognized as a fellowship. This group is momentary, for great reason. For art helps us see that connections are eternal, but to grow, they must always be rearranged.
WatchKirk Franklin & the Roots. SMILE.
August 2011
5 posts
“Great Groups also tend to be places where dissent is encouraged, if only because...”
– Warren Bennis
“Never do I argue with a man with a desire to hear him say what is wrong, or to...”
– Imam Al-Shafi’i
“Adversity often produces the unexpected opportunity. Look for it. Appreciate and...”
– John Wooden
2 tags
“Ubuntu is a concept that we have in our Bantu languages at home. Ubuntu is the...”
– Desmond Tutu, God has a Dream
March 2011
5 posts
“People must find, in their movement, the immediate joy of solidarity, if only...”
– Barbara Ehrenreich, Dancing in the Streets, p. 259
February 2011
15 posts
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January 2011
5 posts
“The flow isn’t like time, it’s like life. It’s like a...”
– Jay-Z
“The first time I heard our voices playing back on tape, I realized that a...”
– Jay-Z
“In the world today his activities have become so terrifying that we scarcely...”
– Elias Canetti, Crowds & Power
“We are each called to be an artist, to learn to give love to the work of our...”
– Wendell Berry, Home Economics
December 2010
1 post
November 2010
10 posts
