Another amazing weekend … a great week ahead
Sometimes I am just overwhelmed. I can't contain the gratitude I feel for being able to meet, dialogue, and collaborate with such tremendous people. It happened again this weekend at the Sacred Activism conference in North Carolina.
In addition to an amazing gathering of conferees, I had the privilege of working with
... Fred Burnham, priest and historian of science, who organized the event ...
... Bishop Eugene Sutton, my neighbor here in Maryland, and an extraordinarily gifted preacher
... Sister Joan Chittister, someone I have admired for years, and whose presence was even more energetic and alive and brilliant than I expected
... David Korten, a brilliant economist/activist whose work was so important to my work in Everything Must Change
... Courtney Cowart, a new friend who works like a community organizer and writes and speaks like a poet
People often ask how I handle all the negative stuff that gets aimed in my general direction, and I can only say the the kindness and inspiration of the friends I meet far outweighs whatever negativity comes my way from anybody else.
This week I'll be at North Park University in Chicago for Earth Day, then in Little Rock Arkansas over the weekend ... and next week will be the poverty summit here in DC sponsored by sojo.net.
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Three Crises of Peace … #3
I've written a lot on Palestine and Gaza in recent years ... Not long ago I posted this song about the conflict ...
Any of us who travel (or read) know that peace in the world can't be separated from peace in Israel - peace for Jews, and peace for Muslim and Christian Palestinians. There is probably no single issue more important to helping Muslims and Christians and Jews live in peace world-wide than resolving the crisis of peace in Israel.
In the coming months, I hope that more and more of us - especially those of us from Evangelical backgrounds - will start speaking out on this subject, addressing 4 key issues with courage, passion, and persistence:
1. The equal rights of both Jewish and Palestinian people to security, equity, and prosperity, and the equal responsibilities of both groups to seek, not just good for "their own," but the common good of all.
2. The need to confront (continued after the jump)
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which book is the best introduction …
A few times in the last week or so I've been asked which book is the best introduction to my work for a person who is not already a committed Christian. I just got this encouraging email that makes me think that Secret Message of Jesus is probably the best intro.
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I picked up your book “The Secret Message of Jesus”. Thank you. I was baptized as Catholic – when I was 3, but I never liked the churches. Your book articulates so beautifully, clearly, honestly what I wanted to believe. I have always admired Jesus but never been a student of the bible. It’s so beautiful and definitely I want to be part of God’s team! Thank you!
And amazon.com has it on sale for $5.49!
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dylan
I'm a bob d fan. This interview is ... perfect. Quotable exchange:
BF: But you've sold over a hundred million records.
BD: Yeah I know. It's a mystery to me too.
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