Retrospective
Byron Borger offers a thoughtful survey of decades-old themes which are still at play in the emergent conversation. His review of literature is long, but so well-written and - in my opinion - insightful and true. It reminded me of those "best music of the decade" retrospectives ... recalling many of the books that have been formative for many in our (Byron's and mine) generation.
Borger mentions Francis Schaeffer, whose importance I referenced in a recent conversation at the Talking Points Memo Cafe about E. J. Dionne's bright new book.
Speaking of Schaeffer, his son Frank Schaeffer's recent memoir (highly criticized, highly disturbing, and highly interesting), adds backstory to a memory I recounted in the Talking Points posting - of my surprise at seeing Schaeffer appear on The 700 Club.
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TIA
Grace and I are looking forward to returning to Africa in late May - Rwanda and Burundi. We'll be with our good friends in amahoro-africa.org.
I described our time there last year in this post.
Maybe you should join us? Or if you can't come, consider sponsoring an African participant ... you'll find information here.
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More on energy…
Those who have been part of the EMC tour will remember the video produced by the Sierra Club about faith-based efforts to combat mountaintop removal in Appalachia. Canada has a parallel problem - strip mining for tar sands. You can download a powerpoint presentation with some photographs of what that process involves near the bottom of this webpage.
Caring for God's beautiful creation means we must develop renewable energy. Check out this initiative at everythingmustchange.org - and don't miss the links on the right. We have a long way to go, but committed people are using their God-given intelligence and creativity to find solutions that will benefit everyone.
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NDD
If I don't get outdoors regularly to enjoy the beauty of creation, I suffer from NDD - nature deficiency (or deficit) disorder. (Check out this article for a reference to it.)
Since I was a little kid growing up in the country in upstate New York, I've loved the outdoors and I feel squirmy and gray if I don't get out and feel the weather, sense the season, and notice signs of life around me.
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On emergent…
My friend Michael Morrell passed on this link to a new Publisher's Weekly piece that's well worth reading for all of us involved in whatever it is that is happening in and among us these days...
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