I-70, Denver to Aspen
up, up, deep breaths...
Aspen Institute
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Friday, May 9, 2008
early spring philly
Fairmont Park
Japanese garden and house from Nagoya in Fairmont Park
Parish Hall, Swarthmore College
Woodstock, NY
Philly Streets
Van Pelt Street
Locust Street in the Evening
The Crum Creek
The Crum Woods
Monday, February 11, 2008
Bishop Peter Storey
South African Methodist Bishop Peter Storey, erstwhile chaplain to Nelson Mandela in prison and outspoken opponent of apartheid, has this to say to those clergy who would preach more than platitudes:
“We had obvious evils to engage; you have to unwrap your culture from years of red, white, and blue myth. You have to expose and confront the great disconnect between the kindness, compassion, and caring of most American people and the ruthless way American power is experienced, directly or indirectly, by the poor of the earth. You have to help good people see how they have let their institutions do their sinning for them.
“All around the world there are those who long to see your human goodness translated into a different, more compassionate way of relating with the rest of this bleeding planet.”
“We had obvious evils to engage; you have to unwrap your culture from years of red, white, and blue myth. You have to expose and confront the great disconnect between the kindness, compassion, and caring of most American people and the ruthless way American power is experienced, directly or indirectly, by the poor of the earth. You have to help good people see how they have let their institutions do their sinning for them.
“All around the world there are those who long to see your human goodness translated into a different, more compassionate way of relating with the rest of this bleeding planet.”
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