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EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want
by Frances Moore Lappe
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| I finished the book this week and went Lappe give a book talk about this book on Thursday evening in Brookline. I have been a Frances Moore Lappe fan for a long time and was very happy with this book. Now I'd like to read more from other authors (p...more | |
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The Paradise of All These Parts: A Natural History of Boston
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| Can't wait till spring to explore some of the parks and locations that are described in this book. The book gives a fresh look at the recent and not-so-recent history of Boston's natural places, and on how settlement has radically re-shaped Boston. ...more | |
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"I just read something about the difference between goals and resolutions. Resolutions are ongoing, so that are not really breakable."
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“It is interesting to me to note that those who most frequently call for fair play are those who are advantaged by the play as it currently is, and that only when that position of privilege is endangered are they likely to benefit from the change required to "play by the rules." What if the "rules" are inherently unfair or simply wrong, or a greater good is to be accomplished by changing them? When the gospel says, "The last will be first, and the first will be last," despite the fact it is counterintuitive to our cultural presuppositions, it is invariably good news to those who are last, and at least problematic news to those who see themselves as first.”
― Peter J. Gomes, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good about the Good News?
― Peter J. Gomes, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good about the Good News?
“The question should not be "What would Jesus do?" but rather, more dangerously, "What would Jesus have me do?" The onus is not on Jesus but on us, for Jesus did not come to ask semidivine human beings to do impossible things. He came to ask human beings to live up to their full humanity; he wants us to live in the full implication of our human gifts, and that is far more demanding.”
― Peter J. Gomes, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good about the Good News?
― Peter J. Gomes, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus: What's So Good about the Good News?
Museum of Science Book Group
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Feeling inquisitive? Looking for good conversation? Love science and books? The Book Club for the Curious is just the thing for you. Created at the Mu...more
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