From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey Here’s another example on a much smaller scale. “Jim,” a vendor in New York City, set up shop and sold donuts and coffee to passersby as they went in and out of their office buildings. During the breakfast and …
From “The Awakened Brain: The New Science of Spirituality and Our Quest for an Inspired Life” by Lisa Miller, PhD Beginning in 1987, Dr. Jacobo Grinberg, a neuropsychologist at the University of Mexico, ran a series of experiments that began the same way: Two people would sit in a room together and meditate for twenty …
Some very smart people discuss the potential future impact of Trump/MAGA. https://www.salon.com/2023/09/08/experts-warn-that-accountability-for-donald-could-come-at-a-cost-to-democracy/
From “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success” by Adam Grant Research suggests that there are two fundamental paths to influence dominance and prestige. When we establish dominance, we gain influence because others see us as strong, powerful, and authoritative. When we earn prestige, we become influential because other respect and admire us. …
Far-right Republicans are insisting on deep cuts in domestic and international poverty programs — though we have ample evidence both are working.
From “Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future” by Patty Krawec We can’t talk about restoring relationship to land without talking about restoring it to the people from whm it was taken. As a phrase, Land Back started with a tweet, which became a hashtag, which became a rallying …
By Jim Wallis https://open.substack.com/pub/jimwallis/p/the-ancient-legal-and-religious-doctrine?r=1ewbq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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From “Scapegoats: The Gospel Through the Eyes of Victims” by Jennifer Garcia Bashaw By the twelfth century, ecclesial writers had begun to allot differing roles to rich and poor. The duty of the rich was to give alms, or charity to the poor, and the duty of the poor was to pray for the salvation …
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From “The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything” by Stephen M. R. Covey Consider another example, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed in the U.S. in response to the Enron, WorldCom, and other corporate scandals. While it appears that Sarbanes-Oxley may be having a positive effect in improving or at least sustaining trust …
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From “The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery” by Sarah Augustine My lineage is similar to Indigenous People throughout the Americas. My mother’s people are originally from southern Colorado, a people twice colonized: first by the Spanish, then by the northern Europeans. Although not one of her relatives can …
https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/05/sam-altman-backed-startup-aims-to-match-neurodivergent-jobseekers-with-ideal-jobs/amp/
From “How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion” by David McRaney Steve explained that after thousands of recorded conversations they had found that battling over differing interpretations of the evidence kept the people they met from exploring why they felt so strongly one way or the other. People could remain in …
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https://grist.org/solutions/california-high-school-offers-class-credit-climate-action/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/30/eu-fossil-fuel-burning-for-electricity-fell-to-lowest-on-record-in-2023-data-shows
From “The Seven Democratic Virtues: What You Can Do to Overcome Tribalism and Save Our Democracy” by Christopher Beem You may have heard of several studies that document the steeply increasing number of parents who would be unhappy if their child married a partisan from the other side. But did you know that among both …
By Brian McLaren and Patrick Carolan https://email.cac.org/t/d-e-vtyhiyk-iufowjr-s/
From “The Land is Not Empty: Following Jesus in Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery” by Sarah Augustine I am a Bad Indian. As in suspect. I’m not registered or enrolled, for one thing. This matters especially to the enrolled, as though Indigeneity must be blessed by the federal government before it counts. I am also …
