According to a report of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), 2,500 million tons of food are thrown into the garbage.
Systemic change
What Questions Get You Thinking?
Oprah Winfrey got me thinking with two questions.
The Rosary As Scrapbook of Mary’s Memories
You all know what a scrapbook is. It is not about throwing away scraps. It is about keeping memories alive.
A Challenge is in the Air
Think about the hot button issues of the day: Police reform, Climate change, Poverty, Homelessness, Election reform, Systemic racism, #metoo… Tou name it. People are calling for more than just quick but temporary fixes. People are calling for systemic reform.
Systemic Change Calls For Paying Attention
There are things we see but don’t pay attention to.
Systemic Change – What My Mother Taught Me
When will we really buy into the systemic change of thinking Jesus came to show us?
Acts of the Apostles, Systemic Change and Polarization
Over the next several weeks the liturgy, drawing from the Acts of the Apostles, presents selected stories of ordinary people who coped with severe polarization some 2,000 years ago.
I am doing something new!
For a variety of reasons, we sometimes can not see what is right before our eyes.
How Could This Happen?
“All God’s people carry within themselves the same potencies that energized the early Christian movement…”
I Can’t Do Everything!
I need to remember that while I can’t do everything, I must do something.
Seeing Beyond My Nose
“Move us to create healthier societies and a more dignified world, a world without hunger, poverty, violence and war. May our hearts be open to all the peoples and nations of the earth.”
Learning From a Vincentian Nobel Prize Nominee
A Vincentian priest has made it his life’s work to “go out to the margins” of society and try to restore dignity to the “living scraps” of a “throwaway culture”. Pedro Opeka CM, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize… again.
