Parents learn quickly the power of story as a pacifier. But the stories also shape values. Stories and the lived stories of our example are how we learn our values. Jesus knew the power of stories! Do you really want to change things? Tell a story!
Systemic change
Are You a “Whack-a-mole” or “Big picture” Person?
by John Freund, CM | March 16, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
It occurs to me that there are two approaches to problem-solving. – “Whack-a-mole” or “Big Picture.”
Luke’s Gospel – Trees or Forest?
by John Freund, CM | March 11, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”
Our “Real Families”
by John Freund, CM | March 9, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
I often heard two seemingly contradictory thoughts about parents in “real families.”
Please Don’t Feed the Trolls
by John Freund, CM | March 4, 2022 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 0 Comments
In the language of the internet, a troll is a person who makes inflammatory, insincere, or otherwise off-topic comments in a social setting.
August 6 – Transfiguration… or… Disfiguration?
by John Freund, CM | Aug 4, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Transfiguration – Disfiguration. We have a choice. Which light will we walk in?
Sisters Challenging Me To Think More!
by John Freund, CM | Jul 28, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
No matter what era or even whether we went to a Catholic school, I suspect the teachers we remember most favorably were the ones who taught us to think.
“Seeing” – the Necessary Beginning of Systemic Change
by John Freund, CM | Aug 5, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
St. Vincent’s pastoral insight was “See, Judge and Act.” It all began with “Seeing”!
“Normal”? Can Mice Teach Us Something?
by John Freund, CM | Jul 15, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
“Who moved my Cheese” is a parable that describes how people face change. It’s about 4 characters running around in a maze trying to locate their “cheese” or what is important to them.
Rip Van Winkle Waking Up In a “Post-COVID World”
by John Freund, CM | Jul 1, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
We haven’t been awake to how digital technology is changing the landscape of our lives.
Laudato Si – A Call To Change Our Way of Thinking
by John Freund, CM | Jun 24, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
Do you think it is possible to capture the essence of Laudato SI in one cartoon or just five words?
What Are Elements Of Structural Racism?
by John Freund, CM | Jun 17, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change
What might be “Socially Acceptable” and “Not Socially Acceptable” elements of “structural” racism.
What Must We As Vincentian Family Do?
by John Freund, CM | Jun 13, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
With the disciples on the road to Emmaus, we are all struggling to make sense of the past few weeks since the murder of George Floyd.
Corpus Christi and the Case for Change
by John Freund, CM | Jun 10, 2020 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
As you prepare to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi, have you ever thought of how it provides the underpinnings for systemic change?
Systemic Change In a Time of National Unrest
by John Freund, CM | Jun 3, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change
“Respect for minorities is to be considered the touchstone of social harmony and the index of the civic maturity attained by a country and its institutions” St. John Paul II
A Wide-Angle Lens On the Cries of the Poor
by John Freund, CM | May 27, 2020 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Reflections, Systemic change
The earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor; she “groans in travail” (Rom 8:22)