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Jesus Freak by Sara Miles - Short Book Review

By Ricci Kilmer

“…anywhere there’s food, spirit and matter intersect.
And the power to feed — and particularly to share food
with people outside your tribe — always has the
potential to transform lives.” pg. 21
Too many of us stay in an ethereal realm where to greatest outcome of our food choices is a smug satisfaction of eating an [...]

links for 2010-02-05

W. Mignolo: The communal and the decolonial | MARA
(tags: community commons ingenouse decolonial)

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Banksy Film: Exit Through The Gift Shop

More information at the Sundance website here.

Posted via web from Eliacín Rosario-Cruz

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Haiti Emergency Relief Fund | One Day’s Wages

On January 12, 2010, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the country of Haiti, just 10 miles from the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince. There have been at least 13 aftershocks with magnitudes above 5.0, according to the USGS. At least one major hospital was destroyed, and the city of Port-au-Prince is particularly vulnerable to damage due to [...]

You Say You Want a Revolution? Creating Liberated Spaces in the Empire | Feb. 13: Portland, OR

You Say You Want a Revolution? Creating Liberated Spaces in the Empire
What? a facilitated conversation
Where? The Boise Street Asylum | 7030 SE Boise St. Portland, OR 97206
When? February 13, 2010 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Register Online - http://creatingliberatedspacespdx.eventbrite.com
In what way is Jesus and his way actually revolutionary? Is Jesus’ call to “seek the Kingdom” actually a call to [...]

Jesus Freak - Upcoming book by Sara Miles

via youtube.com
HT/ @emergentvillage

Posted via web from Eliacín Rosario-Cruz

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Love the Bible? Love the earth! via Brian McLaren

Love the Bible? Love the earth!
Let the folks of Hope Mennonite Church give you 350 reasons why!
To learn more … here’s the place to start.

via brianmclaren.net

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(DE)CONSTRUCTIVE ABSENCE

Arek Shakarian is an old friend of Tom Tom and Christine whom I’ve met at several events the Mustard Seed House. He is very passionate about everything that have to do with deconstruction and Derrida. In our most recent conversation this past Saturday he mentioned this poem he wrote several years back. I’m glad [...]

12 Essential Rules to Live More Like a Zen Monk

12 Essential Rules to Live More Like a Zen Monk

Photo courtesy of Kanzeon Zen Center

“We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

I’m not a Zen monk, nor will I ever become one. However, I find great inspiration in the way they try to live their lives: [...]

History of Solentiname

The book El Evangelio en Solentiname by Fr. Ernesto Cardenal was my first encounter with the idea of neo-monasticism.

For a brief period in Nicaraguan history, the island of Solentiname provided a communal space for artistic experimentation and spiritual discovery. From 1965 to 1966, Ernesto Cardenal, a Nicaraguan priest and now-famous poet established a religious [...]

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