vol. 11, num. 13 :: 2012.06.22 — 2012.07.05
Many people and cultures throughout history have demonstrated willingness to privilege efficiency over other values like compassion, curiosity, beauty and stewardship. In what areas of our lives today is the “fast food” mentality most prevalent? What could convince us to slow down and savor the moment?
Can our eating habits really induce us to forget God?
A call away from snobbery and gluttony toward the ultimate feast.
Practicing community development on an eternal timeline.
A pastor reckons with a retreat averted.
On discerning when to practice efficiency and inefficiency.
Sometimes, life is like a shamrock shake.
On the consequences of perpetual busyness.
On planting dinner.
Confessions of a chronic fast eater.
Remembering a day full of grace after a busy week.
Why going to college shouldn’t be like eating at McDonald’s.
What happens when a child-like boredom meets adult busyness.
On cultivating a new attitude toward the busier-than-thou game.
An episode on what there is to be seen over the course of a full day in one place.
Christina Crook writes about the goodness of slowing down.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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