Posts Tagged ‘activism’

Review of Bill Hybels, “Holy Discontent”

Review of Bill Hybels, Holy Discontent: Fueling the Fire that Ignites Personal Vision. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2007. What really sets you off? What are the things in life that really get your blood boiling? In this short, provocative, and easy-to-read book, Willow Creek’s Bill Hybels uses his pastoral fluency to challenge the reader to consider what he calls their “holy discontent,” which consists of a sort of God-given righteous… Continue reading

June 10 2009 | By Art | Tagged: activism, book review, change, discontent, religion, spirituality | 9 comments»

How to Bring Your Life into Line with Your Values

The world, it seems, is going downhill fast. Everyone has a take on what's wrong: liberals over-regulating everything, conservatives decimating the principles of governance, immigrants refusing to blend in, racists bashing immigrants, poor parenting, non-family-friendly policies, corporations bound to short-term profits instead of long-term social responsibilities, activists hampering corporate innovation, and of course the Jews, always the Jews. You name it, someone's upset by it and the negative effect it… Continue reading

May 12 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: action, activism, change, green, living, value | 9 comments»

Change Your Day, Change Your Life, Change the World: A Review of “New Day Revolution” by Sam Davidson and Stephen Moseley

Be the change you want to see in the world.--Mahatma Gandhi

This quote by Gandhi gets trotted out a lot by people with nothing but the best intentions. Suitable for bumper stickers, motivational posters, and sticking to the top of blog posts, it seems custom-made for all your feel-good occasions. But what does it really mean? And what would it look and feel like to really be the… Continue reading

March 17 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: activism, advice, book_review, change, hack, life | 16 comments»