Entries from September 1, 2006 - October 1, 2006
More On Getting Off the Grid
Marshall Massey
in Blogwitness, Practical Efforts
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Two liberal unprogrammed Friends monthly meetings are considering the idea of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions 10% in the coming year. “What will it take?” Karen asked.
…It’s worth your time to read what Karen’s respondents are saying.
On Living in Harmony with All God's Creation, Part Four
Marshall Massey
in Environmental Theology, Baltimore YM 2006 session, Witness, 2006 Carey Lecture
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Why not let’s dream big dreams, and go for them?
On Living in Harmony -- Parts Two and Three
Marshall Massey
in Environmental Theology, Baltimore YM 2006 session, Witness, 2006 Carey Lecture
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The standard liberal Quaker testimonies did not emerge as answers to environmental challenges. They were answers to quite different challenges — for example, the simplicity testimony was an answer to human vainglory. And since they were aimed at different targets, we cannot count on them to hit the environmental targets we need them to hit.
On Living in Harmony with All God's Creation
Marshall Massey
in Environmental Theology, Baltimore YM 2006 session, Witness, 2006 Carey Lecture
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The life-support functions of Spaceship Earth have never been a reason for concern before. This is new territory for our species. These are challenges we do not yet know our ability to deal with.
In this context, then, what should we mean by “harmony with all God’s Creation?”
The Witness Workshop, Conclusion: Exploring the Mechanics
Marshall Massey
in Baltimore YM 2006 session, Witness
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If Nathan hadn’t held the reins of the interchange so firmly, David would have found a way to derail the interchange, out of an intuitive fear of what was coming. And then Nathan’s visit would have accomplished no good at all.
But equally, if Nathan hadn’t permitted David those two choices, David would not have had to accept the judgment as his own, and himself as being condemned by his own knowledge of what God reveals to be right and wrong. David would just have rejected the judgment as Nathan’s opinion.
This art of choreographing the interaction, controlling it just enough, and giving the person being confronted just the right decision points, is what makes for successful witness. I won’t claim that great witnesses sit down and diagram out what they’re going to do…. But they can feel their way to their goal because they know in their gut what works.
Greetings, Visitors!
I guess it’s fairly obvious that the earthwitness journal has moved to a new host, no?
All the journal entries and reader comments that were present at the old site have been preserved. I’ve actually improved a few of the old journal entries, touching up the language, adding pictures, and improving the indexing.
Let me know what you think, friends.
The Witness Workshop, Part Two: The Classic Example
Marshall Massey
in Baltimore YM 2006 session, Witness
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Friends, I want to make it clear that cheap feelings of moral superiority are not the point of this exercise.
…There seems to have been a particular incident that crystallized the transformation. That is what I want to talk about now.
The Witness Workshop, Part One: Secular Origins
Marshall Massey
in Baltimore YM 2006 session, Witness
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…This approach to justice gave every member of the community a strong reason to live a life of integrity — so that, if he or she ever found herself in court, perhaps accused wrongly of some crime, her testimony would be respected. There was a real incentive in this system to become the sort of person who could speak as a witness and be believed.
And what is maybe equally significant, this system also trained every member of the community to be alert for the sound and the signs of integrity, in the voices and actions of people around her or him.