Quick clips from this issue of Geez

Below are some quick clips from this issue of Geez.

Activism is considered abnormal at best, and downright problematic at worst.
– Nicholas Klassen, page 6

The only devils in this world are those running around in our own hearts, and that is where all our battles should be fought.
– Gandhi, quoted in an article on page 31

Public liturgy takes the rituals of religion into the streets in order to “change the geography of worship.”
– Ched Myers, page 20

Integrity is the currency of change.
– Will Braun, page 31

When the wheel of history turns and we see with eyes that have weathered a great storm, and we find the true spiritual allegory for our difficult time, we will marvel at how tolerant we had become with the illusory, the manipulative, the criminal and the banal.
– Robert Inchausti, page 35

Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired.
– Leonard Cohen, in an article by Robert Inchausti, page 36

Some hardwiring in my brain compels me to understand and empathize.
– Robert Rowen-Herzog, page 38

I don’t seem to give a shit.
– Garret Keizer, page 40

I realized later that for all the times I had protested in support of the poor, not one poor person in Philadelphia knew me by name.
– Dan Leonard, page 71

We need to learn to quiet down and slow down . . . to a halt.
– Dan Leonard, page 71

A recurring problem . . . is “an activist culture that sacrifices relationship for ideology.”
– Annahid Dashtgardpage, in an article by Anna Bowen, page 72

This posture of urgency among activists can also mirror the “with us or against us” attitude among the governments they (we) so adamantly resist. But doesn’t the upholding of one end of a staunch dichotomy serve to strengthen the other?
– Anna Bowen, page 72

A hero mentality that points to the greatness of a few and, by necessary comparison, the relative uselessness of the many.
– Aiden Enns, page 74

God is not dependent on our strength. That is actually the imperial vision. . . . God works best through weakness.
– Shane Claiborne, page 22

Acedia means the absence of care, [the] restless boredom, frantic escapism, commitment phobia, and enervating despair that plagues us today is the ancient demon of acedia in modern dress.
– Kathleen Norris, quoted in an article by Laurel Mathewson, page 76

Are hyperscheduled, overactive individuals really creating anything new? Are they guilty of passion in any way?
– Wendy Wasserstein, quoted in an article by Laurel Mathewson, page 77

The frenzy of the activist neutralizes work for peace. . . . It kills the root of inner wisdom that makes work fruitful.
– Thomas Merton, quoted in an article by Jessie van Eerden, page 80

Vocation is “the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”
– Frederick Buechner, quoted in an article by Jessie van Eerden, page 80

We need to move together toward the key ingredients in Gandhi’s nonviolent recipe – radical simplicity, solidarity with the poor and disciplined spiritual practice.
– Chris Moore-Backman, page 96

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