Category: Library

Wild Swimming

Chris Hillman ,the new warden at Elsie Briggs house in Bristol has started a Greening of Spirituality reading group. Wild Swimming was the first item on the agenda. Ever thought of trying it?

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What the internet is doing to our brains – The Shallows

It seems that every technology human beings embrace alters the way their brains work. The clock, the map and the printing press have all had profound effects on us, but the potential for the computer to change our minds is only just beginning to be appreciated. We may be aware of its positive impact in terms of reaching people and storing and sharing information, but do we recognise the concomitant decline in our attention span, our lack of deep and contemplative thought, our failure to engage emotionally or develop compassion?  Nicholas Carr’s new book tells the story.

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Trust

There are many ways to describe the life of a community. One of the best is to learn to see it as a trust. But trust is a strange term. It pushes the bounds of our pretended rationality, reaching into the realms of love, hope and loyalty. It goes without saying that trust is one of the core themes of faith.

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Not a bed of roseries

Check out this story from Dave Mowat about the Occupied Palestinian Territories - how it feels to have your road stolen and to have to pass through a checkpoint to get to your veg

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The joy of sales resistance

A talk by Bill Cavanaugh shows how the economic crisis can be traced to a perverse spiritual quest, an attempt to overcome the limits imposed by the material world…thanks, Alister, for pointing us to this and to the thinktank Ecclesia for posting it

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A short interview with Thomas Berry

Ross Flint, from Tasmania,  suggested that other EarthAbbey folk might appreciate an interview with Thomas Berry made shortly before his death.

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Can anything good come out of Detroit?

Detroit is well known as the city of the car. It was the place of the first Ford assembly line and the home of GM motors. As a result it has suffered terribly from car-related diseases like a city/suburb split between black/white and poor/rich. And now, with the oil crisis followed by the sub-prime crisis in housing, and the financial collapse, the city is in freefall. Average house prices are around $5000. There is no longer a rush hour, because there is no rush and few cars. Whole streets are being pulled down and some see the inner city reverting to nature. Is this a sign of the future for our cities? Or is there a better story to be told?

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The story so far

The story of a personal journey - from Dunwedin

It’s just one year since I took a day out to think and pray about what God was saying. My husband had just finished renovating our house, and it looked beautiful. But it still backed onto a railway line, so that gave him 2 reasons to want to move: a new DIY project and somewhere peaceful, preferably the country. And he wanted a dog…

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We are gods and we have to get good at it?

Stewart Brand’s new book ‘Whole Earth Discipline’ marks him out as ‘post green’. The book is a mine of fascinating and challenging information advocating the use of nuclear energy, GM crops and geo-engineering to solve climate change. But it is more than facts. It depends on a particular view of human nature.

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How do we respond?

There are a range of spiritualities and belief systems represented among environmentalists. Encountering some of them for the first time can be a provocative experience. It can be difficult to know how to respond. Mari Shackell has sent in a story that asks important questions.

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