This week, I’m in a class on philosophies of philanthropy and reading Eric Butterworth’s Spiritual Economics and Lynne Twist’s The Soul of Money. Butterworth’s book was first written the year I was born (some of the content shows that), but Twist’s book combines her reflections from a career in non-profit development, fundraising, and work on tough […]
Our Greatest Power
I recently spent a week around the desert and red rocks of Central and Northern Arizona, and ended up at the Grand Canyon, an incredible example of what stone and water can do if given enough time. From the lip of compressed rocks, high above a river that’s carved dirt for millennia, my decades are […]
QOTW: Living Beautifully
“Keep doing whatever it is that you do to help the world be a more beautiful place to be. Try to stay in the moment. Learn how to give yourself compassion and then learn how to have compassion for others. If we all did these things—imagine!” —V. Kingsley
Reader Review #02
Posts tagged “Reader Review” include a few top articles from my weekly reading. Their topics may vary, but their quality and provocation quotient won’t. Enjoy. Kenyan Author Binyavanga Wainaina Tells Us All: “We Must Free Our Imaginations.” Africa is a Country: #Watch Binyavanga’s brilliant YouTube documentary calling out the BS behind “African” homophobia (Elliot Ross) In a […]