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Speaking of Work, Let Us Praise
Barbara Ehrenreich |
Barbara Ehrenreich died this weekend. She was a champion of good work and critiqued bad work and forces of evil and injustice that put greed and power-over dynamics ahead of serving the common
good. |
She was a prophet for she did what Rabbi Heschel says prophets do—she interfered. Take a look at the very themes she treated among her 21 books—her titles read like a list of worthwhile value-making and value-critiquing exercises. | Democracy Now! remembers Barbara Ehrenreich and her role in exposing the inequities of
low-income work in America. |
Anne Twomey narrates an excerpt from Barbara Ehrenreich’s book Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream. Macmillan Audio. | |
| Barbara Ehrenreich discusses the importance of passing the torch of good work to younger generations. BookTV |
Not only did she critique the shadow that work and culture can manufacture, she exemplifies what good
work and prophetic work is all about. She herself worked so hard and effectively in bringing truth to the table in her research and writings. To be continued |
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See Matthew Fox, The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine, pp. 8,
45, 66. And Fox, The Reinvention of Work. Banner Image: More than 50 people rallied in Philadelphia, in solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon & all workers organizing, Feb 26, 2022. Photo by Joe Piette on Flickr. |
Queries for Contemplation Pray this Litany of good works. Be with the titles themselves, be with the values that inspire them. Be thankful for the life and work of Barbara Ehrenreich and prophets like her. |
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The Hidden Spirituality of Men: Ten Metaphors to Awaken the Sacred Masculine To awaken what Fox calls “the sacred masculine,” he unearths ten metaphors, or archetypes, ranging from the Green Man, an ancient pagan symbol of our fundamental relationship with nature, to the Spiritual Warrior….These timeless archetypes can inspire men to pursue their higher calling to connect to their deepest selves and to reinvent the world. –“A gutsy, courageous book, one that confronts the terrible isolation in which men live with archetypal images that once nurtured, guided, and connected our ancestors and that still course within the depths of each of us.” –Dr James Hollis, author of What Matters Most | |
The Reinvention of Work: A New Vision
of Livelihood For Our Time Thomas Aquinas said, “To live well is to work well,” and in this bold call for the revitalization of daily work, Fox shares his vision of a world where our personal and professional lives are
celebrated in harmony–a world where the self is not sacrificed for a job but is sanctified by authentic “soul work.” “Fox approaches the level of poetry in describing the reciprocity that must be present between one’s inner and outer work…[A]n important road map to social change.” ~~ National Catholic
Reporter | |
See Matthew Fox's full calendar HERE
Join Matthew Fox in a 6-week virtual course on “Mystics, Mysticism and Ourselves as Mystic-Prophets,” hosted by Creation Spirituality Communities. Wednesdays, 8/24, 8/31,
9/7, 9/14, 9/21, and 9/28, 4:00pm-6:00pm PT. Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox and Neil Douglas-Klotz for “The Aramaic Jesus and the Cosmic Christ: Enduring Lessons for a World in Confusion,” a live video conversation online, a
pre-launch event for the release of Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus, Sunday,
September 11, 10:00am-11:15am PT. Register HERE. Join Matthew Fox for the monthly Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, discussing The Coming of the Cosmic Christ, Thursday, September 15, 4:00pm-6:00pm PT. Register HERE. |
Matthew Fox, Caroline Myss, and Andrew Harvey offer a 3-part series of solo online lectures on “The Power of Truth, Wisdom, Choice Part 2” through the Sophia Institute in Charleston, SC. Wednesdays, September 21, 28, October 5, 3:00pm-4:30pm PT. Register HERE. Creation Spirituality in Conversation |
| Andrew Harvey, author of The
Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism, interviews Matthew Fox on The Essential Writings of Creation Spirituality, July 26, 2022. |
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