Shabbat
Ideas fly through this narrow strip of Blogspace like quarks in a linear accelerator. Come the weekend, I usually realize that they have about the same half-life as their real-life analogs.
Now, someone with a more scientific bent would examine these ideas as data. They would look for patterns. Then they would form a theory. They would test it.
Not me.
I’m an educator and a writer; a part-time theologian. And it seems that I alternate between one identity or the other. Most weeks I plan classes and events. I place items in order for action. I deal in lists. If an idea is good, it shows up on next week’s Action List.
This week offered a particularly rich feast for intellectual action. Today gratitude -- for another week received and well-lived -- calls for a simpler act. Remembrance:
John Emerson distinguished between barrier-free design, universal design and assistive technology.
Anne Galloway captured some essential differences between communities and networks.
Alberto Vasquez-Figeroa provided food for reflection on sustainable tourism.
Abe Hopper imported an exciting new piece of assistive technology in the USA.
Sarah Conner provided her own moving obituary.
Marcus Ormerod facilitated the design of things that make us want to life to the fullest.
The “other” WTO explained its role in the global order.
Barcelona rose to the top of the “Hot Destination of the Week List” with the announcement of a conference on sustainable tourism.
Phil Cousineau’s presentation from last week set the stage for more thinking on religiously-motivated travel.
Next week’s Action List?
A theological reflection. (In narrative format!)
Posted by rollingrains at February 23, 2004 12:48 AM