Praxis

Hi Friends!

Welcome to the JPC Summer Reading Blog - a tool I hope we'll use to build relationships and plans for next year as we read together through John Perkins' Let Justice Roll Down.  I'll start reading and reflecting next week - I hope you'll join the conversation.

Summer is my time to read a lot, and this week I'm looking at Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed.  There's a lot in the book, but one big idea that jumped out at me the other day was the idea of Praxis - the interaction of reflection and action.  Without action, our talking is just talk; without reflection, our action is just activism.  When reflection and action come together, praxis, among a bunch of other great things, happens.  It's vital that we do something, while at the same time thinking carefully about waht we're doing and why.

I hope our conversations about Let Justice Roll Down will be a point for praxis.  As you begin to think about the year ahead: leadership, service, action ... let's also think about what we're doing, how we're doing it, and what we're learning as we go. 

We'll get into the discussion of Let Justice Roll Down next week.  For now, here's an easy question - post your thoughts!

What are you most excited for this summer?  What are you least excited about?

Thanks.
Owen.