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Re: The world’s greatest neighborhoods

Share I’m always telling people that the world’s greatest neighborhoods are terrible places to park, and it’s no coincidence. … Part of the reason you don’t see much parking in back, of course, is that if this is a successful urban neighborhood, someone is going to come along with a more valuable use for that [...]

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Bonhoeffer and responsibility

Bonhoeffer and responsibility

Share (Jon) I’m getting inspired by Dietrich Bonhoeffer‘s “Life Together,” and I have yet to get beyond the introduction. Here are two quotes from the book’s intro that ring true: “The sin of respectable people reveals itself in flight from responsibility.” — Bonhoeffer’s friend Eberhard Bethge “For him Christianity could never be merely intellectual theory, [...]

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