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Finished reading: Counting the Cost by Clemens Sedmak ๐Ÿ“š

This book is a terrific exploration of what it means to integrate values into the work of organizational budgeting.

10/10 - required reading for mission leaders, faith-based organization executives, and finance leaders everywhere.

A quote from _Counting the Cost_, by Clemens Sedmak and Kelli Reagan Hickey: We claim that financial decisions are moral decisions and also spiritual decisions, decisions that reflect values, but also decisions that shed light on the ultimate questions of mission and purpose.


Someone just unironically asked me:

Is the pope Catholic?


Happy 100th Birthday, Brother Alberic!

When asked about what drew him to monastic life he answered, โ€œNothing. It wasnโ€™t attractive at all.โ€ It just got into his head that it was something he ought to do, he said, and the idea wouldnโ€™t go away.

I love this response so much! Vocations are mysterious.



Finished reading: All the Kingdoms of the World by Kevin Vallier ๐Ÿ“š

In this critique of anti-liberal ideologies - primarily Catholic integralism - Vallier presents arguments for (history, symmetry) and against (transition, justice).

I love the note on which he ends.

This is what it means to be a liberal: to pursue the ever-present possibility of peace.

Amen.