For the last two days I have attended a conference put on by John Perkins and Paul Metzger called Drum Majors for Love, Truth and Justice.
Here are some of my favorite quotes from John Perkins…
“To take care of yourself is an addiction, there is more than yourself.”
“We have to lower our hate voice. We have to come up with a language for love.”
“The reason why you don’t relocate? You love yourself more than your neighbor.”
“We need a culture of love.”
“Go… live, love, learn, build on what they have. At the end, you want the people to say they have done it themselves.”
“We must move from charity to development.”
There was much more, but these are the things that are challenging me and my current thought-actions.
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November 21, 2008 at 4:37 pm
amazing stuff Kevin.
November 22, 2008 at 12:16 am
“The reason why you don’t relocate? You love yourself more than your neighbor.”
Wow…
Wow – that’s a good one.
Thanks Kev.
November 22, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Those are really awesome, Kevin! The conference sounds amazing! I found your blog on Steve’s list…hope you don’t mind 🙂 I was just talking to one of my friends the other day about our mission trip…so many good memories!
November 23, 2008 at 7:26 pm
Ahh yes the missions trip. At the reunion we talked about watching the uncut missions trip video version some time. Good memories for sure. Ya the conference was great and very challenging.