The Faith Divide

Will Work for Meaning

As graduation season looms and I think about giving commencement speeches, I am struck by how the combination of the Obama administration, the economic recession and what my friend Michael Brown of City Year calls "part of the DNA of this generation" is combining to lead college students and recent graduates to seek meaningful work. In a New York Times piece about the "recession generation", Kate Zernike writes, "members of the recession generation will most likely be shaped by a return to Things That Matter, a re-definition of values."

In a recent USA Today piece, Michael Hais, who co-authored Millennial Makeover: MySpace, YouTube, and the Future of American Politics with Morley Winograd, said, "Other generations were reared to be more individualistic. This civic generation has a willingness to put aside some of their own personal advancement to improve society." The article also nods to the overwhelmingly positive response of Millennials to Obama, and their answer to his call for national service.

Indeed, I see this in my own staff, many of whom decided to work at the Interfaith Youth Core instead of pursuing careers in consulting or finance like their peers after graduating from elite universities. Becca Hartman, a 2007 graduate from Northwestern, spent a year at IFYC as a Northwestern Public Interest Program Fellow. She says, "I consider it a profound privilege to serve. I spend the majority of my day engaging my academic and personal passion, that is, working with people from all traditions to etch away at systemic injustice."

I have no doubt that a generation of graduates like Becca will transform the world. It is our responsibility to engage them as partners and support them as leaders.

By Eboo Patel  |  April 17, 2009; 11:11 AM ET  | Category:  Interfaith Issues , Religion & Leadership Save & Share:  Send E-mail   Facebook   Twitter   Digg   Yahoo Buzz   Del.icio.us   StumbleUpon   Technorati  
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ooopssa: Almost Forgot:

In CELEBRATION for this Entire YEAR, 2009: That;

WE [i] , of The "Holy Cosmic Feeleers Faith"r's {Ho-Co-Fe-Fa] salute All those involved with the U{nite N{ations {U.N. via UNESCO's et al}

"INTERNATIONAL YEA{R OF A{STRONOMY 20(09."

Therefore WE celebrate other Fathers/ Prophets, in the SPiRIT of, Hir Christiaan Huygens {pbuh et al) & Hir Galileo Galilei [pbuh] et al.

Note: The Prophet "HUYGENS" [pbuh] gave Us the "O.U.R." "WAVE PARTICLE-DUALiTY" etc... Please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Huygens
And

The Prophet Galileo Galilei [pbuh] gave Us the "EARTH is a SPACE-SHIP" in Holy+i motion awareness etc..!

Note: Today ISLAM {Humans}& CO., is using OUR Prophet(s) REVELATIONS {Discovery's, Songs, Philosophy's etc..} Against US {HUEMATE(s)}!

i.e., "the Shia-A-Bomb" via Sharia Islamic IRAN & the "SUNNi-A-BOMB" via sharia Islamic PAKISTAN!

Soo, WHAT's the Real STORY?

Please See the Difference between US {Apocalyptic [believing] HUEMATE/MAN Vs. YE {PreApocalyptic-[believing] HUMAN/MEN?

Posted by: INGOODFAITH | April 18, 2009 1:57 PM
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Today, WE [i] celebrate the DEATHS, back to back of

"O.U.R." 2-two Major-Prophets/Fathers of the "Holy Cosmic Feelers Faith" {HO-Co-Fe-Fa} SYSTEM.

1st: Today April 18th; is ,"Peace Be Upon Him" [pbuh], about the-Prophet, of many; Hir ALBERT EINSTEIN!

Commentary: The-Prophet gaveth Us The "O.ne U.niversal R.eligion" {OUR} and gaveth Us HUEMATE(s), {not Ye Humans} 2-two "NEW-SONGS" of several songs;

A) The "QUANTUM-ENTAGLEMENT" Philosophy {Song}. And
B) The "REALiTIVITY" Philosophy {Song}. and
C)?

Hence: NOW The "RELiGION of everything cometh before the SCiENCE of everything!"

--- AND morrow on April.19th.1882, this day That

His O.U.R. Father, Prophet, of many; Hir "CHARLED DARWIN Peace Be Upon Him [pbuh] gave Us HUEMATES {not Ye HUMANs} 2-NEW-Songs cometh from of several Old-Songs {Philosophy}.

A) That "WE [i] art was TRULY (opposite MYTH) borneth via the Holy-i Cosmic MAGMAPERCOLATION effect via the "NATURALLY-SELECTioned" as OUR NEW SONG instead of the Old songs, singing that YE {not Us} was borneth in that My"GOD(s) CHOSEN PEOPLE" syndrome! And

B) That i {WE} YE? art always {innateley} EVOLVING. Hence, EVOLVING/Becoming What One is Naturally , not Biblically, Becoming via "IT" {G-D} Holy Cosmic "FiAT-LUX" & not Biblical 6,000 year old Biblio-Light Storeys! Contrary to ADAM/EVE & DRUNKiN NOAH {Racist; Man Made} PELEGian Old Stories! Not via O.U.R. JO{K}TAN New story!

C)?

--- Note: His other Father/Prophet of the OUR "Ho-Co-Fe-Fa" System , Hir Johannes Kepler [pbuh et al] also gaveth Us the TWo-2 Philosophy {Song} of the "2-Laws-Of-Motion" via his "CELESTIAL PHYSICS, ANOLOGICAL REASONING..."

Please see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler_(NASA)

--- May Xtra-Photons continue to Shine in their post Biofinite DECAY. Et al!

Note: O.U.R. Biofinite-DEATH {a Miracle in "IT"s own Right} is not YE own "TRANS{Fi}NITE" DEATh! We [i] art in "ETERNITY AVOiDING LONLINESS" & for this reason is WHY G-D {"IT"} Created what "IT" is becoming; In & out of Us All; purposely!

Posted by: INGOODFAITH | April 18, 2009 1:10 PM
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Considering that Islam has no meaning because of its severely flawed foundations, one wonders when Eboo Patel will start doing meaningful work.

Posted by: CCNL | April 18, 2009 12:20 PM
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Posted by: cacxo | April 18, 2009 5:23 AM
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There's a graph in a well-known personal finance book showing how happy people were as compared to their income. Extrapolating those results to current America, $50-75k is about the level where money does "buy happiness" (depends on local cost-of-living) and everything above that does very little.

Seeing as the top 20% of earners have gotten essentially all of the income gains of the last 25 years, they could probably forgo a lot of expenses without missing them, while those below are experiencing real lifestyle losses.

While I would hope everyone gets to work on something that makes them proud to do a good job everyday; I suspect most of today's graduates will experience significant economic losses for doing so. The wealthier and politically powerful older generations will make sure the losses aren't concentrated among themselves, although they can most afford it.

Posted by: WmarkW | April 17, 2009 2:13 PM
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