Böcker av Thomas Corcoran

How bad can it get? The Earth is growing hotter than we can control, faster than we think. The science feels far away while the disastrous effects are all around us. We know now that many generations of industrialized people have caused the problem, but why can't this generation, the most advanced in history, marshal our efforts and resources to solve it-to ensure the survival of our children, and grandchildren, and great grandchildren? In Afraid of Less: What To Do About the Future, Thomas Corcoran looks at the climate change problem-"a problem as big as the planet"-and offers some ideas you may not have thought of and may not even now be ready to accept. Radical, inconvenient, costly...but impeccably logical, for responding to the planet's long-building distress will require the kind of reasoning that motivates change on a massive scale. But what change? Not content to define the problem and leave it to others to solve, this short, remarkable book offers "eight billion approaches to a solution"-first steps that we as individuals and our institutions can take. With time, the aggregate change in our mode of living will be dramatic. Getting there won't be easy, but it will be next to impossible if we remain paralyzed by fear. As Corcoran says, "Just start."

En este relato fascinante e inspirador, el P. Michael White y su colega laico Tom Corcoran nos cuentan cómo hicieron que su parroquia resucitara. Reconstrucción describe la forma en que ambos fueron aplicando a su situación muchas de las prácticas características de las grandes parroquias exitosas y de los empresarios comprometidos con la innovación; y cuenta también cómo establecieron a la Eucaristía como el punto clave de su estrategia, convencidos de su insustituible protagonismo como centro de la fe católica. Con este libro, los autores extienden una invitación a los responsables católicos para que compartan su visión, para que apliquen su estrategia y para que reconstruyan sus propias parroquias. Esa es la razón por la cual ponen estas valiosas propuestas a disposición de todo aquel que tenga el valor de escucharlas. Fr. Michael White and lay associate Tom Corcoran present the compelling and inspiring story to how they brought their parish back to life. "Rebuilt" is a story of stopping everything and changing focus. When their parish reached a breaking point, White and Corcoran asked themselves how they could make the Church matter to Catholics, and they realized the answer was at the heart of the Gospel. Their faithful response not only tripled their weekend mass attendance, but also yielded increased giving, flourishing ministries, and a vibrant, solidly Catholic spiritual revival. White and Corcoran invite all Catholic leaders to share the vision, borrow their strategies, and rebuild their own parishes. They offer a wealth of guidance for anyone with the courage to hear them.