About this episode
In this episode, Kent Dobson explores the concept of making a covenant with limits as a path to true freedom, referencing Martin Shaw and Wendell Berry's work.
I'm borrowing this phrase "covenant with limit" from Martin Shaw. Perhaps it's time to reconsider how freedom is actually found. In this episode, I discuss briefly Wendell Berry's poem Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front, the ancient art of fasting, and the imaginative possibility that we might want to make a covenant with limits before we go mad in the wrong direction. Enjoy!
People in this episode
Host: Kent Dobson
Topics covered
- freedom
- covenant
- limits
- fasting
- poetry
- imagination
Keywords
- covenant
- freedom
- limits
- fasting
- Wendell Berry
- Martin Shaw
- poetry
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
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