“You can’t write the biography of a friendship—it’s too deeply personal. Friendships run on separate ways that cross and run parallel and cross again.”
—Ivan Illich
David and I discuss the legend and rare-bird genius of Ivan Illich as well as his trials and tears, weighing out a few of Illich’s key notions, including anti-Christ and the corruption of Christianity, counter-productivity, the ethics of the gaze, and the prayerful awareness that arises from and makes room for celebration.
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