An Introduction to Conspire
Now is a time to rejoice, for God is still good. Resurrection still happens, every day. The lilies and the sparrows still shame Wall Street’s splendor. God is still calling people who do not conform to the patterns of this world or the empire out of Babylon to create a new society in the shell of the old.
We want to connect those outposts. You are holding our first issue of Conspire!—a conversation in words and image designed to connect the dots between all these amazing witnesses. Dozens of communities and organizations have become co-conspirators, each one kicking in support (prayer, money, vision, time) to bring this off. On these pages, we hope to create an open canvas for the imagination and to plot goodness together. We want to share stories, art, and holy mischief. We’re here to remind you that you are not crazy—or at least not alone. As old Peter Maurin, co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement, said, “If we are crazy, it is because we refuse to be crazy in the same way that the world has been crazy.”
We are bucking the grain by distributing this little “literary co-op” through communities. Our readers have to connect with someone nearby to get it. It’s our way of pulling together all those dots on the margins of empire.
