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The Intersection of Faith and Practice

In prayer and silence, this small Scripture was impressed on my heart: "Whosoever holds on to their life will lose…

Finding Truth through Relationships

It's in the Air

With change in the air these days, I find myself reassessing my commitments of time and energy—and I sense that…

Unapproved Minutes from the Peaceable Kingdom

The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf…

A Quaker Koan: How Can I Help without Doing Anything to Help?

A koan is a Buddhist mechanism for opening to a larger reality by presenting a situation that cannot possibly be…

Building Community, One Meal at a Time

My family and I eat locally grown food three meals a day, every day. My neighbor and her family do…

Narratives of Hope from Iran

Burn at this candle, light up your heart and soul, put on a new body when you have flung away…

An Addiction that Must Be Broken

With growing awareness of "green" issues, Friends likely share my concern about energy supplies and how we all are going…

The Power of Hope

William McKibben predicts in his book Deep Economy that with the end of peak oil, people will become less concerned…

Peak Oil

A few months ago, I gave a presentation at Alfred University about the global energy crisis. Before I began, I…

Thriving in Community: Surviving Peak Oil and Climate Change

Five years ago, when Community Solutions first began researching and teaching about peak oil and climate change, these problems could…

Rethinking Sustainability

The Earth is full of systems that continually increase the possibilities for life. Yet we humans in the environmental movement…
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