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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…
The Echoing of Abuse
"Mom, Suzy’s in trouble. She’s at my house." Our older daughter’s voice sounded calm over the telephone. "RJ beat her…
Yo! Are You Amish?
Driving down Philadelphia’s South Street a few years ago, I was asked by a person who had pulled up next…
The Responsibility to Protect: Quakers and Genocide
As I sit writing this article, I hold in my hand a full-page ad placed by the Save Darfur Coalition…
Vibrant Meetings Grow the Religious Society of Friends
In 2007, Friends World Committee for Consultation reported 35,413 unprogrammed Friends, about one-tenth of 1 percent of the U.S. population.…
Young Families and Quakerism: Will the Center Hold?
Recently I was invited to help plan an adult religious education session at a meeting that expressed interest in revitalizing…
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