In light of the – not optimistic – scenarios that lie before us, those who do not sink into despair want a Plan. What are we going to do?...

“Authoritarians are masters at manipulating the energy of fear and resentment.” (pg 243)   In the middle of the chapter called “Find Your...

“The universe is a cosmic dance of energy…Everything we humans do is about energy.” (pg 240) Energy comes from sunlight, liquids, food...

This book is called “Life After Doom”. But what does “doom” mean? Its roots lie in the medieval concept of “law” and “justice”. A...

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that...

It is a great temptation nowadays to respond to the “outrage of the day”. (Just in the last week free speech and due process rights have...

How will we as communities and individuals respond to the deconstruction or collapse of our environment and perhaps our civilization? How...

“We live in a time of stunning and contagious collective stupidity [i] . Anti-Nazi German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote in Letters...

Imagine what a “safe landing” would look like in a swirling, stormy world, in which we experience “economic meltdown, climate countdown,...

“The world has been ending off and on for almost all of recorded history….” Mathematician and collapsologist B. Sidney Smith, in How to...

Those struggling with addiction are familiar with the Serenity Prayer, which is often used to close Alcoholics Anonymous meetings:   God...