Bruce [i] Onobrakpeya (b. 1936) is a celebrated Nigerian painter and printmaker. Onobrakpeya pioneered bronzed lino relief and metal...

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?...

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

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...

“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,...

We left you last chapter with a question: you may wonder if McLaren is too negative about Western civilization. Is there nothing that...

We return to our summary of Brian McLaren's Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart . To read previous chapter...

On January 9 the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) through their North American church planting arm (Mission to North America) posted...

Joanna Macy, Ph.D, is a scholar of Buddhism, systems thinking and deep ecology. She is a respected voice and activist in peace, justice...

Theologian Sallie McFague (1933–2019) centers compassionate change in a passionate love for God:    At the center of Jesus’ message as...

On this New Year's Day, 2025, a reminder from The Many that we are here to love. Everything and everyone. Drawing on indie pop and gospel...

"Reverse racism" is a term used by the white, majority culture to describe what is felt as discrimination against them, usually in the...

Brian McLaren posits that a process has been set in motion by humans  that, unless some revolutionary change in thinking and behavior...

Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass , did an interview recently with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee of Emergence...

Once the world was perfect, and we were happy in that world. Then we took it for granted. Discontent began a small rumble in the earthly...

Today is Native American Heritage Day, at (almost) the end of Native American Heritage Month.   We do not (yet) do it well enough, but we...

It's American Thanksgiving today. Here is a Thanksgiving Address of the Haudenosaunee First Nation People. Haudenosaunee is the common...

Several of Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations have been accused of sexual assault of one kind or another, and another has been accused of...

We humans tend to set boundaries between ourselves and others. Often that happens internally, as we judge and evaluate someone and place...