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Renaissance or Dark Age?

Harvard sociologist and scolar Piturim Sorokin concluded in his WWII era study of culture, that our current mode of society would come to an end in the 20th century. Though the shift is not coming as quickly as anticipated, there is no doubt that a cultural change is evident. What will define this transition as [...]

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The Three Stages of the Phoenix

The phoenix, the mythological bird that burns itself up every evening to rise from its ashes in the morn, stands as the penultimate symbol of our becoming a new creature through our rites of passage and growing into a new day. The rebirth consists of three stages: the burning up of what we once were, [...]

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Growing up

One of the strengths we have in our social movements today is that we are growing out of the adolescent angst of protesting against things and entering into the adult responsibilities of working toward our common goals. We are learning that wherever we place our attention, we give our energy, and regardless of our personal [...]

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The Land of the Free

The United States of America boasts 738 prisoners per 100,000 people, the highest prison population rate in the world, according to the International Centre for Prison Studies. Are we really a more criminal nation than Iran (with 214 per 100,000)? Or are we more just than China (with ony 118 per 100,000)? Or are we [...]

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Descent – An Introduction

When I finished college in 1993 with a degree in Psychology, I quickly got a job as the Helpline Administrator for Sarasota Youth for Christ. I was still struggling with some aspects of the church, but I also felt a great inclination to help people. The organization was starting a new ministry called White Stone, [...]

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How “The Rucksack Letters” began…

Dear Jack… That was how the first several installments of this work initially began, much to the confusion of the emailed recipients. I was inspired to write the following tale and to take the journey that birthed it by the writings and legacy of Jack Kerouac, and in many ways I started writing these letters [...]

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Off the grid

In my travels, I came across several communities that are living ‘off the grid’, meaning that they are not tied into the telecommunication and utilities infrastructure that so many of us take for granted. Instead, they take advantage of the renewable resources of wind and sun that many would have us believe are far off [...]

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Fight Club and The Irresistible Revolution

Whenever someone asks me about my favorite movies, Fight Club is always at the top of the list. The script, the acting, the story, the directorial style, the twist, and the layers of messages transcend what I would call a good film. Though Seven was very good, and I enjoyed Alien 3 and Panic Room, [...]

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Crazy but not alone

In Chapter 13 of The Irresistible Revolution, author Shane Claiborne quotes Peter Maurin, cofounder of the Catholic Worker when he said, ‘If we are crazy, then it is because we refuse to be crazy in the same way that the world has gone crazy.” The author points out the plethora of oxymorons in the world [...]

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Growing smaller and smaller until we take over the world

In Chapter 12 of The Irresistible Revolution, author Shane Claiborne cites Mother Theresa as saying, “We can not do great things, only small things with great love. It is not how much you do but how much love you put into doing it.” In our contemporary mindset (by which I mean the capitalist, agriculturalist, industrialist, [...]

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