Reader, Structure Of Belonging, Wilderness: Sharing and Reorientation

George Floyd: A Bittersweet Victory

The past two weeks have been excruciating for the Black community. As the clouds parted over the Derek Chauvin Trial…

Covenant: Moving from Contract to Commitment, Reader, Structure Of Belonging

Building Community in a High Wind

William Faulkner said that writing a novel was like building a chicken coop in a high wind: “You just grab…

Imagination: The Prophetic Act of Living an Alternative Narrative, Poetry for Building Community, Reader, Significance Of Place

“Wholly Earth”

Mrs. Lincoln was known throughout her career for sticking close to social themes in her music. As a songwriter and…

Leaving Egypt and Pharaoh, Reader, Significance Of Place

Decolonizing Our Cities, Reclaiming Our Streets

We won’t build livable, connected neighborhoods using extractive, colonizing means. Architect and activist Mark Lakeman, in this podcast, offers some…

Reader, Sabbath: Time for the Unexpected, Significance Of Place, Structure Of Belonging

Jeff Gold on the Paradisical Jazz Club

One underrated quality of the jazz scene in the 1940s and 50s was its racial integration. Music does that –…