Apr 1, 2020
By Chris Roth In the past year alone, my tiny home caught fire, my laptop computer was flooded by hot water, a family member was hospitalized, a former community-mate had a stroke, I lost (temporarily) my sole source of income, the swath of older trees nearest to me... 
Mar 18, 2020
By Joan McVilly More than ever I’m questioning the whole project of “intentional community.” What is the purpose? Maybe this is why I felt free to walk away from my community despite what I knew could be the consequence. Was I a lynch pin that now sees that community... 
Mar 18, 2020
Communities #186 Spring 2020 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Following up on our Passing the Torch theme, our new issue highlights cases where intentional communities experience not so much generational shift as total or near-total collapse or... 
Feb 6, 2020
By Marianne Wright June 2020 marks the centenary of the Bruderhof, a Christian communal movement that today is home to around 3000 people of many nationalities living on 26 communities in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Australia, Paraguay, and... 
Feb 6, 2020
By Chris Roth I was part of several groups in which the generational torch was not so much “passed” as “seized.” Circumstances, motives, strategies, and outcomes varied, but in each instance this process of torch-passing-under-duress involved both collateral damage... 
Feb 6, 2020
By Jen and Hilary Bayer We’re 20-year-old twins born and raised in Magic, a residential service learning community. As we’ve grown older we’ve wondered increasingly about futures we might shape here and elsewhere. Today about 20 Magic residents ranging in age from 15... 