Jan 22, 2026
Communities #210 Spring 2026 Leadership, Democracy, and Autocracy Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Communities #210, Spring 2026, “Leadership, Democracy, and Autocracy,” explores how communities address questions of authority, influence, governance, and... Jul 29, 2025
Communities #208 Fall 2025 FIRE AND RAIN Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Communities #208, Fall 2025, Fire and Rain, explores the impacts of climate change, natural disasters, climate anxiety, and related mental health struggles on intentional... May 16, 2024
By Tracy Matfin (excerpted from Communities #203, Summer 2024) Last week I was having garden fresh mint tea with a visitor to our community. She was talking about her daughter, who was home with her dad, and asked me how my family group dealt with conflict with our... May 16, 2024
By Chris Roth (excerpted from Communities #203, Summer 2024) Readers who were with us in the last millennium, or who’ve visited their online account to peruse the digital back issue archive, may recognize something that we didn’t until we’d already announced this... May 14, 2024
Communities #203 Summer 2024 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. The stories in Communities #203, Summer 2024, “Conflict and Connection,” explore the gifts as well as the challenges of conflict—the opportunities it offers to deepen our connections, to... Apr 14, 2024
By Emily Grubman (excerpted from Communities #202, Spring 2024, pages 16-17; see illustrated layout in pdf format here) The following is adapted from a blog entry titled “Letter *to* Lost Valley” posted September 11, 2023 at... 