Feb 18, 2024
By Riana Good (excerpted from Communities #202, Spring 2024, pages 10-12; see illustrated layout in pdf format here) It was July of 2016, a damp, cool day in the foothills of the White Mountains. I poured a steaming mug of tea and nestled into a pale, overstuffed... Nov 6, 2023
Communities #201 Winter 2023 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Communities #201, Privacy and Transparency, explores the interplay between guardedness and openness in sharing ourselves and our lives, both within community and in relation to the wider... 
May 6, 2023
Communities #199 Summer 2023 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Communities #199 explores different ways of balancing Freedom and Responsibility in community. Authors describe a wide range of approaches to community participation, money, childrearing,... 
Aug 23, 2021
Communities #192 Fall 2021 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. In issue #192, “Consent,” authors examine how this theme applies within our personal lives, our lives in community, and in the wider culture. Stories explore how to learn healthy... 
Oct 5, 2020
By Bill Wiser While some of the insights below may date this piece within the early weeks of COVID-19 lockdown, the historical context alludes to larger questions and to change as the essential ingredient to lasting regeneration and renewal. We have much to learn from... 
Sep 20, 2020
By Chris Roth When the theme for this issue (originally simply “Scaling Up”) entered our conversations well over a year ago, we envisioned it in a fairly cut-and-dried way. The basic premise of the theme, as I remember it, was this: Intentional communities and similar... 