The Ecstatic Communion and Revelatory Foibles of Sun House
Review By Chris Roth (excerpted from Communities #201, Winter 2023, pages 50-57; see illustrated layout in pdf format here) Sun House David James Duncan Little, Brown & Company, 2023, 784 pages. I love this book. I rarely read, let alone recommend, 784-page...Communities #190: Faith in Community
Communities #190 Spring 2021 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. This issue explores various interpretations of the theme Faith in Community. Some authors address their personal faith in intentional community itself, and how their life experiences have led...
Lessons from the Pandemic Lockdown at the Danthonia Bruderhof, New South Wales
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...
We Left Our Community but Our Community Never Left Us
By Daniel A. Brown Thirty years after the demise of the Renaissance Community (see Communities #184, Fall 2019: “Whatever Happened to the Renaissance Community?”), its hundreds of former members are still trying to figure out what happened. There is no unified...Whatever Happened to the Renaissance Community?
Despite the lethal combination of power, ego, and spirituality that brought the Renaissance Community to an end, most of its ex-members cherish their time there as a growth experience that made them better people.