Communities #205: Across the Generations

Communities #205 Winter 2024 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. The stories in Communities #205 explore community Across the Generations. A founder reflects on her former group’s legacy among its grown children; grandparents celebrate helping raise their...

Communities #204: Politics

Communities #204 Fall 2024 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. The stories in Communities #204 explore the theme of Politics from many different angles. We learn about a communitarian’s US Senate run, an international community threatened by an...

Confronting Conflict

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...

Framing Conflict

By Starhawk (excerpted from Communities #203, Summer 2024) Embracing Conflict When any group of human beings come together around a project or goal, sooner or later there will be conflict. We have different ideas, needs, priorities, and values, and they may clash....

Notes from the Editor: Mirrors and Windows

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...

Communities #203: Conflict and Connection

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...