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...
Communities #189 Winter 2020 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. This issue describes how communities and communitarians have dealt with the unexpected changes the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about on their group and personal lives. Authors share tales of...
By Lois Arkin I’m vulnerable. At 83, with the COVID-19 surge, I am told to stay in, get help for my groceries, mask myself before opening my apartment door. Since I plan to live to be 100, and the future incarnations of this and similar viruses are uncertain, I wonder...
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...
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...
Communities #188 Fall 2020 Note: You can order a copy of this issue here. Our Fall 2020 issue explores “scaling” from many angles. We look at cultural changes necessary for groups to scale up a more inclusive form of community; reasons to scale out, rather than up;...
