Christianity — Transition Voice

The real war on Christmas and why it matters

By Erik Curren December 6, 2012

Christmas season is making me tired. Every year, I get tired of hearing jaunty, NutriSweet-y jingles that sound like they're sung by Hello Kitty touted as "Chrismas Carols" and played earlier and earlier in the fall. "Here Comes Santa Claus" on November 11 — it's a revolting enough song if you have to hear it once. But do we really need to endure this particular brand of nausea for a full six or seven weeks? And I'm just as tired of hearing Fox News announcers sound more and more shrill … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: Bill O'Reilly, Christianity, Christmas, commercialism, Fox News, News Christmas, parenting, religion, The War On Christmas, War On Christmas

Give me that doom time religion

By Erik Curren June 4, 2012

I don't usually think of people interested in peak oil, climate change and economic collapse as particularly religious. "Spiritual" maybe -- Sufi dancing and Lakota Vision Quests are OK and agnosticism is better. But peak preppers are usually not the kind of folks you'd expect to see in the pews on Sunday at First Presbyterian. The Age of Limits conference held at the end of May offered some new insights on how religion, as an organized institution, could play a key role in helping people … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: Carolyn Baker, Christianity, Dmitri Orlov, economic collapse, Gail Tverberg, John Michael Greer, New Age spirituality

#21: Not ashamed to admit we’re Christian. Or Jewish. Or whatever.

By Staff Reports December 11, 2011

Just like Texas Governor Rick Perry, Transition Voice isn't ashamed to admit that we're Christian. And Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Wiccan, Druidic, humanist and straight-up atheist. Unlike some folks who care about environmental sustainability and energy depletion, we're also not ashamed to talk about religion at the dinner table. We mean, on our website. That's because we think that helping our readers become more resilient in the face of Biblical challenges like peak oil and climate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: 31 Reasons to Support Transition Voice, Buddhism, Christianity, humanism, Rick Perry

Loaves and fishes, Transition and survivalism

By Erik Curren August 5, 2011

As stock markets around the world gyrate and froth at the mouth, the ranks are sure to grow of concerned citizens who aren't waiting around for the government or the rich to fix things, but have instead taken matters into their own hands. Pessimists who foresee a quick and nasty collapse of society coming soon and have little faith in their neighbors are working to protect their families. This is the path of survivalism. Others, who fear that trying to make their household into a castle … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit, Transition Tagged With: Christianity, religious philosophy, stock market, survivalism

The frugal shall inherit the Earth

By William Funk June 20, 2011

Surviving Off Off-Grid: Decolonizing the Industrial Mind is an angry book by a man whose ferocious estrangement from modern techno-industrial society burns through every page. And that should be endorsement enough for those with eyes enough to see the quickening catastrophe in which our polluting industries and booming population explosion has presently mired us. And, while author Michael Bunker’s heated passion for his (frankly, holy) mission can be tedious and even banal at times, there … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Spirit Tagged With: Christianity, homesteading, Michael Bunker, off-grid, simple living

Earthquake: A Reflection

By Misa Kobayashi Stuart May 26, 2011

Earthquakes are not unusual in Yokohama, Japan or in Tokyo. If fact, a big one has been predicted for years and people in the area have been living with the knowledge that a very big one could hit the area anytime. All Japanese are aware of that, including myself, but who would have thought that we’d experience it? Rocking my world It happened when I was visiting my mother in Yokohama on Friday afternoon. She lives in an assisted living community near my sister’s home and her room is on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: apocalypse, Christianity, Japan crisis

The faith movie we’ve all been waiting for

By Ben Brangwyn April 25, 2011

If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have believed it - faith leaders speaking with one voice on the ecological and social crises of our time. I was lucky enough to get invited to an exclusive "rough cut" screening of a 45 minute film that will, in my view, have a dramatic impact well beyond the rainbow of faith communities represented by the faith leaders in this movie. In a world where conflict between faiths looms large in our history school books, this film truly demonstrates that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: Buddhism, Christianity, film, Islam, Judaism, Transition Network

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