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Jesus, pioneer of voluntary poverty

By Staff Reports | September 22, 2014

Picture of the Holy Family

Note: This article is an excerpt reprinted with permission of the publisher from Simple Living in History: Pioneers of the Deep Future, a collection of essays profiling key historical figures whose lives served as examples of living simply. Bible references are to the New International Version (NIV) -- Ed. A clear theme throughout Jesus’ ministry was the conflict between … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Spirit Tagged With: Bible, Christianity, simple living

Breathing life back into the Christmas story

By Erik Curren | December 20, 2013

Nativity Scene

We've all heard the story of the birth of Jesus so many times by now that it's hard for anyone but a Sunday school teacher to pay attention to the details. The baby Jesus. Asleep in a manger in Bethlehem. Sought out by Wise Men following a star and of course, by certain poor shepherds in fields where they lay. Born of Virgin Mary who had to flee in the night with Joseph from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spirit Tagged With: Bible, Buy Nothing Christmas, Christianity, Christmas, The War On Christmas

The real war on Christmas and why it matters

By Erik Curren | December 6, 2012

Bill O'Reilly

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 … [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

forest

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 … [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

Reason 21

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 … [Read more...]

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

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