permaculture

When I introduced this series, the world and all its big problems were on my mind. But the origin story for the series is a lot closer to home. Like many people, over the past twenty years or so, I’ve become increasingly interested in finding ways of living more sustainably, and over the past five, … Continue reading A Faith that Lasts: Final Thoughts

There’s an old saying, “Nature abhors a vacuum,” but it could equally be said that “Nature abhors a straight line.” Really, when we see a straight line anywhere, we can be certain that a human hand is responsible. There seems to be something about us that prefers set boundaries, where ‘inside’ and ‘outside,’ ‘mine’ and … Continue reading A Faith that Lasts: Explore the Edges

As I’ve been learning more about permaculture over the years, I’ve been surprised by just how many of its principles have been present in our culture for centuries in the form of proverbs. We've seen two examples of this recently with “Waste not, want not” and “Slow and steady win the race.” Another proverb with … Continue reading A Faith that Lasts: Value Diversity

We live in a “Go big or go home” society. We are transfixed by tales of overnight success, maximum growth, and record profits. But this type of success has a tendency to be fleeting. The business world is full of stories of rapid expansion gone wrong. (Target infamously expanded into Canada without bringing its own … Continue reading A Faith that Lasts: Go Small, Go Slow