Wendell Berry writes an introduction to his book, Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community. Wendell Berry Dear Reader, This is a book about sales resistance. We live in a time when […]
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We continue with excerpts from Elisabet Sartouris’ EarthDance. Sunday, Elisabet described The Young Earth—3, she had earlier told of our Cosmic Beginnings—2, which followed from a Twice Told Tale—1. Elisabet […]
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Wendell Berry One reason for this is that I am an agrarian; I think that good farming is a high and difficult art, that it is indispensable, and that it […]
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August Steiner-Zehender Facts and knowledge are functions of the temporal. Truth and wisdom are functions of the spiritual. Facts change with new and more extensive knowledge. Truth never changes. More […]
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It was the period of the renaissance when Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15, April 1452. Leonardo was born probably in this farmhouse in Anchiano, which is 3 […]
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Wendell Berry lives and farms in Kentucky. His books include Fidelity: Five Stories, Another Turn of the Crank, and The Unsettling of America. Wendell Berry This essay owes its existence […]
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Dann Joubert of South Africa writes: If we all get to work together, love each other, stop using cars or even mass transit etc etc, how will that prevent the […]
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We continue with excerpts from Elisabet Sartouris’ EarthDance. Yesterday, we were told of our Cosmic Beginnings which followed from a Twice Told Tale. Elisabet Sahtouris, Ph.D. Shall we think of […]
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A reader writes: Thanks Dr. Wilken for your Waking Up! essay. I thought you might be interested in this article that I was invited to write for the quarterly of […]
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Timothy Wilken Do you have your income tax returns done? I work (earning my living) on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays. By working longer hours I manage to finish my […]
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