The Walk
Through my life the steps that I’ve taken on freshly cut grass so gentle and fragrant soft, green blades pushing up against my feet between my…
Community Part II
The loss of whole days to incapacitating back pain ultimately cost me my freelance design job (understandably so, the man who hired me was truly sorry…
Community Part I
Community living is loud. At any given moment, doors are slamming, kids are shouting, sirens are blaring on the streets below, the sounds of guitars and…
Jean Vanier
What made me join JPUSA thirty years ago, and would I do the same thing today? That thing I was looking for back then is the…
Why I Stayed
I first heard of intentional community when reading the book Jesus for President by Shane Claiborne the summer after my freshman year of college. That book completely…
The Intimacy of the Lord’s Prayer
Sometimes I zip past the first line like a runner anticipating the sound of the gunshot to ring in the air signaling the start of the…