Taylor Brorby

Climbing Buttes

A man climbs buttes in western North Dakota, wondering if he’s a force of good or evil.

Climbing Buttes - Poem
Jim Jewell

That Beauty May Flourish

In this essay, Jim Jewell exhorts us to see the beauty around us and then announces the creation of Flourish, a new nonprofit that works to integrate environmental stewardship with other church ministries.

Doug Thorpe

‘All Things Counter, Original, Spare, Strange…’

In a well-known Taoist story, retold from Chuang Tzu by N. Kathleen Hayles in her book Chaos and Order, “Shu (Brief) and Hu (Sudden) go to visit Hun-dun (Chaos), who graciously offers them his hospitality. Observing that Hun-dun lacks the seven openings through which men see, hear, eat, and breathe, Shu and Hu determine to create […]

Chris Keller

The Ecology of Avoidance: An Interview with Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben’s credentials are incontrovertible. He is the author of numerous books, including the best-seller, The End of Nature (1989), the first book on global warming written for a popular audience. His articles have appeared in such diverse publications as Christian Century, The New Yorker, National Geographic, Sojourners, Atlantic Monthly, and National Review. A graduate from Harvard University, he has been awarded a number […]