Thriving Community News – Without the Noise
Letter from the Monastery – by Perpend Background context: Perpend and I have talked several times, both on the podcast and in real life, about how we (everyone) are constantly distracted by “noise”. The “noise” of people, electronic devices, the notifications from the phone, the background noise of cars. The noise of what you didn’t … Read more
Why is Perpend becoming a monk? Some of you may have wondered what happened to Perpend and so I’ll give you an update. Perpend became Orthodox Christian, moved to Kansas City so that he could be closer to the church and have more of an intentional community and be able to go to services every … Read more
Can you really go back? – by Perpend. This is Part 2 of a series about Tradition. Check out Part 1 of the Series: Tradition – Embrace Sense of Self, Sense of Place, Sense of Time The Homesteader groups and Doomer Optimists on the Twittersphere (now “X”) have been musing for several months on Tradition: … Read more
Is Tradition Bad or Good? – by Scott Miller. In a post earlier this summer, I shared how the fleeting scent of lilacs took me back to being five years old in Dubuque, Iowa and an elderly neighbor who had lilacs. The memory was strong, with multiple veiled layers that include smells, and feelings, and … Read more
