Growing a church community around the centrality of the shared feast.
Mapping a neighborhood by streets, class and color -- and hoping for a better way home.
A review of Journey to the Common Good by Walter Brueggemann.
The Cadillac was driving too fast down the subdivision street.
How an educational resolution led to a new group of leafy friends in 2010.
As *cino continues to develop a vision for its historic school property in Three Rivers, Michigan, a list of ways to continue and to grow.
On the effort to create spaces that welcome all people.
On the struggle to discover deep connections after college.
Reimagining the good life in Chicago in light of Lazarus and Dante.
Remembering the small town grocery store and lamenting its loss.
Saving the local library from consolidation...and extinction.
Moving to a new neighborhood illuminates interconnectedness.
Loving marginalized places enough to unearth their gifts and share their burdens.
On the benefits of setting limits on consumption.
Moving from transplanted strangers to homemaking exiles.
Pondering government and inequality in Detroit.
A review of The Virtue of Dialogue by Christopher Smith.
How a maxim has taken on meaning throughout a life.
Belonging to a place and its beverages.
Practicing community development on an eternal timeline.
A case for a shift in how believers perceive their home.
Reflecting on the risk not taken, 25 years later.
Exploring biblical themes for living life well together.
How to create beloved community on your block.
Reports of radical hospitality from Chicago and beyond.
In praise of an architectural feature and the habits it engenders.
What a seemingly extraneous feature lends to an under-resourced neighborhood.
What have we gained and what have we lost in our progress beyond the one-room school?
A homemade neighborhood tradition engages local kids.
A report from the convoluted infrastructure of Austin, Texas.