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Real Food Rehab: Because Beautiful Food Is Your Birthright

Dana Joy Altman | Posted 04.27.2009 | Chicago


Dana Joy Altman

Eating well is a life skill. It's about learning to trust ourselves, getting back in touch with our instincts and returning to those things that nourish us and give us pleasure. Remember pleasure?

Buddhist Advice For Tough Times... via Sakyong Mipham

Waylon Lewis | Posted 04.24.2009 | Living


Waylon Lewis

When our news is filled with the karmic results of our "Greed is Good!" ways (AIG, Merril Lynch, Madoff and Ponzi schemes), I personally find it helpful to turn back to my Buddhist tradition.

Hybrid Cars Get Compliments -- Why Not My Bike?

Mark Klempner | Posted 04.23.2009 | Green


Mark Klempner

Strange how people think it cool to drive a "green" car, but if they meet someone who doesn't own a car, they infer financial limitation, not ecological choice.

Churches Put Faith To Work With Job Help And Prayer For Those In Need (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Willow Lindley | Posted 04.16.2009 | Living


With the increasing prevalence of job layoffs across the country, churches are among the institutions that are making it their priority to help those ...

Who Are Your Rocks? The Recession Sucks, Who Ya Gonna Call?

Kari Henley | Posted 04.15.2009 | Living


Kari Henley

This is the final column in a three part series exploring the power of community as a much needed and oft forgotten tool for stress, coping and perhap...

We Are the Stimulus

Scott Heiferman and Jeremy Heimans | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics


Scott Heiferman and Jeremy Heimans

This is not the Larry Summers plan. But it could help to address the psychological underpinnings of the crisis and make the stimulus stick.

"Eat, Pray, Love" Your Way to Closer Relationships

Kari Henley | Posted 04.08.2009 | Living


Kari Henley

Last week, we baked a cake together. The cake was called Community and the ingredients were all the layers of relationships we have in our lives: ours...

The Death of a Blogger

David Weiner | Posted 04.06.2009 | Media


David Weiner

So many of us were touched by Bob Guskind, learned from him, and grew with him. Yet most of us barely even knew his name.

Our Moral Audit of the Budget

Jim Wallis | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

My prediction is that many in the faith community, especially those on the front lines of serving the poor, will rally around the principles and priorities of this budget.

Are You Surrounded With Authentic Communities? Explore 7 Possibilities

Kari Henley | Posted 04.01.2009 | Living


Kari Henley

Welcome. I am so glad you joined us. Please, settle in and get cozy. I want to talk about 'community,' something the Living Section is becoming very ...

What If Help Were Closer Than You Think?

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 03.28.2009 | Living


Dr. Cara Barker

We are going to get through this, together. As President Obama put it: "We will rebuild." Despite the downward spiraling charts depicting this globa...

School Praise: A Daltonian Remembered

Amanda Guinzburg | Posted 03.26.2009 | Living


Amanda Guinzburg

Daltonians: keep your beacons burning. Gather your courage and lean on each other. Go on until you can again go forth. Do it in his name.

Bring Back the Counter Culture

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 03.23.2009 | Politics


Amitai Etzioni

To achieve a major reallocation of wealth, those who have more than enough must find sources of contentment other than laying their hands on still more goods.

Who Are the Colored People?

Will.i.am | Posted 03.17.2009 | Politics


Will.i.am

If the NAACP fought so that a black man could be president in a country that practiced slavery, then it should now stand and represent all people of color and fight to unite every version of "pigment."

Oxytocin Helps Us Move From Tribe to Community

Susan Kuchinskas | Posted 03.14.2009 | Living


Susan Kuchinskas

Herein lies the key to becoming a more trusting, more unified society: Practice. We will need to exercise our brains to approach each other with openness to connection.

The Peace Corps Returns

Josh Ruxin | Posted 02.28.2009 | World


Josh Ruxin

Though the Peace Corps was founded nearly 50 years ago, the program is still extraordinarily vital, and the need for Peace Corps volunteers is greater today than ever before.

Betting His Legacy on Public Participation

Shunit Harpaz | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living


Shunit Harpaz

There is a great potential for a positive change in our society, a change where people take charge of serving the public, living a life that is meaningful and satisfying.

Moving from 'Yes, We Can' to Yes We Are!

Michelle Cote | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living


Michelle Cote

After this week's celebrations end, we will have to follow Dr. King's example and reinvest our energy and optimism into efforts whose benefits many not be fully seen for many years to come.

The Giving Garden

Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada | Posted 02.21.2009 | Living


Bridget Mason and Kayomi Wada

Judging by the almost 80 volunteers who came out to build a garden in Downtown Tacoma, I would have to say there are a lot of Americans out there just waiting for an opportunity to give back!

Bringing Service Back: Why Obama is Better than Prozac for Today's Adolescents

Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics


Leeat Granek, PhD

Barack Obama is bringing service and community back to American youth and this is good for the country and good for kids.

Community Is the "New Deal"

Kari Henley | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics


Kari Henley

The First Family represents so many of the simple things we desperately need to model in our own lives; honest connections with our partners, family, friends, and neighbors.

It's not American Leadership the World Wants, it's American Companionship

Indra Adnan | Posted 02.18.2009 | World


Indra Adnan

It was a surprise that Obama didn't mention any commitment to the world and its citizens in his victory speech and there is every chance he won't spare us a line in his inaugural address.

Our Hope in Obama, Our Hearts to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jack Healey | Posted 02.15.2009 | Living


Jack Healey

We miss Dr Martin Luther King, Jr each day. His day, our day, asks each of us to stand up for decency and justice and non violence in our time, in our community, in our family, and in our world.

A Letter to Russell Simmons: Stop Selling Your Rushcard!

Ryan Mack | Posted 02.13.2009 | Entertainment


Ryan Mack

Making money from ignorance is not the answer -- education is the answer and we must provide it. All of our actions must be done for the good of the people and not the good of the pocket.

MLK and the Mountain Moving Business

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

On the third Monday of January, our country sets aside a day in remembrance of the life and the work of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To remember King is to act like him.