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How to Practice Democracy in Response to the News
Suggestions for expanding awareness, staying calm, and seeking guidance when you take in distressing news.
Exploring Gilead
Themes and practices for Marilynne Summers Robinson's novel that credibly models the better nature we all have the ability to access.
Falling Out and Falling In
Lindsay McLaughlin lives at Rolling Ridge Study Retreat, an intergenerational community living on and with 1400 acres of forest and streams on a small mountain foothill of the Blue Ridge in West Vir…
Welcome to the Practicing Democracy Blog
Democracy is more than a system of government; it is a way of life. We can assess the vitality of a democracy by how well it is serving the people's needs and hopes. But a democracy's health is best…
Basketball Democracy
I have the great privilege of working with a group of kids at the church where I serve. The group is diverse: Every week we have kids of different ages, races, genders, and economic class background…
Patriotism and the American Land
A bold reframing of patriotism and taking care of the good earth.
Superpatriotism
How hype and fear are supplanting informed debate and commitment to democracy.
Greeting Someone Online
An invitation to bring kindness and mindfulness to emails and other online communication.
Foster Parenting
An entreaty for faith communities to become foster and foster-to-adopt parents.
The Language of Democracy
Quotes from a wide variety of sources on the values, virtues, and practices key to American democracy.