Photo from Warren Wilson College, used with permission of the author.
Good People Are at Work Everywhere! Want to Help?
THIS WEEK, our Cover Story welcomes Mallory McDuff who many of our readers and writers know because of a series of books she has produced about grassroots environmental activism. Her latest book, Love Your Mother, profiles 50 women working in our 50 U.S. states in a wide variety of ways to save our planet. Please, enjoy our cover story and share it with friends, because this is an ideal book for community-wide discussion.
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More news from our writers—
Speaking of community collaboration …
George Mason visits Ashley Hutto to learn about neighbors feeding neighbors
IN OUR COVER STORY, this week, Mallory McDuff says that to save our planet, “I really believe that it’s going to take thousands of different solutions.” That’s a message George echoes in his ongoing video series. Please, enjoy this latest video from George and his story of neighbors feeding neighbors in Dallas.
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And speaking of ways to build grassroots connection …
Howard Brown on spreading sunlight via social media
THIS WEEK, HOWARD BROWN shows us two of his recent social-media posts that sparked online response. Howard writes, “I’m sending you this creative sunshine in the form of this ReadTheSpirit column—so that, if you’re inspired, you may pass that sunshine on to others.”
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And while you’re posting, watch your spelling …
But remember: Spelling isn’t always a matter of right and wrong.
THAT ADVICE IS ESPECIALLY TRUE when we’re writing about our beloved grandmas and grandpas from around the world! In this week’s Front Edge Publishing column, Editor David Crumm writes about a newly published resource about the broad cultural diversity of grandparents’ names—names that often embody fascinating and beloved stories.
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Holidays & Milestones
Assumption / Dormition of Mary
CATHOLIC AND ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD celebrate Mary’s acceptance into heaven at the end of her life on earth, as Holidays & Festivals columnist Stephanie Fenton explains.
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WANT TO SEE ALL OF THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS?—It’s easy to find our annual calendar of global observances. Just remember the web address: InterfaithHolidays.com
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Click on this movie poster to read Ed’s review of Dreamin’ Wild.
Faith & Film
ED McNULTY, for decades, has published reviews, magazine articles and books exploring connections between faith and film. Most of his work is freely published. Ed supports his work by selling the Visual Parables Journal, a monthly magazine packed with discussion guides to films. This resource is used coast-to-coast by individuals who love the movies and by educators, clergy and small-group leaders.
Here are some of Ed’s most recent free reviews and columns:
- AFIRE—Ed writes, “With destructive fires ravaging so many countries around the world, German director Christian Petzold’s film has a strange relevance.”
- TWO TICKETS TO GREECE—Director/writer Marc Fitoussi’s movie reminds Ed of Zorba the Greek.
- DREAMIN’ WILD—”Director Bill Pohlad, who gave us the 2014 music biopic Love & Mercy about Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, again visits the music genre, but it is a very different story this time around.”
- OPPENHEIMER—”Christopher Nolan’s massive film, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin, shows how the scientist that presided over Trinity clearly understood” the power he had unleashed.
- TIGER WITHIN—”It is good to see that actor Ed Asner’s last film was one decrying ignorance and advocating love, forgiveness and friendship.”
- BARBIE—”I was thankful for the TIME magazine article that convinced me that I should watch Barbie despite my many reservations regarding it.”
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