Simple Living Works! eNews
Posted on: December 1, 2017
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Simple Living Works! eNews
#75–December, 2017
In This Issue:
- SLW! Podcast Epp. 104-107–Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? annual Advent-Christmas-Epiphany resource for families and congregations (11/1, 11/15, 12/1, 12/15) //
- Our Simpler Living Daily Nudge: DECEMBER (Responsible Celebrating) //
- What Others Are Doing – So Much Help – Latest Posts!
- More!
What’s NOW with SLW!
- SLW! Podcast Ep. 106–Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? — Advent 3& 4 + Christmas Eve — annual Advent-Christmas-Epiphany resource for individuals, families and congregations — inspiration and tools for a less consumer Christmas (11/1-Pre-Advent, 11/15-Advent 1&2, 12/1-Advent 3&4, 12/15-Christmas season+Epiphany
- SLW! Podcast Ep. 105–Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? — Advent 1&2 — annual Advent-Christmas-Epiphany resource for individuals, families and congregations — inspiration and tools for a less consumer Christmas
- SLW! Podcast Ep. 104–Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? — pre-Advent — annual Advent-Christmas-Epiphany resource for individuals, families and congregations — inspiration and tools for a less consumer Christmas (11/1-Pre-Advent, 11/15-Advent 1&2, 12/1-Advent 3&4, 12/15-Christmas season+Epiphany)
- COMING–SLW! Podcast Ep. 107–Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway? –Christmas season+Epiphany — annual Advent-Christmas-Epiphany resource for individuals, families and congregations — inspiration and tools for a less consumer Christmas–12/15
- 10 Tips for a Simpler, More Meaningful Christmas: Tip in each Weekly Nudge
- Classic SLW! Blog: The ‘Gospel’ of Santa Claus or The Song of St. Nicholas?
- Our Daily Simpler Living Nudge
- What Is The NUDGE? / How It Works / How to GET It – Subscribe by sending NUDGE to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com. / How to SHARE It / More About Holidays
- September: Non-conform Freely // Week 1: Media Literacy || Week 2: Advertising & Public Relations || Week 3: Alternatives to TV, Video Games, Movies, Gambling || Week 4: Marketing
- October: Sustenance // Week 1: Food || Week 2: Recipes (from Developing Countries) & Food Preparation || Week 3: Sustainable Agriculture, Organic Farming || Week 4: Gardening
- November // Week 1: More Celebrating || Week 2: Preparations || Week 3: Unplug the Christmas Machine || Week 4: Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?
- December: Responsible Celebrating (Advent) Week 1: Ten Tips for a Simpler, More Meaningful Christmas, #1-6 || Week 2: 10 Tips, #7-8 || Week 3: 10 Tips, #9-10+ || Week 4: Christmas, Kwanzaa, Holy Innocents
- SLW! Blog Index | SLW! Podcast Index
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- Simpler Living Daily Calendar – DECEMBER
- Check out a few of SLW! thought-provoking, timely resources that might meet your personal, family or congregational/group needs. They’re all FREE. Visit Seasonal/Thematic Resource Index
What Others Are Doing – So Much Help! – Latest Posts
I gladly pass along links from simple living bloggers, podcasters, coaches and others. Some faith-based, some not. You needn’t read them all. Choose FIVE links — including SLW! — to investigate. COMPLETE LIST — Monthly Digest
- Alternative Radio Podcast (David Barsamian)
- Becoming Minimalist (Joshua Becker)
- Center for a New American Dream
- Confronting Racism through personal change, individual action, and community connection. // READ MORE // PLEDGE
- All Simplify the Holidays resources
- The Common Good Podcast
- Ep. 90: Ulrich Duchrow: Importance of Radicalizing Our Reforms So We Create a Culture of Life (12/1)
- Ep. 89: Sr. Shirley Fineran: 21st Century Slave Trade—Helping Victims Recover from Human Trafficking (11/1)
- Ep. 88: Paul K. Chappell: Distinguishing Violence from Aggression in Living & Teaching Nonviolence (10/1)
- Earth Island Journal (Earth Island Institute): Latest News // Current Issue
- Earth Mama (Joyce Rouse) New Song Made for These Times for “Ladies Sewing and Resistance Society” counters the anti-woman, bullying, hate filled policies of the new administration. Lead sheet with melody line, full lyrics, video (1 minute) of singing and sewing, video (6 minute) including wonderful short interviews — all at Monthly Digest (above).
- Eco-Justice Ministries (Peter Sawtell) // Voluntary Simplicity archive // SLW! Podcast #18 // SLW! Podcast #66
- Advent–Longing for Shalom (12/1)
- An Eco-Justice Thanksgiving (11/17)
- Thoughts and Prayers (11/10)
- God’s Kin-dom and the Anthropocene (11/3)
- Four Strategies for Effective Action (10/27)
- Jubilee Economics / Casa Jubileo
- Living Lightly (Susan Vogt on living more simply but abundantly): 365+ Days of Give-Aways–My summer blog posts focused on letting go of troublesome emotions. My Fall posts return to more practical concerns.
- Plastics – Do’s & Don’ts – Being a virtuous recycler, you may already have most of these tips in muscle memory, but here’s a way to keep them all in one post. Plus, a nugget I just learned today – Grocery stores generally accept thin plastic bags for recycling but NOT the PE-LD #04 plastic wrapping.
- Letting Go of Worry – This is a continuation of letting go of negative emotions since I realized that I needed to do this. It differentiates between productive worry and non-productive worry.
- Feel Good Giving – Pay attention to bad news and needs. Where is there a fire, a flood, a homeless shelter. Often these are places that need stuff you’ve been hanging on to “just in case.” Turn your waiting in to something that will help someone now.
- Temporary Gifts–Have adult kids who are moving? We did. Our daughter knew we are constantly looking for places to give extra odds and ends. She offered us a win/win opportunity. We give her stuff until her overseas possessions arrive. She would then pass on our extras.
- How Much Is Enough?–This age old question is never completely answered but it is a good one to keep in front of us during the Christmas shopping season (or whenever). Enjoy the 3 inspiring short videos.
- The Minimalists podcast (Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus). Getting us past the things so we can make room for life’s most important things — which actually aren’t things at all.
- Northwest Earth Institute // SLW! Podcast
- The OneEarth Project (Lee Van Ham) // SLW! Podcast //
- OneEarth Book Party Invite: 3 Authors and Their New Books (10/26)
- Getting Beyond the Current Crises of Capitalism and Civilization (9/13)
- “Ban the Bottle”—It’s a Great Campaign that Needs Us to Help End a Rip-Off and Protect the Planet and Our Water (8/29)
- The Dangerous Support by Some Churches of Empire and U.S. Bullying Instead of Following Jesus (8/18)
- The Launch of “Eco-Ministry for Life on Earth” Course
- PostConsumers: Find the Satisfaction of Enough / Full Article Library
- Prayer & Politiks (Ken Sehested): At the intersection of spiritual formation and prophetic action
- Signs of the Times: News, views, notes, and quotes
- NEW Share Spend Save: Money+Meaning
- Simple Living: the Good Life (Janet Luhrs)–Time, Finances, Home-Work, Health.
- Simple Times (Debi Taylor-Hough): Saving Your Time, Money & Sanity
- Smart and Simple Matters podcast (Joel Zaslofsky of Value of Simple: Liberate Your Time, Money and Talent) // SLW! Podcast
- NEW–Teach Peace Now
- For links to earlier entries, check the SLW! Monthly Digest.
- Non-Conform-Freely Celebrations: Sept.-Dec. // Advent // Christmas
What’s Happened
- SLW! Podcast Ep. 103–Kathy McGinnis of the Peace & Justice Institute and Parenting for Peace and Justice and her late husband Jim wrote the reflections for the “Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?” series in the Nov. & Dec. episodes of SLW! Podcast. Visit the IPJ site. (10/15)
- Simpler Living Healthy Political Practices & Spiritual Disciplines.
- Simpler Living SANITY & SURVIVAL
- Banishing Fake News. READ MORE // See more Media Literacy resources.
- I Buy Blue. How About You?
- Post-Election Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Survival Guide
- Review of Lee Van Ham’s new “From Egos to Eden: Our Heroic Journey to Keep Earth Livable,” vol. 2 of the “Eden for the 21st Century” Trilogy. Colleague Lee’s new book is now available on Amazon in print and ebook and other locations where you can get the ebook (Nook, iBooks, Kobo).
- New Simpler Formats for 2017 — The monthly SLW! eNews and Weekly Digest feature the latest posts from colleague organizations. The complete Monthly Digest only on the SLW! site will be updated at least once a week. The Weekly Nudge will feature only offering from SLW! Both the Weekly Digest and Weekly Nudge come as part of your free subscription to SLW! Blog. The Daily Nudge comes by email (send NUDGE to SimpleLivingworks@yahoo.com) or by Twitter @GeraldIversen. Choose the options that work for you.
- Previews of Simple Living Blogs, Podcasts and Sites // Collaborators & Champions
- Recent Responses to SLW! media
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