Simple Living Works! Late-Winter ALERT
Posted on: February 20, 2024
Simple Living Works! Late-Winter ALERT
Posted by: Simple Living Works! on: January 22, 2024
Simple Living Works! Late-Winter ALERT
In This Issue:
- Essential Reading
Gaza, Israel, History – Commentary on yet another savage war in a war weary land [At the Intersection of Spiritual Formation and Prophetic Action by Ken Sehested] https://prayerandpolitiks.org/articles-essays-sermons/gaza-israel-history
A Prophetic Vision for Justice to President Joe Biden by the Reverend Dr Canon Naim Stifan Ateek and Released by Friends of Sabeel North America https://fosna.nationbuilder.com/a_prophetic_vision_for_justice
Zionism is not Judaism: It is not anti-Semitic to reject Zionism https://www.struggle-la-lucha.org/2024/01/04/zionism-is-not-judaism-it-is-not-anti-semitic-to-reject-zionism/
Why I Am Another Jew Finally Embracing BDS https://matthewzgindin.medium.com/why-i-am-another-jew-finally-embracing-bds-737d1cfc1e55
- Simpler Living Daily Nudges Enhanced
- Free ZOOM Forum
- Recent JEM Blogs
- Regional eNews
- SLW! Quarterly Digest
- MORE Worth Your Time
Current Simpler Living Daily Nudges Enhanced
Month 2*: Celebrating More Responsibly— Week 1: Music/Worship || Week 2: Preparing for Lent, Easter and Other Spring Festivals || Week 3: Rites of Passage || Week 4: What Is ‘Enough’?
Month 3*: Global Justice—Week 1: Language || Week 2: Hunger & Homelessness || Week 3: Peace/Non-Violence || Week 4: Advocacy/Boycotts
I now send the link to the Nudges to arrive by the first month of the quarter. So, SAVE the link. I may update some Nudges as timely material comes in. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Also, since my monthly blog and podcast are on pause, I’m adding Legacy Blogs and Podcasts to Nudges.
Forward to friends, who can subscribe by sending NUDGE to SimpleLivingWorks@yahoo.com
Free ZOOM Forum
3/2/24, 4/6/24—Colleague organization OneEarth Jubilee (Jubilee Economics Ministry) offers a series of one hour, monthly “Jubilee Forums,” on the first Saturday of the month, 9am PT. Seeing that Jesus framed his entire ministry on Jubilee, we will too. There is no charge. Send an email to lee@jubilee-economics.org or john@jubilee-economics.org to indicate you plan to attend. In return, we will send you a Zoom link to the Forum. All forums will focus on how to address the existential issues people are facing by living the OneEarth Jubilee worldview.
Free JEM Newsletter
Send SUBSCRIBE to one of the email addresses above to receive the OneEarth Jubilee eNews. Recent News & Updates:
Recent JEM Blog Posts by Lee Van Ham
Lee has moved his blog to Substack. Read his previous worthwhile blogs for free or by subscription at OneEarthJubilee.com/jubilee-blog/
Election Time: Whose Kingdom Do We Want? Whose Will Do We Trust?
https://leevanham.substack.com/p/whose-kingdom-do-we-want-whose-will
Praying the Lord’s Prayer with Understanding —A Counterpoint to Christian Nationalist Prayers
https://leevanham.substack.com/p/praying-the-lords-prayer-with-understanding
Wisdom from the Margins
https://leevanham.substack.com/p/wisdom-from-the-margins
My Decision to Write on Substack
https://leevanham.substack.com/p/my-decision-to-write-on-substack
Alternatives 50th Year!
Yes, Alternatives started in 1973. Then it became Alternatives for Simple Living, and most recently Simple Living Works! It began as a protest against the commercialization of Christmas with the annual “Whose Birthday Is It, Anyway?” Then we expanded to promotion of year-round Simple Living. Now we publish all online, focusing on OverConsumption and OverPopulation as the two primary drivers of the Climate Crisis.
We have worked for years with colleague organization Jubilee Economics Ministries (JEM – OneEarthJubilee.com), most notably with our OneEarth Simple Living Podcast (listen at http://simpleliving.startlogic.com/TCGP.html ), now cross promoting blogs and other publications. So, occasionally you may receive a newsletter from JEM. It’s well worth reading.
You have free access to many articles and illustrations for personal inspiration and congregational growth at https://simpleliving.startlogic.com/indexoth.php?place=archivesThemes.php. Create your own resources for voluntary simplicity on paper, online and/or audio.
Siouxland Social Justice eNews (Greater Sioux City, IA)—Winter
Read the latest at our site: http://simpleliving.startlogic.com/SiouxlandSJeNews.html
SLO Co. Social Justice eNews (San Luis Obispo Co., CA)—Winter
Read the latest at our site: http://simpleliving.startlogic.com/SLO%20Co.%20Social%20Justice%20eNews.html
No log-in required.
See Additions and Corrections there throughout the month.
SLW! Quarterly Digest — activities and links to colleague organizations
https://simpleliving.startlogic.com/DigestWinter24.html
Well Worth Your Time
** To Save the Planet, Should We Really Be Moving Slower?
The degrowth movement makes a comeback.
By Bill McKibben from https://www.populationmedia.org/population-sustainability-news
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/to-save-the-planet-should-we-really-be-moving-slower
Bill McKibben: Climate Crisis Needs Urgent Action / DeGrowth [on Democracy Now!]
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/7/bill_mckibben_climate_crisis_degrowth
** ‘Degrowth’ starts to move in from Europe’s policy fringes
Unorthodox economic ideas are finding a mainstream audience as climate change bites
https://www.ft.com/content/e2f96618-081f-41de-b7a0-a682017c8d11
** Environmentalists to Talk About Population Growth. Here’s How
https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2022/10/environmentalists-talk-population-growth-heres-how/embed/#
** Inequality Media with Robert Reich — brief videos/scripts
From Sojourners: Our Excessive Military Budget Builds U.S. Empire, Not God’s Kingdom
https://sojo.net/articles/our-excessive-military-budget-builds-us-empire-not-gods-kingdom
For SLW! current publications, visit SimpleLivingWorks.org, especially windows 2 and 3.
Feedback welcome. Peace.
Simple Living Works! 
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