Monthly Archives: October 2014

FAITH, HOPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM, Part 2

By Jim Harding In Part 1 I chronicled lessons from my work with the inter-faith group Kairos. I explained that on my reflective walk up the coulee on our land I again realized how important it is to continually work … Continue reading

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FAITH, HOPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM, Part I

By Jim Harding I’ve been asked to an inter-faith gathering in December to speak on faith, hope and environmental activism. This is a tall order, yet I know that many people are struggling with hopelessness and loss of faith. How … Continue reading

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BENEATH THE EBOLA EPIDEMIC

BY Jim Harding The Ebola epidemic started in Guinea, West Africa in March, 2014 and soon spread to adjoining Liberia and Sierra Leone, all countries left with a huge infrastructure deficit after decades of civil war. A half year later … Continue reading

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WHEN WILL WE EVER LEARN…ABOUT THE WAR IN IRAQ

BY Jim Harding In 2004 I published a book “After Iraq” (Fernwood and Merlin Presses). We were in the early aftermath of the U.S.-U.K. invasion, but you could already see that the killing, trauma and chaos were seeding a whole … Continue reading

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