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the spiritual side of humanure

I've been thinking about the circle of life recently. No, not from an animated movie from the 90s, but about the process of humanure. ...

Ask an average schoolchild what they learned in school that day and they'll probably respond with, "nothing." String together 12 or more...

On a dead end back road in the outskirts of a small town in the not-trendy part of Oahu, Hawai'i, is a farm filled with young people. ...

I've built more fires in the last six months of my life than ever before. In New Zealand, homes are not heated centrally and wood fires...

[I offer this from my journal from September 20 in reflection of Matthew 25. I had been staying at a marae - Maori community hall - with...

Growing up in Canada, winter always meant deep layers of snow, months of sub-freezing temperatures and ground that was so hard that it...

Having spent many years in the institutional church, working with a Christian organization and being around people of faith, I rarely -...

"What the heck am I doing?!" I thought to myself. I was a few hours into a very challenging hike - alone, in the clouds and climbing...

As I've travelled the country trying to learn about farming, I've encountered a myriad of ideas and opinions - often contrary to one...

A few months ago, I spent several hours putting packets of frozen meat into boxes. We were on a timeline so we worked quickly. It was...

brenda wang

Kia ora, I'm brenda, a Canadian transplant living in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Among other things, I've written a book, Generous Frugality: an alternative approach to money, which is based on two questions:

1) What if we measured wealth by how much we give away?

2) What if we're frugal so that we can be generous?

Join me on the journey toward a more just, more generous and more simple life.