by Michael Lerner | Oct 11, 2019 | Learning, Uncategorized
Dear TNS Friends: We authentically need your help. For many years we have managed our modest TNS budget with the support of a few core funders and generous small contributions from many of you. Over the past few years, our wonderful core funders (deep gratitude to...
by Michael Lerner | Sep 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, As summer ends, as the fall of 2019 begins, where are we? The world is on fire: the Amazon, Siberia, Indonesia, and much more. Some fires are deliberately lit to clear land for grazing and agriculture. Many more are accidental or spontaneous. Global...
by Michael Lerner | Aug 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Dear New School Friends: I’m spending much of the summer on Whidbey Island, north of Seattle. Here are some notes about how life and the world look to me right now. First, life. My 75th year offers opportunities for reflection. I care about what I am reading,...
by Michael Lerner | May 30, 2019 | Commonweal, Uncategorized
Dear Commonweal Friends: I hope this Spring Letter finds you well. I write you this personal letter twice a year. Commonweal thrives in our 44th year. You will soon receive the Commonweal News. This personal letter focuses on four projects I guide—the Commonweal...
by Michael Lerner | May 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
A New Biography of Thomas Berry “The universe,” Thomas Berry wrote in his prescient Dream of the Earth, “is a single, gorgeous, celebratory event.” Mary Evelyn Tucker, John Grim, and Andrew Angyal recently published Thomas Berry—A Biography. It is the...
