Archive - Spirit of Change Magazine

Wild Plants I Have Known.... And Eaten

Russ Cohen is one of the foremost wild edibles experts in New England. His depth of knowledge and passion for foraging make it a topic accessible to everyone.

Elder Wisdom

My 3 sisters and I learned our values and strengths by our parent’s teachings and by the way they lived and conducted themselves…

John Thomas Walker: Pastor, Cathedral Builder, Civil Rights Leader

Episcopal Bishop John Thomas Walker died in 1989 at the age of 64, just as he should have rightfully donned the cloak of elder.

“No seat should be empty in any church or house of worship of any denomination,” says Deacon Randy Green, director of the Silver Leaf Gospel Singers for nearly 60 years. “The church gives a spiritual underpinning to people’s lives and builds community.”

A Simple Plan to Save the World

Ending extreme poverty, disease, environmental degradation, war? We asked one of the world's most influential economists--adviser to Kofi Annan and Bono alike--what would have to be done to put the world on a course to do exactly that. What follows is his modest little plan.

The Choice This Year Is Between Empire and Democracy

Having lived in Germany and extensively interviewed many former, now elderly, members of Hitler's Nazi Party (and one spy for him) for a book I was writing on the religion of the Nazis, I can say categorically that Hitler had (or at least his people believed he had) a Vision.

Good Health is in the Eyes of the Beholder

The Walker Building in downtown Marlboro, MA is an architectural gem. The lower floors feature renovated offices, and on the upper floors visitors can still see small classrooms dating back to the days when the building served as a school.

Can You, Too, Live to 122?

Life insurance actuaries earn a good living by staking wagers on how long you are likely to live. They tell us that when you are turning eleven years old, you have the best chance of living to see your next birthday.

Stretching Out of Depression

We all feel a little blue from time to time. But when those blues turn into a seemingly never-ending tunnel of black, it may be a signal that you are suffering from depression and a nudge from the universe to look for help.

Musings: Elder Wisdom

I have heard it mentioned before that “elder” is an ageless term. People with the wisdom of elders can enter into our lives when they are babies, teaching us throughout our entire lives.

Cooking with Kids

The celebration of community elders is a way of life practiced by many traditional cultures around the world.

Damanhur: Italy’s Rainbow Renaissance

Legends, ancient evidence and modern day reports describe many spiritually evolved civilizations on our planet.

Musings: Rainbow Spirit

he rainbow appearing in the sky is a hopeful sign no matter where you travel around the world.

Peace Seeds

Plant and scatter these seeds throughout the universe by the vibrations created when you speak these words aloud.

Rainbow Spirit

Last Christmas I flew from Boston to Evansville, Indiana, to visit my 94-year-old father who lives in a nursing home there. He and I have been on a long, at times extremely difficult, journey together since my mother’s death 8 years ago.

The Out of Body Experience

Numerous surveys and anecdotal studies report that people all over the world are having lucid experiences outside their physical bodies.

Time To Reconsider Jefferson's Call For Universal Service

Many of the world’s mature democracies require every high school graduate to serve a year or two of either military or nonprofit service.

Tonics You Perform Instead of Swallow

The Ayurvedic medical scriptures are clear that we need to digest and metabolize all our experiences, and describe a digestive fire for our experiences, located in the region of the heart, as well techniques to strengthen it.

Tackling Mature Onset Diabetes Before It Sidelines You

Do you ever wonder why, in spite of all your good intentions, you just cannot seem to take control over your health and wellness the way you really want to?

Let Food Be Thy Medicine

Hippocrates stated, “Let food be thy medicine.” He understood that the greatest healers in the world are the people who grow our food and the people who prepare our food.