Healing With A Heart Directory Happenings Signup for email updates Browse Our Archive Where to Find Edge Life SERVING THE UPPER MIDWEST . . .and beyond JULY 2005 :: INDEX OUR FEATURED TOPIC: BUILDING COMMUNITY Building Community by Wanda Urbanska and Frank Levering In the mad rush of America today, many customs that contribute to the quality of life have fallen by the wayside. Good Neighbors by Meredith Jordan This is a story of something lost and something found, and the snowstorm that precipitated both events. Finding Home by Suzanne Vadnais Monson I was called to this sacred river valley by something ancient. I felt it the very first time I visited. Special to Edgelife.net: Creating Space in our Minds for Community to Grow by Thomas Capshew Overcoming and overriding the tidal wave of individualism in our culture is one of the central tasks of creating community. Spiritual Community: A little bit of Heaven by Thomas G. Gulick There is a school of thought today that likes to simplify the whole idea of community by looking at all groups of people through economic glasses. I Love My Neighborhood by Cathy Combs Honoring and cherishing diversity is what makes healthy community connections possible. A Community of Mentors by Albert Leung A profile of volunteer Tom Grezek of Big Brothers and Big Sisters. Building Community, One Soul at a Time by Alan L. Pritz I found my sense of community was larger than that of an isolated mountain ashram. Religion and Community by Rev. Wayne Stevenson I believe there is a room "in my Father's house" for all peoples, every belief, every color, every lifestyle and every spiritual pathway. Is Something Whispering to my Soul? by Maria Shea The five of us connected in that moment in time -- telling stories, laughing, and even exchanging e-mail addresses! Protecting the most vulnerable part of our Community: Our Children by Mike Tikkanen I would offer that the harshest consequences of America's untreated mental health problems are suffered by chronically poor families that have histories of abuse and neglect NEWS University of Minnesota offers holistic health coaching program "What the Bleep" scientists presenting talks in Twin Cities News in the Upper Midwest The Peacemaking Weekend, Body Wisdom, Minnesota Rural Summit, Carol Parrish, Lee Carroll, Photo Contest…and much more. Horst Rechelbacher celebrates 50 years in beauty industry EDGE LIFE INTERVIEWS Part 2: SOULution: The Holistic Manifesto Edge Life interview with William Bloom, UK's Holism leader by Tim Miejan Part 1: Interview with William Bloom Awakening the New Millennium Priestess: An interview with Anyaa McAndrew by Tim Miejan At a Glance: Nine-month Priestess Process FROM THE EDITOR The Golden Rule, Applied Globally The Last Word | by editor Tim Miejan Each of us is part of the human community. We are as strong as the strongest among us, and we are as weak as the weakest among us. REGULAR COLUMNS Strategic Planning is a Waste of Time, Unless you ask the Right Questions Step into the Future | by Brenda Miller It is a rare professional, or organization, who creates a strategic plan for three, five, 10 or 15 years ahead, unless of course you're successful and staying ahead of your competition, and a leader in your industry -- or you want to be. A Summer Tart made without Dairy Recipes from Lunds & Byerlys | by Bea James I remember picking wild blackberries right out of my backyard in Eugene, Ore., when I was a kid. I endured scratches from thorns, nasty mosquito bites and stained purple clothes just to get a mouth full of those little juicy sun drops. EarthSmart Road Trip The EarthSmart Life | by Kim Carlson Road vacations are another excellent way to practice being more planet friendly. Reinventing the Box From the Heart | by Alan Cohen Business guru and bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell tells of a large corporation that conducted an intensive search for employees who could think outside the box. "It never occurred to them," Gladwell notes, "that if everyone had to think outside the box, maybe it was the box that needed fixing." THE ARTS Robert Plant, Soulfood, Peter Martin InTune: CD reviews | by Anthony J.W. Benson Star Wars--Revenge of the Sith The Movie Mystic | by Stephen Simon MORE THIS MONTH Life-after-death Experiences Bolster Author of Life Without Lisa by Jill Lawrence Regardless of how rock-solid a person's belief in life after death is, when a loved one dies, the loss is very real and emotionally devastating. Machu Picchu -- Magic and Mystery by Gayle Lawrence The mountains stood before me like living beings. The aware intelligence I felt left me humbled.

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