Whether you are a parent, an organizational leader, some one looking to improve your health, your diet, or your emotional life, this issue has something for you! As our publisher Claus Sproll discusses in his annual fall letter, (p. 3) “electing LILIPOH” means saying yes to a holistic outlook, and to taking the needs of all beings into consideration when ... Read More ►
By Lori MacKinder-Clyatt “I was never good at math, so how can I help my child with school math?” you might wonder. Well, you are not alone! Many parents struggle with remembering multiplication facts, using fractions, and working with algebra or geometry. Of course, the first quick answer may be to simply hire a private tutor for the child. However, ... Read More ►
By Jason Skinner It is 10:30 pm, a Thursday night, which means I am on my way to a study group. For roughly a year and a half, a dozen students have been meeting every other week to discuss adult learning. Folks begin to arrive. The atmosphere is friendly. People catch up. The facilitator calls for our week’s reading discussion ... Read More ►
By Sarah Hearn “There are a great many people who do not know how the paper on which they write or the material they are wearing is manufactured, nor, if they wear leather shoes, how the leather is prepared…we cannot of course achieve everything in this direction, but we try to make it our aim as far as possible to ... Read More ►
Dear Readers, Whenever we put together an issue on education, it comes together quite effortlessly. In fact, there are so many authors in our community who have important messages to share about the education of children that LILIPOH could easily become a magazine with a purely educational focus. As you will read, many of these creative educational models use the ... Read More ►
By Nancy Blanning Overstimulated and Underprotected in the Modern Media World Information, useful and trivial, wanted or not, bombards us constantly. Our senses are continually stimulated. In self-protection, I have personally found an email access that avoids a “home page”— I no longer am assaulted with the latest celebrity news, nor the disaster of the moment, whether actual or threatened, ... Read More ►
By Jan Goeschel Renewing Higher Education and Professional Development Anyone who follows the current discussion about the future of higher education will quickly recognize that the current world of colleges and universities is in serious need of some radically new ideas and visions. The Camphill Movement in North America, a movement of intentional communities dedicated to social renewal on the ... Read More ►
By Nancy Blanning The Effects of Media on Your Child’s Context for Life It is our fondest hope as parents and teachers that our children will be allowed to encounter the world directly through the freshness and unprejudiced vision of their own eyes, ears, and hands. I think of our grandson’s dedication to snail-watching last spring and summer. Nothing was ... Read More ►
Dear Readers, For many of us in the West, our lives are relatively prosperous and filled with choices. Having evolved to the point where we no longer spend our days chopping wood and carrying water, we can continue to cultivate ourselves, study, and learn new things. Supporting engagement in life-long learning is, in fact, the purpose of this publication. As ... Read More ►
By Yu Ningyuan The soul remembered, I’m the son of the rain It began from a small fire Later, it burned large, like a sea of fire The rain cannot put out the fire Just like the ages cannot crush the dream Classrooms and homework wavering in the wind A huge burst of wind blew the classroom to the prairie ... Read More ►
