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Utne Reader:
In this era of so-called family values,
misplaced religious ideals, and misused statistics, people
involved with the Albany, New York, Free School, have come
forward with a magazine offering an outlook that is both truer
and richer. The Free School people have been walking their talk
of respect for, and faith in, human nature since the 1970s, and
they offer companionship and support to all who treasure family
life as an opportunity for authenticity and growth.
This hefty, homegrown journal is crammed with personal accounts
from community members, as well as interviews with, and articles
by, enlightened thinkers such as Thomas Moore, Eve and Reb
Zalman, Richard Rohr, Helen Nearing, and John Taylor Gatto. The
first issue was devoted to children, the second to couples.
Future themes will include reproduction, loss and grieving,
spirituality, money, and grandparents. Journal of Family Life
urges us to look beyond the answers proclaimed by the
institutions of the dominant culture and regain confidence in
our own instincts.
The JFL was
named as a finalist in the Utne Reader 1995 New Publications
Alternative Press Award.
Thomas Moore:
Finally, a homegrown journal that treats the
family intelligently, poetically, and down-to-earthedly. No
political exploitation, no inappropriate sentimentality, no
pin-the-blame-on-the-family diatribes. The family today needs to
be imagined more fruitfully and floridly. This the Journal of
Family Life does, and in that lies the hope for a renewal of
this most fundamental need of the soul - for a daily dose of
honest, human, earthy family spirit.
Thomas Moore is author of Care of the Soul, Soul Mates, and
Meditation.
Joseph Chilton Pearce:
A splendid, innovative journal that slips
past the grid of political-sectarian nonsense with delightful,
provocative, refreshing insights. Promises to meet a vital need
for thoughtful, caring people.
Joseph Chilton Pearce is author of The Crack in the Cosmic Egg,
The Magical Child Matures, and Evolution's End.
Bernie Siegel M.D.:
"I heartily endorse your magazine and goals."
Bernie Siegel is author of Love, Medicine & Miracles, Peace,
Love & Healing, and What Do I Do Between Office Visits?
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