A view about improving the well-being, deep inner change and mindfulness which can be attained from a person’s reconnecting to nature and whether such an effort as long distance AT thru-hiking can result in stress reduction and bring about an all-around positive inner change. My research thus addresses whether such an activity as AT thru-hiking, a form of ‘forest-bathing’ or ecotherapy, can bring with it positive change similar to what would occur in a therapist’s chair.

Did the noted Shawnee military leader, Tecumseh, put a curse on America? Can furniture be heroic? Who really is your best friend? How do you survive in the future nano-tech dystopia? Is it hard to talk to a fire lizard? Answers to these and other fictional questions can be found in these stories. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. The guilty, on the other hand, will have to fend for themselves.Some authors discover that writing short stories is a good way to start...

Theological work, whatever else it may be, is always a reflection on social transformations. Not only pastors but also theologians work with the sources of the Christian traditions in one hand and a newspaper in the other. But how are we to understand the relationship between social transformations and the continuously “compromised” development of Christian ideals, as these are measured by doctrinal formulations? And how might a more deeply sociological perspective on this relationship inf...