Category Archives: The Front Porch

Welcome to the Front Porch! This new section will serve as a welcoming stage for the rest of the magazine. It is a place for community news and sharing, updates, notables, and much more. We are excited to announce that book and CD reviews will also take place here on the Front Porch, so please send us any material you’ve written/recorded or anything you are enchanted by. Press releases for the Front Porch, as well as submissions for the rest of the magazine, are encouraged, please go to the submission guidelines page at the Front Porch submissions .

Now, grab a hot drink and settle into a rocking chair—Welcome to our humble abode!

The Evolver Convergence

Friday, June 1 – Sunday June 3 The First United Methodist Church of Pittsburgh
5401 Centre Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Where others may hear alarm bells (peak oil, 2012, global warming), a rising grassroots movement, Evolver, is answering the call ― building a

Fair Trade and Hand Made

Shizen When we opened Shizen in November 2010, we set out to do something a little different.  As spiritually-minded travelers, we wanted to share with our neighbors some of the boundless creativity and imagination we’ve been blessed to witness around

~ OSHO ~

 “The seed cannot know what is going to happen, the seed has never known the flower. And the seed cannot even believe that he has the potentiality to become a beautiful flower.

Common Ground

Conscious Leadership: Realizing Your Full Potential – Body, Mind, and Spirit Conscious leadership begins with the belief that every individual in an organization or business, regardless of their position in the organization, is a leader with unique potential.  Common Ground

Albert Einstein

He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest,