Teasing on the Front Porch
Freedom and belonging at this year's Front Porch Republic conference
Dear Friends,
Just popping in quickly to share my recap of what is probably the best conference I have ever attended, the Front Porch Republic gathering this weekend in Madison, Wisconsin, on the topic of “Living as Humans in a Machine Age.”
Read my reflections here:
“‘Living As Humans in A Machine Age:’ reflections on this year’s Front Porch Republic conference”
And don’t forget to head over to
’s stack this Saturday for a live event on unmachining and the FPR conference, featuring and yours truly!
Take care,
Well now I have to really dive into the front porch republic because it seems to hold a lot of the same values that I have/how I feel in this overly technological culture we find ourselves in!
“begin the regeneration of culture that will someday sustain us after the fall of this age of the Machine” this last line really stood out because i think we are seeing this happen, It seems many do see that is way of living is NOT sustainable, people are craving the real, the true and the community in person more than they have in probably a decade++. It is why you see the resurgence of homemaking and people wanting to “go off the grid.” as we have discussed I’m not for the insta-worthy aesthetics of it, however, I do think people are showing their interest in being called to that simplistic way of living because they are burnt out from the current “machine age” already!
I could go on and on with this but I will stop for now! It might be an e-mail discussion for another time 😉
Sounds lovely! I would love to attend Ruth’s talk except for that I confess to really and truly hating Zoom and video chat and avoiding them whenever possible. Also the kids are too unpredictable 😆. But I think you’re on to something - that it’s the freedom and reciprocity that make good company invigorating and FUN. It’s so hard to have fun when people are easily offended and take themselves too seriously. I think if you want to talk about serious subjects you can’t take yourself too seriously.