Tag Archives: post-doom

Of Course Post-Doom Has a Privilege Problem

I think the answer has to be that the Post-Doom community (such as it is) can’t be an end point. It has to be a waystation–a pausing point on the way to a discussion with a wider community which includes peoples who have already experienced apocalypses and people who have been experiencing collapse all their lives. Rather than being the answer, Post-Doom can only ever point the way to a more-inclusive conversation about the end of the world as we know it.

It’s Not Too Late to Love the World: In memoriam Michael Dowd

While a lot of people listening to Michael’s talks might get stuck on the part about how it’s too late to save the world, that part was really just the preface to his real message, which was that it’s not too late to love the world.

Why I am not a “Doomer”

I’m not going to try to tell you where to focus your energy. But I will say this, if your choice is being motivated by a fear of despair, if you are fighting down a feeling of hopelessness, consider letting yourself feel it. Really feel it. Trust that there is wisdom in all of our feelings, even the dark ones, maybe especially the dark ones. And see where it takes you.

Beyond Doom: A Response to Mark Green

I’m not going to try to tell you where to focus your energy. But I will say this, if your choice is being motivated by a fear of despair, if you are fighting down a feeling of hopelessness, consider letting yourself feel it. Really feel it. Trust that there is wisdom in all of our feelings, even the dark ones, maybe especially the dark ones. And see where it takes you.

Finding Meaning in the Dark: A Post-Doom Big Picture

Please invite your friends and join me next Sunday (May 3, 2020) at 10am (CDT) for a virtual presentation by eco-theologian, Michael Dowd, about living beyond hope and despair in a time of civilizational collapse. Michael’s message is especially salient during this time of social distancing and global pandemic.