Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 7654 Plough Quarterly • Summer 2015 up because of our failures? We believe we must all keep climbing the steep mountain toward God’s peaceable kingdom. Bearing Fruit Despite our flawed attempt to live out peace and justice, over the past eight years Still Waters Sanctuary has nurtured the birth of autonomous sister communities and experi- ments in rural California, inner-city Reno, and Kansas City. Other groups are in the process of finding land. We created the Possibility Alliance to link all of these experiments in peacemaking and integral nonviolence. Still Waters is also the headquarters of the Bicycling Superheroes, a seven hundred–strong organization that responds to calls for help from around the country. Dressed as superheroes, we get on our bikes and ride to where someone needs a hand. So far we’ve been led to inner-city Detroit, to areas hit by Hurricane Katrina, and to twenty-six states and seven countries. Closer to home, the White Rose Catholic Worker Farm, the Peace and Permaculture Education Center, and a land-trust community of three off-grid homesteads have all moved next door to our community. We feel blessed with all of this fruit, but still have no idea where God is leading us next. We believe we are called to try to live out this seemingly unattainable request from God. We believe we must apply all of our gifts, strengths, resources, and lives to these tasks, and that our striving will bring us closer to God’s great goal. We pray for God’s grace so that there may be peace in our hearts and on earth. As Thomas à Kempis reminds us, “Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility.”  The author’s daughter Etta rides on her father’s back in the community dining room. Fun and celebration – expressing gratitude for the joy of life – are a vital part of the community’s vision. Photograph courtesy of Katie Currid