Mark Longhurst

Mark Longhurst is a writer and pastor of First Congregational Church, Williamstown. He runs a popular blog Ordinary Mystic, where he reflects on the arts, contemplation, and social justice. He read lots of books while studying at Harvard Divinity School, worked for numerous activist organizations in Boston, but finally found his soul’s rest in discovering the Christian mystical tradition through Richard Rohr’s Living School for Action and Contemplation.

Mark Longhurst in Kosmos

The Problem with “More”

Our globalized world lures us to crave more. The culture of “more” is a culture of not enough, accumulation and conquest, and sought but constantly deferred satiety. Every time we text message or update Instagram, researchers tell us that our brains loop in a dopamine cycle of neurological yearning.

Published in Volume 18 Issue 2

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The Village Way

Practices for Belonging in a Fragmented World

For thousands of years, we lived according to the principles of village life. Then, around the 14th Century, our lives were reorganized by rulers around growth and accumulation – often at the cost of community, equity, and the living Earth. What would it mean to return to simplicity, and mutual care?

Join us for a 9-month inquiry into this question, exploring how we participate together in a time that calls us back to community, resilience, and shared life,