| Take me: to other places on this web site: to the Home Page of PastoralPlanning.com to the Resource Center for lifelong faith formation to "Getting Started" with lifelong faith formation |
| Key Links Just Faith A site which supports a parish program to teach in depth about just living. LiveSimply From CAFOD in England, the people who began the movement for simpler living. Catholic Relief Services A powerful agent of change in the world, also leading the US implementation of this movement. Common Hope A non-profit agency working to end poverty in the third world by establishing there a middle class. |
The Fourteen Steps On these pages you will find a pathway to help you live more simply, sustainably, and in solidarity with the poor. These are stepping stones which you can teach others to use once you have learned to walk them yourself... Go ahead, take the first few steps yourself! Then use the materials provided here to teach others! |
| Two powerful resources Click on the cover to buy the book. A New Look at Prayer: Learning to Listen to Your Inner Guide by Bill Huebsch This carefully written e-book helps you recognize your own inner voice which leads to "right living." Driving the Speed Limit: Learning to Live Simply, Sustainably, and in Solidarity with the Poor by Bill Huebsch This e-book provides you with a road map (almost literally) to help you make choices which are both satisfying and in support of the common human good. |
| Read more deeply about learning to listen to God in prayer and about learning to "drive the speed limit" in life. See the e-books offered on the left side of this screen. |
| Tell us your story! What commitments have you made? What difficulties have you faced? What has worked for you as you chose to live more simply? How have you adjusted your lifestyle to one that is more sustainable? In what ways have you grown to be in solidarity with the poor of the world? Click here to send us a note and we'll share your story with others. To send us a video, song, pictures, poetry, or other media, simple attach it to an e-mail and send it to this address. |
| Take the other steps See a list of all 14 steps Step One: Step Two: Step Three: Step Four: Step Five: Step Six: Step Seven: Step Eight: Step Nine: Step Ten: Step Eleven: Step Twelve: Step Thirteen: Step Fourteen: |
| Welcome! Just Living is a powerful new resource to help you teach about living simply, sustainably, and in solidarity with the world's poor. It can be used in small groups, or simply by oneself. All the materials you need are available here, and they're all free. We ask only that you consider making a small donation to support the work of this web site. To do that, click here. Thanks in advance for your generosity. This donation is completely voluntary! |
| Getting started is easy. Simply go to the first step (see the guide in the upper left corner of this screen) and away you go! Click on the various worksheets, prayers, and other resources - and you have permission to reprint these for use in your own parish as well. We are indebted to the fine folks at the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development in Great Britain for the inspiration and key ideas here. A link to them is at the right, "LiveSimply." |
Please consider making a donation to support the work of this web site. We get by with a little help from our friends. Click on the candle to contribute. Thanks! |
