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Kyle T. Kramer was educated at Indiana University, the University of Hamburg and Emory University. He founded and lives with his wife Cyndi and their three young children (Eva, Clare, and Elijah) on Genesis Organic Farm, in his native southern Indiana, in a solar- and wind-powered home he designed and built himself. Kyle is also the director of graduate lay degree programs and spiritual formation for Saint Meinrad, a Benedictine monastery and school of theology. Kyle's writing, retreats and talks mainly concern the intersection of simple living, ecology and Catholic spirituality. He is the author of A Time to Plant: Life Lessons in Work, Prayer, and Dirt (Sorin Books, 2010) and blogs at http://kramerfamilyfarm.wordpress.com.

Kyle began writing a column for America in March 2009. A selection of his recent columns appears below.

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Kyle T. Kramer
Building an ecologically stable future requires creativity and willingness to sacrifice.
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Kyle T. Kramer
An invitation to collaboration may be the saving grace of the Year for Priests.
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Kyle T. Kramer
History--human, ecological and cosmic--must be the hotbed for hope.
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Kyle T. Kramer
Lay ministers in the secular realm need our affirmation and encouragement.
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Kyle T. Kramer
Seminarians and lay ministers should receive the same quality formation.
Faith in Focus
Kyle T. Kramer
What nature teaches about boom and crash
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Kyle T. Kramer
Farmers' markets offer a glimpse of the gentler, more generous economy.
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Kyle T. Kramer
'The true contemplative does more than just sit still and wait for revelation.'
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Kyle T. Kramer
'Often it is only at the end of our rope that revelation becomes possible.'
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Kyle T. Kramer
'Mere survival is not the vocation of Christians.'