I first heard Bill McKibben speak at Occupy Wall Street through the People’s Mic. In 2024 delivering a sermon at the First Presbyterian Church of New York City, he turned the story of Job into a climate crisis parable.
In his memoir he shows us what was missing in our history books. In three chapter—the flag, cross and station wagon—he tell us what went wrong with the values we grew up with. And the meaning of patriotism.
He’s not all talk. Co-founder and Senior Advisor at 350.org, an international climate campaign that works in 188 countries around the world. A founder of Third Act, a community of Americans over sixty determined to change the world for the better. Third Act Advisor, Rebecca Solnit is another one of my North Stars.
THE FLAG, THE CROSS,
AND THE STATION WAGON
A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened
By Bill McKibben