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Shout for joy and get to work!

  Approx. read time: 1:45 min. It’s Easter week! So I’m thinking about … liminal spaces. You know, those spaces between here and there, consequential thresholds, invitations into the unknown, where attitudes, discernments, and choices matter greatly. “Tell the brothers to come out of hiding and meet me in Galilee,” the risen Christ says to the women who find the… Read more »

Where I place my hope

  Approx. read time: 1:45 min. I encounter a lot of people trying to be hopeful. Mostly, I discover, they’re dealing with exhaustion. And mostly, I think, they’re exhausted from trying to be hopeful. “I hope for peace,” one says. “I hope that my job, my healthcare, my Social Security won’t go away,” says another…. Read more »

I pray because I grieve

  Approx. read time: 2:40 min. In this Christian season of Lent I pray, daily, for particular world-stage leaders who engage in endless wars. It’s not easy prayer, expressed sometimes in tears and heavy wordless sighs.  Grief, with her heart-wrenching lessons, comes to teach me a thing or two. Grief teaches me that … injustice,… Read more »

I’ve joined a movement

  Approx. read time: 2:15 min. I’ve never started a social movement, but I do belong to one. It’s the movement for creative, Love-centered nonviolent engagement in a complex and violent world. This movement traces back to ancient prophets, wisdom carriers, movement builders, those who insist that systemic cruelty and engineered injustice have no place… Read more »

Peacemaking: More than a brokered deal

  Approx. read time: 1:10 min. Like many people, here and abroad, I viewed the February 28th encounter between U.S. President Trump, Vice President Vance, and Secretary of State Rubio, with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. What I heard was a hard push toward a brokered deal to end a brutal and exhausted war between Russia and… Read more »

Why I won’t be part of the Feb. 28th National Economic Blackout

  Approx. read time: 2:00 min. For decades, now, I’ve worked mightily to buck the consumer identity, to live simply, to keep my dollars local, and to not shop the ubiquitous too-big-to-fail national brands. I’ve written a volume of stories of all that has changed—for the better—over eleven years of life without a car. Since… Read more »

Stand strong in your power

  Approx. read time: 2:15 min. If the nation’s current administration does what it says it’s going to do, then what do I plan to do for the next four years?  The question begs for action: Show up, every day, with steadfast heart and pure intention. Work for the good of others, community, society. Work… Read more »

Bucking the headwinds

  Approx. read time: 1:30 min. Now and then I say something that surprises me. I take it as pure gift, and so I write it down. Friends tell me, recently, of the situations of chaos and pushback they’ve been experiencing. “It’s so hard,” one says. “I feel like I’m not making any progress!” When you’re bucking… Read more »

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