What, really, is our role?
Do humans have a natural role on this planet? I recently watched Growing Native: Great Lakes, an American Public Television special about...
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Nov 19, 20213 min read
At the Center of All Things
From the center of Reality, the whole circumference of life is seen to be completely harmonious, for when the center is found, it becomes...
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Nov 19, 20212 min read
Lastness and Firstness
My mother loved butterflies. Her house was full of them. Not the real kind, but butterfly pins, embroidered butterflies, painted...
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May 27, 20218 min read
Empowering Girls — Global Sojourns Giving Circle
Twenty-five years ago, Priscilla Plummer was sitting with a group of women in a village in Mozambique. Knee-deep in the research for her...
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Mar 12, 20215 min read
Lessons from Uganda
I recently talked with Aaron Enyetu, who arrived here from Uganda just a few months ago. Aaron has worked both as a volunteer in the...
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Mar 5, 20212 min read
Just Take a Breath
How do we develop a learning mindset? It’s not possible to know everything, so obviously we’re going to have to learn as we go. But how...
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Feb 19, 20212 min read
Clearing out what doesn’t work
Becoming conscious is not easy. It’s about clearing my inner landscape of old beliefs—and that takes work. It’s like clearing debris from...
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Feb 12, 20212 min read
There’s always another dawn
It’s hard work, becoming conscious. And what makes it doubly hard is this: I wake up and look around. My eyes are open and it’s a...
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Oct 15, 20202 min read
What does it mean to make space?
I recently participated in a Zoom workshop on consultation offered to an association of facilitators. The workshop was a familiar setup —...
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Oct 15, 20202 min read
How to listen when you don’t agree
What do you do when someone voices an opinion that opposes your own? It’s so easy to argue. We see daily examples of this in the news....
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Oct 31, 20192 min read
Power of Youth
Last week I was at a conference for Portland-based organizations involved in global development work. It was sobering and hopeful at the...
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Oct 16, 20192 min read
Is it Human Nature to Argue?
When we look around at the public conversation these days, it’s rather sobering. Issues have become polarized, with each side becoming...
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Oct 3, 20193 min read
Learning is Uncomfortable… And That’s Okay
Here’s what I’m learning: When we’re learning something new—when we enter new territory—it’s uncomfortable. As far as I can tell, it’s...
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Sep 19, 20193 min read
Building Capacity
They say, when you start something new, to begin with baby steps. As you move forward, you build capacity, develop skills and it gets...
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Jul 26, 20193 min read
Collective Will and Inner Coherence
The little town of Ii, Finland, has set an audacious goal—to become the first zero-waste town in the world. And they’re well on their...
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May 10, 20193 min read
Reaching Across the Generations
Have you ever noticed how we tend to separate people by age in this society? The young and the old are shuttered off by themselves. What...
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Apr 25, 20192 min read
Overcoming Worry
It's about reframing Do you often find yourself churning over something, worried about whether it will turn out alright? How do you get...
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Mar 7, 20193 min read
It Takes a Village
Grace Reed’s article on Solving Homelessness talks about how effective the village model is for getting people off the streets and back...
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Feb 21, 20196 min read
Solving Homelessness
by Grace Growing Medicine Eagle Reed Everyone agrees that homelessness is a serious problem. But good-hearted people everywhere are at a...
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Oct 4, 201814 min read
Cultivating Spiritual Prosperity
Interview with Rose High Bear Inspired by a vision to write the story of Martin High Bear’s life, Rose High Bear ended up buying a video...
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