Why is it so hard to make sense of what’s happening? (Sense-making – Part 2)
There are dozens of reasons why it is so hard to make sense of what’s happening. Here I offer two comprehensive resources …
Waking Up into Wholeness, Dialogue and Mystery (Sense-making – Part 1)
A compelling, well-reasoned essay challenges us with the idea that we actually don’t know what’s going on – ever. A colleague responds …
Making Democracies Worthy of the Name… and More
Democracy is rule of, by and for the people. There are many ways to try doing that. This message looks at a …
Final fundraiser: “The Whole Knows” poem
Dear friends, My big-picture poem below is offered as a bright flash to mark the end of our summer fundraiser – a …
Active Appreciation: A strategy for evolutionary change agents
Appreciation is usually thought of in relatively passive, personal terms, as in “art appreciation”. But I’m beginning to think of it in …
Crisis invites us, then pushes us
Here’s a short evolutionary systemic look at where we find ourselves and why it is important to make a shift outside of …
We are all in this together – Part II
A poem suggesting that we are all very much together in the co-creative dynamics of the whole of life, even as we …
We are all in this together – Part I
This essay introduces what I consider one of Evolution’s most thought-provoking, mind-expanding practices: This Master Weaver of the universe – Evolution itself …
Seventh-Generational Oppression and Privilege
I’m awed by the current outpouring of transformational energy around racial justice – in the context of decades (even centuries!) of work …
Meeting the crying need with eyes wide-open
Amidst the informative, fearsome, inspiring upheaval of voices and energies we’ve witnessed and/or been part of this last week, I offer here …