The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything is to succumb to violence…. The frenzy of the activistContinue reading “One of the Quotations I Keep on my Office Wall”
Tag Archives: Peace
The Power of Short Film
A well made short film is like a poem, it leaves room in it for the unfolding of many different stories. Vinko Totic, a soft-spoken man who knows first-hand the ravages of civil war has devoted his life to spreading peace and compassion. When I lived in Ottawa, I knew him best as a organizerContinue reading “The Power of Short Film”
Storylistening Podcast Added: Michael Williams Speaks about Healing Stories and the Middle East
In an earlier post, I wrote about Starhawk’s plea for the telling of new stories in and about the Middle East. Today, I am pleased to be able to offer a podcast concerning a project that is being undertaken in Israel and Palestine to bring about the end of the old story and the beginningContinue reading “Storylistening Podcast Added: Michael Williams Speaks about Healing Stories and the Middle East”
Restorying the Earth 