Blog by Valerie
When we grow up feeling like no one’s in our corner, that life is us against the world and we can’t trust anyone, many of us go …
Tag Archives: community
Facts in Right Relationship
Blog by Lukas
Across the globe an increasingly dominant worldview sees reality as ultimately physical. There are various expressions of this worldview in Western philosophy, including: logical positivism, empiricism…
Toilet paper wars (from the Western worldview)
Blog by Lukas
The odds of any one individual getting the Corona virus are so far quite low, and the probability of severe symptoms or death even lower. Making individual …
My Jewish experience
Blog by Valerie
A few weeks ago I was watching a couple of rabbis and their wives driving around Australia looking for Jewish people. They said throughout history Jews have …
Cultural Shadows & Reflections
Blog by Valerie
Our lives are an endless series of resolving tensions, or reconciling polarities. We navigate this process based on stories, beliefs, and spiritual tools we’ve learned, which differ …
Peace Circles
Blog by Valerie
“Stories are medicine…embedded with instructions” that guide us about how to live our lives (Estés, 1997). Practices of talking circles, or peace circles, have emerged …
Governance
Blog by Valerie
Today is 100 years since the armistice to end the “war of all wars,” which as we know did not do so. The word “armistice” …
Social belonging
Blog by Valerie
The etymology of the word “belong” is “together with” or “related to.” It’s a tribal concept. Years ago I worked with a shaman who said human nature …