Finding Strength in Perseverance: Lessons from Margaret Wheatley

Finding Strength in Perseverance: Lessons from Margaret Wheatley

“It is never too late to be brave,” says Margaret J. Wheatley in Perseverance, BK, 2010, p. 25. Today we hear from a most…

Reflections on Resilience and Timothy Snyder’s Books

Reflections on Resilience and Timothy Snyder’s Books

My absence explained: I fell – took a face down sudden lurch to the concrete. Cracked my phone, head, both hands and remaining pride….

Starvation, History & Moral Courage: A Call to Reflection

Starvation, History & Moral Courage: A Call to Reflection

“People were going to die so the settlers could continue to claim more of what they determined was their ancient homeland. They would push…

Preparing the Ground: On Naming Our Work

Preparing the Ground: On Naming Our Work

I’ve found a reading that helps me get things done – work I don’t want to do. And work that frequently, in the past,…

New Year Reflection: The Farmer’s Approach to Personal Growth

Years ago I marked the following as background to learning how to live my life. As a beginning student of Taoism, and also ignorant…

Some Thoughts on Prayer

Some Thoughts on Prayer

Some Thoughts on Prayer Prayer is vastly superior to worry. With worry, we are helpless; with prayer, we are interceding. When I hear sad…

Here We Go: Lessons for Living Fearlessly from Two Traveling Nanas

Here We Go: Lessons for Living Fearlessly from Two Traveling Nanas

Eleanor Hamby and Sandra Hazelip’s Here We Go: Lessons for Living Fearlessly from Two Traveling Nanas (Viking, 2025) is nothing short of amazing. I’ve…

Quaker Faith and the Role of Women: Reflections from John Punshon

Quaker Faith and the Role of Women: Reflections from John Punshon

“The Society of Friends has always regarded inward experience of God as the only true religion and has always sought to distinguish the reality…