Dec 2, 2024

Yesterday, I delivered my first sermon in an actual house of worship.

It was an exciting and bizarre moment for me, and turned out to be quite beautiful.

Exciting because I see myself as a priest, and giving a sermon is a very priestly honor.

Bizarre because I never thought I’d ever write a sentence like that last...

Nov 17, 2024

Earlier this week I spoke with renowned mediator Ken Cloke.

Ken is a living breathing apostle of the philosophy of practical nonviolence that Gandhi and MLK took to such a high level.

Because we were on a call with a group of professional mediators, I asked Ken what the recent US election might mean for mediators in the...

Nov 5, 2024

Happy USA Election Day 2024, denizens of the world.

May it be, in fact, happy and harmless.

I have an election-day message for you.

We Too Must Grow.

It's a combination of my thoughts on the opportunities the election presents us with "It's Worse Than You Think" and my explication of a song that I think is INCREDIBLY...

Oct 21, 2024

This episode is based on a speech/sermon I wrote in October 2024 and delivered at a March for Democracy in a small town.

I used the opportunity to share what conflict mediation has taught me about winning.

Part I: Definitions of winning and losing
Part II: What's really standing in our way
Part III: The pearl of wisdom...

Oct 16, 2024

This episode is about Muslim-Jewish relations. It's about whats been going on in Israel and Palestine for the last year. It's about what's possible in the next year. It's about what happens when we expand the circle of concern.

And it's about what is happening, all over the world, in small communities, unreported by...