Gathering the Peacemakers
Welcome to a new year that promises to be filled with rich opportunities for peacemakers the world over. And we sure do need the peacemakers now! I want to share a model for coming together that we’re using in Boulder, CO in case it might inspire you to do something...
A Season of Nonviolence
By A Season of Nonviolence, I’m referring less to Christmas/Solstice/Hannukkah than I am to our engaged citizenship in the opening months of 2017. The energy we bring to our activism (our way of being) is much more important than what we do, and how we engage early on...
Post Election Reflection
While there’s no shortage of post-election opinionating, I want to offer my own, Active Peace oriented response. As I was flying back to the U.S. yesterday from Canada, I opened up my passport and noticed a quote on one of the inside pages by Dwight D. Eisenhower:...
Restoration Dialogues and the Making of Men
I’m so grateful to John Ehrhart for suggesting and being lead manifester for our podcast series, Restoration Dialogues. As it says in the introduction to the show, “Welcome to Restoration Dialogues, where ideas and the felt experience of being human come together to...
To End War Forever
I’m so happy to be going live with the Active Peace website and I invite you to check it out. It only recently dawned on me that my work in the world is now about nothing less than ending all war forever. By that I mean all the different kinds of wars we fight:...
Restorative Justice Unleashed
As I’ve scanned the web over the past few years for writing on the link between restorative justice and activism, looking for allies and information, there has always been a surprising void. There still is, but I feel that’s about to change. Any and all of the various...
Repairing Environmental Harm with Restorative Justice
Greetings Friends, I recently sent an open letter to Colorado Governor Hickenlooper asking him to facilitate a discussion about using the principles and practices of restorative justice to repair the harm caused by the spill of toxic mining waste into the Animas...
Restorative Justice Can Best Address Animas River Toxic Spill
Here's my open letter to Colorado Governor Hickenlooper asking that restorative justice be used to address the spill of mining waste into the Animas River. August 10, 2015 Dear Governor, As many of us now know, on August 5, 2015 an estimated three million gallons of...
The Insanity of Violence
I’ve been giving some thought to the indicators that industrial civilization is collapsing and that we are already witnessing the death throes. It seems obvious enough that a society built on the foundation of a worldview based on separateness is doomed to destroy...
The Great Turning
This is a blog post that goes back nearly ten years. I'm revisiting here on the cusp of 2025 and adding some additional thoughts. The Great Turning is a beautiful way to describe the historical moment we find ourselves in. I first came across the phrase in the writing...
Stop Keystone XL
I just sent a personal and direct message to the White House asking the President to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. It was a simple message, didn't take long. I hope you will do the same if you haven't already. A decision is expected soon. The web address for...
Honoring the Dark
As the winter Solstice approaches, it’s time to honor the dark before turning toward the light. Time to honor the literal darkness, the cold, the slumbering earth. And the metaphorical darkness—the insanity and separation—of industrialized society. As Carl Jung said,...