by G. Scott Brown | Sep 8, 2024 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, Life Coaching, Relationship Coaching, Restorative Practices
If you’re like me, you’re living another beautiful day or evening as you read this. Your life is full and you feel safe. Because you’re aware of the turmoil and suffering in the world, you do your best to stay awake to your privilege and how fortunate you are. And in...
by G. Scott Brown | Oct 4, 2023 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, Activism, Restorative Justice
Denali was a spiritual teacher and friend (now crossed over) whose teaching was all about truth, love, and innocence. This was his Holy Trinity and Innocence was the union of masculine and feminine and the very essence of being. As soon as I first heard that emphasis...
by G. Scott Brown | Apr 21, 2023 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, immigrant restorative justice, Restorative Justice
Part of the inspiration for this post is a recent CNN special report about the migration of people from South America through the treacherous Darién Gap at the Columbia/Panama border. It seems that nearly all of them are making their way to the U.S. border. It’s a...
by G. Scott Brown | Apr 11, 2022 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, Restorative Practices
Strengthening Relationships/Healing Divisions A child dies in detention. A young, unarmed black man is killed by a white police officer, another is racially profiled and comes dangerously close to serious harm. A woman is sexually assaulted. And another. Many more...
by G. Scott Brown | Apr 4, 2022 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, Restorative Practices
Welcome to Spring! As the energy started to build toward the Equinox I recalled a story I heard a long time ago about a council of all beings where the humans had forgotten their purpose. That’s all I remembered of the story and the freshness of spring inspired me to...
by G. Scott Brown | Feb 13, 2022 | Active Peace, Active Peace Blog, Nonviolence, Peacemaking, Restorative Practices
You may have already offered your own farewell to Thich Nhat Hanh and Desmond Tutu, and, if you’re a student of Nonviolent Communication perhaps Robert Gonzalez as well. I recently caught myself too caught up in myself to pay proper tribute to these great peacemakers....
