by G. Scott Brown, MA | Sep 19, 2017 | Activism, Peacemaking
Sandhill Cranes. Photo credit: Stephen R. Jones Friends, The International Day of Peace approaches (Sept. 21) and I’m happy to be participating in a celebration and teach-in sponsored by the United Nations Association of Denver and other partners. I’ve been...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Jul 31, 2017 | Activism, Peacemaking, Restorative Practices
Burrowing Owl. Photo credit: Stephen R. Jones[/caption] I hope this finds you happy and healthy and filled with the energy and beauty of high summer. I hope it finds you holding the great paradoxes we are immersed in—seeing not just the darkness and not just...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Jan 16, 2017 | Activism, Peacemaking
Here’s some straight talk about spiritual activism in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s 88th birthday. I’ll start with a little story. A colleague in the nonviolent activism world was offering me support on my book tour this summer and fall. As she reached out...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Dec 21, 2016 | Activism, Peacemaking
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...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Nov 10, 2016 | Activism, Peacemaking
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:...
by G. Scott Brown, MA | Feb 4, 2016 | Activism, Peacemaking, Restorative Justice
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:...
