“You can hitch your wagon to the stars, but you can’t haul corn or hay in it if its wheels aren’t on the ground.” Mordecai Pinkney Horton We are excited to announce: The Self Care Project 2016 It’s been three years since a group of us launched The Self Care Project – aiming to create a space […]
Times to Gather Together
“later that night / i held an atlas in my lap / ran my fingers across the whole world / and whispered / where does it hurt? it answered / everywhere / everywhere / everywhere.” ― Warsan Shire For many people it has been a heavy-hearted fall. Punctuated by moments of joy, or relief, only to be weighed down again by the next news […]
A World on Fire
“The fireman responded to an apartment fire and found a bed on fire. They questioned the tenant as to how the fire started. “I don’t know,” he said, “it was on fire when I lay down on it.” – Robert Fulghum This spring I had the incredible opportunity of traveling to the Vatican for meetings and events […]
The Birth of New Things
“If your success is defined as being well adjusted to injustice and well adapted to indifference, then we don’t want successful leaders. We want great leaders – who love the people enough, and respect the people enough to be unbought, unbound, unafraid, and unintimidated to tell the truth.” – Dr Cornell West Dear Friends, It […]
Standing on the shoulders of giants
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.” – Desmond Tutu Nelson Mandela passed away over 5 months ago now. But […]
The spiritual practice of making plans
A religious life has a different view of time and power. We are neither the beginning nor the end. I am not in charge of this universe. I just work here. I am responsible to act faithfully and truthfully. I am not responsible for the final outcome. – Ursula Franklin In my public-policy work, we are always […]
Living out Reconciliation
Next week the Truth and Reconciliation Commission comes to Vancouver, for four days of truth-telling about this histories of abuse, colonization, struggle and resilience on this land. And it could not be more important. Not only is the history of Indian Residential Schools an atrocity that deserves retelling within our collective historic memory. But the […]
Climate Divestment & Moral Calls to Action
This Thursday, May 23rd, Spirited Social Change is co-hosting a dialogue in Vancouver on the question of whether Faith has a role in Social Movements. I just finished reading a book on The Rebellious Life of Ms. Rosa Parks, and it’s clear to me that faith has played an important role in past movements. In […]
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