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Planting Seeds of Heart in South Korea
My wife Jane and I recently spent two weeks in South Korea, my third trip supporting Seeds of Heart, the growing Korean organization that brings Courage & Renewal retreats and programs in the...
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Faithfulness To Our Profession as Teachers
I know the universe is always trying to tell me something. Call it what you like, but I pay attention. I listen for the words, the signs, the signals. And right now, the world around me is reminding...
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Bridging the Gap Between Immigrant Farmworkers and University Students
We are fortunate to have an Inner Life of Teaching & Leadership cohort at Cornell University, a circle of trust that meets monthly for faculty and staff. We have two cohorts at any one time – one...
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Fired Up About Social Justice and Self-Care in Community
What gets me fired up is how to better connect individual wellbeing, awareness, and self-care with community wellbeing, especially through methods that address and reverse social injustice. I greatly...
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Finding Direction and Purpose in Times of Transition
I discovered the Center for Courage & Renewal through a couple of odd coincidences. My own 40-year reunion class of Carleton College, 2016, had sent out Parker Palmer’s book Let Your Life Speak....
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Where Does Joy Fit In to Courage?
We’re claiming 2018 as a year of courage. As our new book, The Courage Way, arrives in the world this week, may it expand your sense of courage and possibility. We must assume our existence as broadly...
View ArticleThe Courage Way Webinars with Parker Palmer and Shelly Francis
Did you see The Courage Way book launch webinars on February 12, 2018 with Shelly L. Francis and special guest Parker J Palmer? If so, we hope you walked away with some new ideas of how to be more...
View ArticleValarie Kaur Wants Us to Reclaim Love as a Revolutionary Act. But How?
If you don’t know who Valarie Kaur is, you absolutely should. Kaur is a civil rights activist, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, faith leader, and educator. She is also the founder of the Revolutionary...
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The World Needs More Kindness. Here’s How You Can Help.
Strength in Kind Leadership When my daughter was 15 years old she had to give a brief speech in front of a congregation as part of a “coming of age” ceremony for the youth group. Josie was a wisp of a...
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Does your life fit like a glove?
“Outside the retreat-center kitchen hung dozens of garden work gloves. Some were small, bright, and colorful and others hefty, well-worn, and gray. All of them had been put to good use over time and...
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