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The Challenge of Terror: A Traveling Essay
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The Challenge of Terror: A Traveling Essay

Written while stranded in Guatemala after September 11, an essay suggesting a number of lessons learned from peace initiatives where terrorism was employed as a tool of struggle and calling for new approaches to combating the challenge.

2001
A Wish For The Future
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A Wish For The Future

An article imagining a courageous alternative to the then pending U.S. war with Iraq.

2002
Conflict Transformation
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Conflict Transformation

An abridged version of the book, The Little Book of Conflict Transformation.

2003
Summary 1 of The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace
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Summary 1 of The Moral Imagination: The Art and Soul of Building Peace

A summary of the book, The Moral Imagination, which draws forth and describes the essence of each chapter.

2005
Local Mediation: A Transformative Approach to Conflict in Nepal
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Local Mediation: A Transformative Approach to Conflict in Nepal

An article describing the emergence and transformative impact of a community mediation program in Nepal.

2010
How Does Humanity Unite?
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How Does Humanity Unite?

Thoughts about the challenge of to all of us as leaders when we live in settings of social fragmentation and at the same time are committed to pursue justice and healing in our relationships.

2016
After the Handshake
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After the Handshake

Reflections on the signing of the Colombian Peace Agreement, informed from practitioner experience and scholarly research.

2016
How the United States Can Step Back from the Brink
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How the United States Can Step Back from the Brink

A message co-written with Melanie Greenberg in the lead up to the November 2020 elections in the United States offering ways to deescalate and counteract mounting polarization in the country.

2020
A tribute to Rosa Jiménez Ahumada, Colombian peace educator
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A tribute to Rosa Jiménez Ahumada, Colombian peace educator

A tribute written in honor of Rosa Jiménez Ahumada, a peacebuilder who committed her lift to building a more peaceful and just world through peace education, research, and practice.

2018
Best Take Your Time
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Best Take Your Time

The first of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.

2009
Hearing voices
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Hearing voices

The second of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.

2009
How does the crocus know it is time to rise?
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How does the crocus know it is time to rise?

The third of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.

2009
La Escuela Ambulante: Thoughts on Walking, Learning, and Teaching
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La Escuela Ambulante: Thoughts on Walking, Learning, and Teaching

The fourth of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.

2009
Sandy’s Stone: Remembering How We Learn
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Sandy’s Stone: Remembering How We Learn

The fifth of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.

2009
Respect
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Respect

The sixth of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.

2009
Compassionate Communities
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Compassionate Communities

The seventh of seven blog posts shared with the Apprentice Program participant cohort.

2009
Beyond Prescription: Perspectives on Conflict, Culture, and Training
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Beyond Prescription: Perspectives on Conflict, Culture, and Training

A manuscript written for the Inter-racial and Cross-cultural Conflict Resolution Project at Conrad Grebel College's Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.

1994
Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures
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Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures

An exploration of prescriptive and elicitive methods of training and conflict work across cultures that places emphasis on the resources emergent from the context and setting of a given conflict. 

1996
Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies
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Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies

An exploration of the dynamics of contemporary conflict and presentation of an integrated framework for peacebuilding and the transformation of conflict.

1997
The Journey Toward Reconciliation
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The Journey Toward Reconciliation

An exploration into the spiritual foundations that undergird John Paul's work as a practitioner and scholar of peacebuilding.

1999
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