welcome to the john paul lederach archive

A collection of prompts guiding reflection on the relationship between peace, arts, and poetry.

Instructions for writing a book, inspired by and through The Tiny Book of Wormly Wisdom.

A version of the practice of poetic listening - listening for moments when a person speaks that touches something fairly deep about their understanding.

A group practice intended to help experience the deep beauty and wisdom of the natural world, and to listen deeply to the inner wisdom called forth by the natural world.

A story of the women of Wajir who initially set out to assure a safe market and ultimately stopped a war.

A story of an encounter admist the escalation of conflict in Northern Ghana that shifted the future unfolding of conflict, perhaps planting the seeds that avoided a civil war.

A story of mediation and poetic friendship between a warlord and a professor that led to the talks that ended the Tajik civil war.

A story about courageous leadership in the area of La India in Colombia.

A diagram identifying four common experiences in the circular process of change.