dispatches

This blog is comprised of dispatches of various forms. Here you will find news about recent publications, ponderings on salient topics and themes in peacebuilding and conflict transformation, the amplification of the work of colleagues and friends, and the featuring of past publications and conversations that hold relevance to the current moment. Like a seed bank, these dispatches are intended to gather and share insights, reflections, and materials that you are invited to harvest, play with, and sow in your own realms of research and practice.

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On Centuries
October 23, 2025
14 mins
On Centuries

An excerpt from John Paul's forthcoming book, The Centuries Wrap Round Us.

Alive and Whole in a World of Hurt: the below and beyond of well-being
August 13, 2025
14 mins
Alive and Whole in a World of Hurt: the below and beyond of well-being

Reflections on the dynamics of resilience, resistance, and accompaniment as they constellate a deeper and expansive imagination of well-being in peacebuilding.

Lessons for Collective Action from Bees, Spiders, and Termites
July 20, 2025
14 mins
Lessons for Collective Action from Bees, Spiders, and Termites

Announcing a new publication that gleans insights for social movements from the natural world.

Ode To A Dream
April 1, 2025
14 mins
Ode To A Dream

A poetic reflection about hopes, dreams, weeds, and seeds.

What might a life of learning require?
February 26, 2025
14 mins
What might a life of learning require?

Reflections on courage, humility, and respect in the lifelong journey of learning.

The Old Branch and The Seedpod
January 6, 2025
14 mins
The Old Branch and The Seedpod

Photo-poetic reflections on eldership and accompaniment.

a call to hearten
December 10, 2024
14 mins
a call to hearten

A half-century offered to the Upaya Zen Center community the day after the 2024 U.S. presidential election.