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Slowing Down With Haiku
collection

Slowing Down With Haiku

Two sessions in a series produced for the Ritual: Wellbeing app in which the practice of haiku is explored to enliven the senses and cultivate awareness and playfulness.

2021
The Long Journey Back to Humanity: Catholic Peacebuilding with Armed Actors
chapter

The Long Journey Back to Humanity: Catholic Peacebuilding with Armed Actors

An inquiry into experiences of Catholic leadership with armed groups and actors that overviews the types of experiences, approaches, and challenges church leaders face in contexts of open violence, and secondly proposes and explores a theology of peacebuilding.

2010
Journey from Resolution to Transformative Peacebuilding
chapter

Journey from Resolution to Transformative Peacebuilding

A chapter reflecting on three specific experiences that marked important evolutions in John Paul's thinking and practice.

2000
Of Nets, Nails, and Problems: The Folk Language of Conflict Resolution in a Central American Setting
chapter

Of Nets, Nails, and Problems: The Folk Language of Conflict Resolution in a Central American Setting

A book chapter adaptation of John Paul's doctoral dissertation on indigenous understandings of conflict processes rooted in language and culture.

1991
The Meeting Place (Draft in Progress, Chapter 8, The Journey Toward Reconciliation)
document

The Meeting Place (Draft in Progress, Chapter 8, The Journey Toward Reconciliation)

A draft of a chapter that explores through story the social energies of reconciliation, namely Truth, Justice, Mercy, and Peace.

1997
Creative Beginnings: From the Moral Imagination Program
document

Creative Beginnings: From the Moral Imagination Program

A collection of practices and facilitation ideas shared in the URI Moral Imagination Program. 

2008
Advent Manifesto: Does my soul still sing?
blog post

Advent Manifesto: Does my soul still sing?

A collection of one hundred thoughts, Advent reflections.

2018
The Intervention in Somalia: What Should Have Happened
interview

The Intervention in Somalia: What Should Have Happened

An interview with Joe Stork on the U.S. military intervention into Somalia and alternative avenues to provide assistance.

1993
Conflict Transformation: A Circular Journey with a Purpose
journal article

Conflict Transformation: A Circular Journey with a Purpose

An abbreviated summary of The Little Book of Conflict Transformation.

2009
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