Walking and Talking

Walking and Talking

Reflections on walking and the embodiment of alongsideness in contexts of training, teaching, and facilitation.

A Story from Wajir: How a Few Women Stopped a War

A Story from Wajir: How a Few Women Stopped a War

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

Balluji’s Song

Balluji’s Song

The story of Ballu's song, the song of the Mukhta Kamaiya, capturing the joy and grief experienced in their liberation from modern day slavery.

The Physics of Voice and Resonation

The Physics of Voice and Resonation

Ten ideas about reconciliation rising from the Tibetan singing bowl.

YATAMA-Sandinista Mediation: Twelve Things I Have Learned

YATAMA-Sandinista Mediation: Twelve Things I Have Learned

Twelve reflections gathered through the experience of mediating between YATAMA and the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.

Foreword, Advancing Conflict Transformation

Foreword, Advancing Conflict Transformation

The foreword to the second edition of the Berghof Handbook for Conflict Transformation.

Foreword, Satyagraha and Nonresistance

Foreword, Satyagraha and Nonresistance

The foreword to Satyagraha and Nonresistance, which explores tensions and resonances between the Anabaptist notion of nonresistance and Gandhian views of nonviolence.

The Challenge of Terror: A Traveling Essay

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.