Peacebuilding Platform for Apprenticeship: A few ideas about an initiative for mentorship

An early draft sketching ideas for what eventually became the Apprenticeship Program.

Approaches to Training

A matrix linking conflict resolutionary and transformative approaches to training.

The Vocational Pause

A description of a practice of noticing and embracing moments of pause that elicit deeper reflection into questions of vocation, meaning, and purpose.

Resolution and Transformation Perspective Comparison

A chart comparing the perspectives of conflict resolution and conflict transformation on various aspects of conflict analysis.

Foreword, Disarmed

The foreword to a biography about Mennonite peacebuilder Michael "MJ" Sharp.

Designing Good Meetings

Suggestions to improve meetings through clarifying purpose, roles, and process.

Continuum of Cultural Expectations

A chart illustrating cultural expectations across stages of mediation along a spectrum from "pure formal" to "pure informal."

The Mediator’s Cultural Assumptions

A brief article clarifying how North American definitions of mediation may produce crucial points of tension when directly exported to other cultures, as well as suggesting factors for mediators to consider when moving between different cultural settings.

Conflict Transformation

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