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A collection of stories, reflections, and wisdom offering insight into the challenge of facing down toxic polarization layered with violence and the surprising ways everyday people found to shift harmful patterns of violence that had lasted decades. 

John Paul's contributions to the Upaya Zen Center's Varela Symposium 2018, which explored the theme, "Transforming Conflict: From Science to Real World Applications."

A contribution to the W. David Baird Distinguished Lecture Series at Pepperdine University's Seaver College.

A conference address reflecting on the relationship between Mercy and forgetfulness on the path toward healing.

A thought piece that explores positive approaches to peacebuilding as a composite moment in which the creative process lifts sight to a new, more holistic view.

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

A keynote speech at the 2016 Alliance for Peacebuilding Conference reflecting on accompaniment of peacebuilding and conflict transformation in Nepal across a decade.

A dharma talk shared with the Upaya Zen Center community in March 2020 for the Socially Engaged Buddhist Training.

A dharma talk shared with the Upaya Zen Center on the moral imagination and connectedness with self and other.