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The International Word of the Year By Frederic Brussat Blog Post Oxford Dictionaries has chosen "post-truth" as its international word of 2016. It is an adjective "relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping publ…
Socials for Community Connection By Aizaiah Yong Blog Post FLDWRK, located in Orange County, California, is an organization that focuses on ways that entrepreneurs, artists, and social activists can cooperate and become “culture creators.” The members s…
Reflections from Asian and Asian-American Seminarians By Aizaiah Yong Blog Post A few months ago I had the privilege and opportunity of meeting with several Asian and Asian-American seminary students in the San Francisco Bay Area. I wanted to create a space where they could ref…
Chloe Anthony Wofford "Toni" Morrison By Ada Renee Williams Blog Post February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019 Toni Morrison died on Monday, August 5, 2019. Our cohort gathered on Wednesday, August 7, for a three-day intensive. With such a seismic loss, we shifted our…
Reflection Harvest Ritual By Darren C. Polito Blog Post For a gathering of our Ritual Salon in the early fall I wanted to find a way to get in touch with the season. Traditionally the fall is a time of celebrating the harvest: honoring seeds sown earlier…
Practices for College Student Life By Aizaiah Yong Blog Post I first met Victor Akioyame when we worked together in the student affairs office at a small liberal arts university in California. We became close friends due to our shared interests and passion fo…
Hearts Across the Divide By Guest Contributor Blog Post This post has been contributed by Susan Strouse, a retired Lutheran minister who is author of The INTRAfaith Conversation and an organizer of an initiative called Hearts Across the Divide: Reclaimin…
A Virtual Living Room Conversation By Sheryl Johnson Blog Post Generally, when I consider online conversations, I think of stark polarization and echo chambers — people harshly judging others across differences or just connecting with those who are similar to…
Slowing Down to Walk Contemplatively By Sheryl Johnson Blog Post I have always been amazed at how much more I notice when I slow down. A street that I have driven down looks so different by bike, and even more detail emerges when I am walking. Walking meditativel…
A Workshop for Civility By Frederic Brussat Blog Post The late Vaclav Havel wrote that civility can only come about through the "complex, long-term, and never-ending work involving education and self-education." In this enlightening article from aspen.…

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