Gratitude/837
I’m grateful for friends who came to Sophia House to join me in reading chapters from and engaging in discussions on Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine on Saturday 24 October. Our local coordinator (My teacher) Murad (Half…
Category: Gatherings
My name is Strong: Art for Social Change and Healing
I’ve had the amazing opportunity of leading this year’s My name is Strong, an anti-violence community arts initiative and awareness campaign uniting people in creative protest and healing in response to power-based and intersectional violence….
Share the Wealth with Lizzie Corcoran: El Salvador, En Camino
I got to spend a month this summer with the Casa de Solidaridad in El Salvador. It was a public health program that was focused on walking in communities and learning about public health and…
Reading and Signing of “Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine” on Saturday 24 October
Friends at Sophia House are hosting a book reading and signing of my recent novel, Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine. I and those present will take turns reading aloud a few of the short chapters…
Friends
On a retreat at Lake of the Ozarks, Penny Smith, Cristina Cousins, Emma Shaw, Sarah Bollinger, and Lindsay Sihilling sent me their greetings. Such fortune to know them!
Share the Wealth with Megan Kinney–A Happy Lawyer: Not an Oxymoron
Mark asked a few months back if I would share why I love my work as a lawyer, particularly in a field where many lawyers don’t love their work. I am happy to be part…
Gratitude/997
Thanks to Trish and Annie for hosting tonight’s sharing on accompaniment; to Marty King for testifying about being on Arco those last weeks 20 years ago; to each person who read aloud, listened, spoke and/or opened up to her…
Share the Wealth: Stories of Accompaniment from The Book of Mev
In a notebook I recently wrote the following about my novel, Dear Layla Welcome to Palestine: There’s so much accompaniment taking place: Internationals accompanying the Palestinians in Gaza The Palestinians accompanying the internationals Henry accompanying Josh…
Share the Wealth with Teresa Wink: The Daily Life of a Hospice Nurse
I will share stories from my work as a hospice nurse with the goal of humanizing both nurse and patient. We are not angels. They are still fully alive. And there is not really a…
Sunset Volcano Beach Soccer! Share the Wealth with John Nolan
This Sunday I will be sharing my experiences and reflections on soccer. Soccer is technically just a game, but those of us who play or follow soccer can rarely see it objectively. Soccer is necessary,…