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The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

Through our ability to acknowledge the layers of loss, we can truly discover our capacity to respond, to protect, and to restore what has been damaged.

Francis Weller • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief

In situations like this, it is controlled chaos. I wish I had the code to unlock Michael’s mind. But no such code exists. All I can bring to the conversation are my heart and my trust that God wants me in the midst of this chaos. The imprisoned are the poorest of the poor. If the heart of God is to be found anywhere, it is to be found in the hole.

Gary Smith • Radical Compassion: Finding Christ in the Heart of the Poor

Community: Weller argues that our longing to belong is "wired into us by necessity." He states that humans are "designed to anticipate a certain quality of welcome, engagement, touch, and reflection" that was historically provided by the "container of the village." He believes that we are born "expecting a rich and sensuous relationship with the

In your heart may there be a sanctuary

For the stillness where clarity is born.

May your work be infused with passion and creativity

And have the wisdom to balance compassion and challenge.

Jennifer Lentfer • Friday’s Poetic Pause: “For One Who Holds Power” by John O’Donohue – How Matters

Self-Study Guide Weaving Networks for Systemic Change

Explores network weaving strategies to foster systemic change by building collaborative relationships, enhancing collective learning, embodying wellbeing, and providing curated resources and tools for impactful social innovation.

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I guess if we’re talking about joy, writing, and being a fully rendered person in the world, my main sources of liveliness are so human and obvious they might seem facile: 1) loving the people I love with full throttle abandon – my guy, our kids, my mom and dad, our gaggle of brothers, my army of girlfriends. So that’s advice, maybe: make as many... See more

Rachel DeWoskin Tells Us

“Sense of place – the way we perceive places such as streets, communities, cities or ecoregions – influences our well-being, how we describe and interact with a place, what we value in a place, our respect for ecosystems and other species, how we perceive the affordances of a place, our desire to build more sustainable and just communities, and how... See more

Dense Discovery • Dense Discovery / Issue 183

to reclaiming the prophetic tradition and working with multi-faith partners to build a society of equity and equality, compassion and justice.