Subject: Thanksgiving, and the work of better origin stories, is year-long
Thanksgiving, and the work of better origin stories, is year-long
March 13th, 2023 at 7:04 pm EDTHi Friend, You did us the honor of joining us for one of our Thanksgiving-related events this past November. (We did six events). Once again, thank you for joining us. One of the key aspects of shifting our story around Thanksgiving, that is to ...
Special! discount code to bioneers
March 12th, 2023 at 2:00 pm EDTHello! Friend, Some of you might have enjoyed listening to the recent podcast with Nina Simons, one of the co-founders of Bioneers. She recently reached out to me to let me know that, in appreciation for the podcast, she is happy to offer all ...
By what name do I call thee?
March 10th, 2023 at 10:00 am EDTDear Friend, I'm working on a sermon, which I will be giving this Sunday, at Manhattan Mennonite Church. I was asked by the pastor there, my friend Jason Storbakken, because of our work around Land Acknowledgements. I’m impressed with the wor ...
The Dirty Goddess: New Podcast!
March 3rd, 2023 at 10:00 am EDTHi Friend, I am delighted to share this mythcasting podcast with you. I here reimagine the story of a 'dirty goddess', Buobo, a figure often forgotten in the pantheon of goddesses. To forget her is to risk forgetting an important lesson about er ...
Appreciations: how do you relate to it?
February 24th, 2023 at 10:00 am EDTHi Friend, How do you relate to appreciations? Can you both give and receive appreciations well? In our last Circular Time Session for Restorative Justice Practitioners, many people in the circle named the offerings that Kristine and I have exte ...
Join us! Last Chance!
February 20th, 2023 at 10:00 am EDTHi Friend, Kristine and I want to reach out to everyone who is a restorative practitioner, peacemaker/peacebuilder, Circle holder or a facilitator in a related field that is concerned with de/colonization and relationship with and between Native p ...
When the seed turns
February 1st, 2023 at 7:42 pm EDTHi Friend, There’s a moment when the seed turns in the soil, so the roots can go down, and plant the shoots can go up. A time of seeking both sunshine and soil nourishment. A time to prepare to transform sunlight into life-force energy. Some ...
A ‘culture doctor’: new podcast!
January 18th, 2023 at 8:47 pm EDTHi Friend, While in the midst of a multi-day ceremony for Indigenous Peoples' day, I received an entirely unexpected email: Nina Simons’ assistant was asking if Nina could be on my podcast. I immediately said yes. And I chuckled to myself. O ...
Interested in joining us?
January 11th, 2023 at 9:00 am EDTHi Friend, Perhaps you are deep in hibernation, curled under a blanket, and not yet ready for this whole new year thing. Or clearing trees that washed down your street during the deluge and floods across California. Or just overflowing with joy ...