Ritual + Accompaniment Through the Pandemic Portal — Amidst countless ambiguities, cascading loss, and endlessly shifting timelines, here’s one thing we know and can plan around: the one year anniversary of pandemic quarantine is coming up and, if we choose to make it so, it can be a moment not just of commemoration, but of initiation—a threshold crossing…

And 8 Tips for Fanning the Flames of Possibility — Social imagination is a muscle. Amidst the crises of today, against the backdrop of the twin pandemics of coronavirus and systemic racism, it’s essential to exercise it—to envision a different way of life and structure of society, and to grow the people-power and public will to make it a reality…

[Note: This piece is based on a short, improvised talk that I offered at the Commonweal Fall Gathering in November, 2019—where I first heard Orland Bishop use the phrase “sacred hospitality.” …

an act of cultural citizenship — We humans long to belong. Whether it’s to a place, a tradition, or a group, we want to know that we are welcome. We yearn to be seen and heard, valued for our creativity and contributions to society. We want to know that our stories matter. At the U.S. Department…