Dialogue & Stories

I am sharing with you stories and reflections

I invite you to be in dialog together – individually or as a group.

Embracing diversity honors our shared humanity

‘Othering’ and ‘Out-casting’ destroy self, health, and dignity. I accompany seekers of healing to transform hate, shame, and guilt into creating loving connections and reparative actions for self and others across often bitter and brutal divides. I hope that my work will be an inspiration to young ones to have courage to break that vicious cycle of resentment, othering, and self-dehumanization.

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South Africa – The Gift of Welcome

From early on here in South Africa, I have been blessed with beautiful friendships and generosity of spirit, feeling welcomed by many, across our racial divide. I came by invitation, by Luke and his colleague Glynnis who were both passionately committed to...

Fragmentation

Demons clouded my soul but always, angels lift my heart. This essay tells the first part of Anna Rosa’s story, the world she is born into and must navigate while facing incompatible scenarios. Strong currents threaten to pull her into the abyss, the underworld where...

Salaam – Peace

A baby girl, haloed by the flashlights of the Wise Men who rescued her from the rubble in Gaza. Her parents were found, lifeless. No one knew her name, so her new uncles gave her a very special one: Salaam • Peace. One day, Salaam will ask all of us: where were you...

Facing History in Myself

Today the world is watching as South Africa stands up against gross human rights violations and genocidal destruction of Palestine. That’s a biblical moment, David versus Goliath, the latter an overwhelmingly destructive military and financial force; the unholy...