In the Presence of a Great Gray Owl

I just sent email to children I met in North Carolina last week.  They live in an enormous old house right in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.  They run around the house, its sprawling porches and every inch of the generous land that surrounds it.  They are learning with every step.  They’re kids.  Learning and running around is, most naturally, what kids do. These children have parents who are committed to… Read More

What are the Barriers to Social Justice?

  On Friday I had the opportunity to speak briefly with a small group of friends and colleagues about social justice.  It was a time that qualifies for sure as a moment in the story of my life.  And the particular narrative of that time is transition – big transition – so big that I’m not yet prepared to write about it here.  Odd, since this is the place I write and… Read More