Living the Questions with Parker J. Palmer

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Learning is the Thing for You
Let's keep learning alive in an era when knowledge is vilified, ignorance is glorified, and wisdom is in short supply...
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Contemplative by Catastrophe
The MAGA catastrophe gives us another chance to see through our illusions and reckon with the reality of who we are...
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Happy Half-Mast 4th of July
Is the American flag on its way up or down? A Pop Quiz on the state of our democracy...
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June 2025

The Courage to Teach in Iran
If you want to give peace a chance, let teachers help lead the way...
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Summer, Abundance, and Community
Following the sun beyond despair toward a vision of life together...
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A Father's Day Meditation on Greatness
When we get it wrong about what makes for greatness, we get into trouble…
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On the Brink of Everything
An early morning meditation on what we can learn from children about growing old...
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May 2025

"If You Can't Get Out of It, Get Into It!"
Stepping into our fears and finding ground to stand on, one small step at a time...
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A Wilderness Pilgrimage
Devastation, transformation, and where we go when we die...
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Delusions of Grandeur are Doing Us In
But America’s humiliating fall from grace might humble us enough to save our bacon...
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The Alchemy of the Broken-Open Heart
Violence is what happens when we don’t know what else to do with our suffering...
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Notes in Praise of Diversity
Suppressing diversity imperils all of us in the name of a colossal White lie…
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