In a recent conversation with a creative friend building a community website, we talked about the pros and cons of a planned timeline as opposed to a ‘learning as we go’ approach to the creative. We recognized there are…
I just heard for the first time The Waterboys’ “In My Time on Earth” The last line called my attention… “ In my time on earth , I will say I am you.” Empathy Week is hosted in several locations and…
There are many conversations at The Doorway about the way life is and how it plays out. It seems like a long time since I have heard or read new insight in the ‘longstanding’ conversation about how to understand…
I have received The Story of Telling (Bernadette Jiwa) emails from Australia for years now and am consistently inspired by the simplicity of the wisdom that energizes thought and reflection. The excerpt below is over the top in capturing in…
“There is no power for change greater than a community discovering what it cares about.” Sunday is often a great day to contemplate, step back, rest, walk, ponder, stop to wonder about things that don’t enter our busy minds…
For all of us who love the gift of the Peace Bridge in our city … I guess “Make Peace not War” is now a very old quote. It made the headlines in the 60’s and 70’s when it…
I don’t think I will ever understand why we can have a million eyes on us but they never seem to see anything you could be hurt you could be sad you could be in need of a friend…
If you are paying attention to or doing a personal exploration of current writing and literature about young people on the street, let us encourage you to consider the source and how recent the perspective is. There seems to…
So as the winds of change blow fiercely yet softly upon the burning plain that is my life, I take a deep breath and smile knowing that the blaze that once ravaged my life is over. So now as…
Do kids in the child welfare system get more than their basic needs met while in professional care? What is considered as a basic need? Is it food and shelter? What about psychological needs, education, and feeling a sense…