“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…
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…
a simple question … “ could someone please count the list of names on a page at the end of the day so that data can be collected by a number instead of having to be counted in the…
The following is a submission retrieved from a 1989 BackTalk Publication, a newsletter published by The Back Door (now The Doorway). When we read through our 30 year Archives, it is sometimes sad and frustrating how little has changed…
‘If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.’ Thomas Edison Perhaps most people will resonate with this statement as a truth in their experience. Or maybe it will be a…
“I heard a story about a polar bear on Prozac. It isn’t true is it? It can’t be. The bear was depressed, but even the youngest child dripping ice cream onto the cage bars, could tell you why. The…
Whatever our traditions and belief systems this time of year, the shared thread that holds us all together is about love and good will. The love and care can be lived out in giving gifts and attention to others.…
Listening … Question from a ‘tall’ child… “The world today The world we live today Peace & love are far away When hate & greed reign supreme Equality is but a dream Tides of justice shift and sway There…
Reading an excerpt of a LinkedIn post by Brene Brown in a hotel restaurant one morning this month, I pulled out my newest personal notebook to record her words. A couple of phrases were compelling and I needed to…