inner works

Dominant peacebuilding preparation and practice focus on professional development and skill-oriented training and analysis. Much less attention is provided to the inner side of the practice – the cultivation of healthy personhood, the nurturing of care for self, the practices and habits that sustain and nourish wells of compassion, joy, and healing. These practices are what John Paul has come to call the 'inner works' of peacebuilding. Inner works create the spaces where people can explore and be in touch with their own sense of vocation and purpose, however that may look or feel for each person. This section follows the pathways and expressions of the inner works of peacebuilding from John Paul's experience and learning with colleagues in situations of protracted conflict around the world.

presentation

Lecciones y Aprendizajes

Lessons and learnings from a lifetime of peacebuilding shared in a seminar with students for the Fundación Ideas para la Paz in Bogotá, Colombia.

2018

presentation

Transformación de Conflictos, Diálogo y Mediación

A master lecture delivered at the XI Congreso Mundial de Mediación y I Congreso Nacional para la Construcción de la Paz held in Lima, Perú in September 2015.

2015