dushanbe

A collection of stories, reflections, and wisdom offering insight into the challenge of facing down toxic polarization layered with violence and the surprising ways everyday people found to shift harmful patterns of violence that had lasted decades. 

A book weaving thoughts and insights about the nature, challenges, and possibilities of constructive social change.

John Paul's contributions to the Upaya Zen Center's Varela Symposium 2018, which explored the theme, "Transforming Conflict: From Science to Real World Applications."

A contribution to the W. David Baird Distinguished Lecture Series at Pepperdine University's Seaver College.

A conference address reflecting on the relationship between Mercy and forgetfulness on the path toward healing.

A dharma talk shared with the Upaya Zen Center on the moral imagination and connectedness with self and other.

A lecture delivered at Regis University in 2008 based on the book The Moral Imagination.

A contribution to the Peace in the Desert Lecture Series of the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

A lecture given at Messiah College's Sider Institute on the power of the moral imagination in the turning point of a new Millennium in human history.