The Pause

Reflections shared with the On Being community following the 6 January insurrection.

Burma Diary

A travel diary written over the course of John Paul's first trip to Myanmar in Spring 2003.

The Place Called Reconciliation

A visual of reconciliation as a meeting place of four social energies in conflict and peacebuilding - Truth, Justice, Mercy, and Peace.

Doodle Six. Expanded Framework for Peacebuilding

A doodle that connects the nested spheres of the first iteration of the integrated framework for peacebuilding with the nested spheres of the past that lies before us.

Strategic Peacebuilding Pathways

A diagram mapping pathways of strategic peacebuilding, the main components and sub-components of the field of peacebuilding.

Moving from Reaction to Transformation

A matrix mapping questions to hold in the movement from reaction to reform to transformation of crises/issues across scales of intervention from the individual to the systemic.

Peace and Justicebuilding: An Action Reflection Tool for Design and Evaluation

A tool to guide action reflection prior to, during, and following peace and justicebuilding efforts.

Quo Vadis? Reframing Terror from the Perspective of Conflict Resolution

An essay written after the attacks of September 11, clarifying the challenges faced by the U.S., suggesting a reframe to internal debates, and offering next steps to move toward a horizon of interdependence.

Foreword, Disarmed

The foreword to a biography about Mennonite peacebuilder Michael "MJ" Sharp.