Living The Resistance as The Embracing
In a notebook of ideas that stays open on my desk, I wrote sometime in the last few weeks, “What if the movement changed its language from “resistance” to “expansiveness” … Read More
Wooly Eyes and Bright Illumination
July 6, 2020
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Sarah B
From the start of the pandemic (or really, our attention to it here in the States), I’ve been fascinated by how it’s worked as a sort of highlighter or illuminator. … Read More
The Problem with Helping
June 15, 2020
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Sarah B
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people … Read More
An Open Letter to My Fellow White Americans
June 1, 2020
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Sarah B
Dear Fellow White Americans: On Saturday, I read an article in the Roanoke Times about a man, Walker Sigler, who was shot in his home by police in 2018. … Read More
Raising the Dialogue, Part 3: When Do I Get to Talk?
May 25, 2020
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Sarah B
A wee sentence tucked into each of my last two posts, each alluding to the need to address problematic words and behaviors, deserves a little attention today. This is where … Read More
Raising the Dialogue, Part 1: Listening Past Words
May 11, 2020
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Sarah B
For some time now, it’s felt to many of us as though public dialogue has devolved into different sides shielding themselves behind stone walls while lobbing opinions at one another. … Read More
Generosity and the Gremlin of Not Enough
April 6, 2020
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Sarah B
One of the interesting things about particularly challenging times, be they as common as a suddenly-lost job or as extraordinary as a pandemic, is that they have a way of … Read More
When Networking Turns into Pillow Talk (and Back Again)
February 3, 2020
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Sarah B
If you’ve been reading my blog for any amount of time, you know I return to networking time and again. It’s the most powerful tool we have to develop our … Read More
“I am brown and you are peach,”: More Wisdom from the Youngest Among Us
December 12, 2019
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Sarah B
“I am brown and you are peach.” Last month, I sat at a table at a community dinner and listened to a 5th grader tell this story of a … Read More
A PSA for my Fellow Helpers
October 21, 2019
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Sarah B
One of the things I love about my work is that I get to be a part of big, life-changing work without being involved with life-threatening situations. Crisis counselors, E.R. … Read More