In thinking about the significance of dancing, I am also reminded of Dance United, an innovative organisation who recognise the powerful force that dance can represent in unlocking the potential of individuals and communities. I met some members of their team when speaking at the recent 2gether08 event, and was deeply impressed with their work with the same kinds of marginalised individuals I used to meet in my earlier teaching work. For more information on their projects click through to their website. The above photo was taken at one of their performances in Bradford.
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Autumn has always been my favourite season, and over recent years it brings additional succour, signalling time to start preparing in earnest for the winter's Deeper Dive. This now-annual tradition has become a real highlight of my year, as a new small group capped at just fifty folk gathers to reflect meaningfully on our tumultuous times, and the ways we might choose to move through them. Starting in January and running online for nine weeks,...
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I was deeply shocked to hear last night of the death of Michael Dowd, creator of the wonderful PostDoom.com. He and his wife Connie Barlow have been good friends to me, as they have to so many others. Michael and I had exchanged a few words on Saturday, so I knew that he was in New York with his family, after the passing of his father on Thursday. I had absolutely no idea that...
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As John Lennon had it, "life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans". And as this culture continues the gruelling, methodical work of devastating our world in the face of all wisdom, and I accordingly work at preparing this winter's Deeper Dive into Surviving the Future, I actually want to write here about something more personal than my usual themes! You see, lately I've been giving a lot of time to my...
Could you please translate your website into German as I’m not so comfortable reading it in English? I’m getting tired of using Google Translate all the time, there is a cool WordPress plugin called like global translator which will render all your pages automatically- this will make reading posts on your sweet blog even more cosy. Cheers mate
I have implemented a temporary solution with the flags in the right-hand bar. Integrated URLs specific to each language may take me a while to get to – sorry!