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Awaken to Our Challenges and Rise to Meet Them
As we finish our fundraising campaign, we want to share a quick snapshot of this year. We clarified our mission to “Gathering Neighbors, Growing Trust.” We also expanded our work into three clear areas: local practice and shared tools, media, and public leadership and civic engagement. These changes give us more focus while staying true…
Read MoreThe Power of Sharing Our Stories
Written by Viveka, our Let’s Go Together Program Coordinator Paths to Understanding leans into the foundational human practice of sharing stories as an essential way to prepare the ground of our hearts for connection. One way to summarize our work is to say that we create spaces for people from different backgrounds to share stories with each other. Here are a few examples of how the innate practice of…
Read MoreA Year of Courage, Kindness, and New Sunrises
As we turn toward the close of the year, I’ve been looking back on the moments that give me hope. Not abstract ideas, not headlines—but real conversations with real people. These three keep coming back to me. 1. “These questions were next level.” At a Potluck Project event in Kirkland, a leader who has been…
Read MoreLiving On The Edge: Resources
The Time for Action is Now Political scientist Rachel Kleinfeld says democracies heal when everyday people choose to move toward one another — not away. We cannot wait for Washington or a single leader to fix what’s broken. Renewal begins locally, with neighbors rebuilding trust, holding each other accountable to our best values, and creating…
Read MoreGovernance for Thriving: The Path from Vision to Practice – Part 3
Big ideas like “dignity” and “community” can sound abstract. But when we build them into everyday life, they become real. That’s where PTU’s Theory of Growth comes in: we grow at the pace of relationship and learning. How It Works: Each of these steps builds trust and motivation for the next. Working with Our In-Groups:…
Read MoreSeeing the Human in One Another
I was recently at Princeton Seminary to support one of our staff members at a program for young Christian leaders. It’s an excellent program—full of bright, committed people. One of the presenters talked about how many younger folks have mixed feelings about “institutional” religion. Afterward, I joined a small group conversation. I said I wasn’t…
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