Let’s Go Together
Bridging Bias and Building Unity
Many leaders of communities of wisdom say that we are entering a difficult and dangerous time. At PTU we want to encourage communities of wisdom to work on both social cohesion and equity. This is the time to bring our deepest wisdoms, the gifts of divine inspiration, human compassion, contemplation, and our best selves to meet the challenges we are facing. I believe we must both bridge bias and build unity because all human beings are human and worthy of respect, no matter our differences.
Read MoreA Leap Into Hope
If we sit around and wait for our feelings to change, for our despair to ebb and hope to arise, we will never leave our comfortable, lonely, and hopeless place. What is required in this moment is something like what Soren Kierkegaard called, “A leap into faith.” That is, a leap into trust, into risk, into making an attempt. A leap into hope.
Read MoreThe Next Wave
We have a vision. We have a vision to respond to the loss of trust, sense of fear, and the hardening divisions we are experiencing: In every town, city, and neighborhood, people of all faith traditions, cultures, and ethnicities are coming together regularly to Eat, play, and share stories – Discovering the wisdom of each…
Read MoreIntroducing Kids4Peace, our new program partners
[author] [author_image timthumb=’on’]https://www.seedsofpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Hannah.jpg[/author_image] [author_info]Hannah Hochkeppel, Kids 4 Peace Program Director[/author_info] [/author] Hi, my name is Hannah Hochkeppel. I’m the Program Director at Kids4Peace . I wanted to introduce myself and K4P to the PTU community because our two organizations are launching into a new collaboration! We’re combining our expertise in multi-faith dialogue with youth and…
Read MoreListening to the Sustainer Circle
We don’t just need to speak and hear those words. To do our small part to increase our trust in each other, we need to see it and participate in it.
Read MoreStrategic Love
I have been thinking about our founding fathers, Rabbi Levine and Father Treacy, a lot over the last few years. They didn’t just feel love as a feeling – although both of them brought a lot of heart to their interfaith work together. They worked hard to discern real-world strategies to make love and respect…
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