By Robert Neustadt, guest writer I began thinking about borders intensively in 2010 when I first took a group of students from Northern Arizona University on a 5-day field trip to the U.S.-Mexico border. Originally, I thought a field trip would be “interesting,” especially since many of my most successful and enjoyable pedagogical experiences, as a student and a professor, have been experiential. In retrospect, I had no idea what I was getting into. My students, my accompanying colleagues,...

We are excited to welcome and introduce the dedicated individuals in this spring’s facilitator training cohort. Each of them brings a unique voice, deep commitment, and a heart for healing to the Compassionate Listening community. From around the world, these trainees are already making a meaningful impact in their communities by sharing the practices of deep listening, empathy, and peacebuilding. We are honored to have them in our community, and so excited for you to meet them! Bronwen...

By Will Dickerson-Lemieux, Guest writer Content advisement: post discusses death by suicide As a hospice chaplain, I generally expect death to come. While there is always grief, there can also be a sense of relief for the patient no longer suffering and passing through this human rite of passage that we all will inevitably go through. Although we generally expect death, we don't expect it to be by the patient's own hand. One of my patients took his own life. I had only known him from one...