Writing, Podcasts, Talks, and Trainings

Most of my public work these days centers around conflict transformation and community building.

In the past, I’ve published on cooking, pilgrimage, and decision-making under Deep Uncertainty. I also hosted a podcast on meaning and purpose for a few years.

Public Talks

The 5th Agreement, Intergenerational Trauma, and How To Love A Dictator

Sermon delivered at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, June 2025

Faith, It’s What’s For Dinner

Sermon delivered at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, March 2025

Experiencing Conflict As A Gift

Talk as part of Peninsula College’s Studium Generale series. January 2025

What Is An Enemy?

Sermon delivered at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, November 2024

How To Win A Democracy?

Talk delivered a pre-election rally. October 2024.

Current Projects

The Ten Thousand Heroes Club

A short and transformative email every Sunday on meaning, purpose, community, and conflict. Everything we need to be the species we want to see in the world. Sign up here.

The Future of Conflict

Weekly paid newsletter capturing the insights from a book on conflict resolution topics. A boot camp for addressing conflict at every scale. Sign up here.

Conflict Transformation Spa

A monthly opportunity for Transformational Mediators to build community, confidence, and skills. Use LinkedIn for updates.

Seeing Conflict As a Gift

An email course for leaders at any scale to re-imagine how they see and react to conflict, from threat to opportunity. Under development. Reach out if you’re interested.

I ❤️ Conflict Transformation

Quotes on transcending and transforming conflict from leading lights in the field. More posts means I’m doing more reading. On LinkedIn: I ❤️ Conflict Transformation

The Ten Thousand Heroes Show

Short podcasts on community and conflict. Interviews with conflict transformation professionals. And the occasional inspiring song. Go to podcast site.

Love People and Feed Them

Blog on community and conflict, book reviews, excerpts, and open letters. Go to blog.

Selected Work

Sometimes We Walk Alone (book)

A personal account of my 2006 pilgrimage in honor of Gandhi’s Salt March, and the relevance of Gandhi’s ideas to modern India

Cooking Com Bigode (book)

My first attempt to expose the mathematical patterns in cooking, through the lens of a 2005 restaurant we started in Bahia, Brazil.

How to Make The Most Ital Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread Imaginable

This is the video behind the Ital Bread Movement, giving step-by-step instructions on making 100% Whole Wheat Sourdough bread with crackling crisp dark crust and a moist, receptive crumb.

The Ten Thousand Heroes Show (audio)

Interviews and conversations with ordinary people living extraordinary lives. Stories of finding meaning, purpose, and excellence. Listener favorites include Fighting Woman, Jamal Rahman, Rick Jarow, Noah Rasheta, Rachel Weiss, and Manchan Magan.

The Ten Thousand Heroes Show (videos)

Video versions of the podcast conversations as well as solocasts I produced on topics like community building and conflict resolution. Viewer favorites include Stephen Jenkinson, Ken Cloke, Nala Walla, Jan Canty, and Abby Carl.

Ken Cloke Mediation Playlist (audio and video)

Selections from the Ten Thousand Heroes Show that deal with mediation, conflict transformation, and Ken Cloke’s work in general.