by Michael Lerner | May 10, 2021 | Resilience, Uncategorized
We founded Commonweal 44 years ago. Our vision was to support healing ourselves and healing the earth. We have worked toward that end ever since. Healing differs from curing. A cure ends a disease. Healing is a movement toward wholeness. Healing can take place when we...
by Michael Lerner | Mar 3, 2020 | Resilience, Uncategorized
Dear Friends, The first thing to overcome with the coronavirus is fear. The virus is certainly dangerous. The likelihood is we will need to learn to live with it. A “new normal” will emerge with its own protocols for traveling, meeting, caring for each...
by Michael Lerner | Feb 5, 2019 | Commonweal, Resilience, Uncategorized
Dear TNS Friends: The chatter of politicians and commentators continues about all manner of things. But nature bats last. The “Polar Vortex” descends on the Midwest. Here is a beautiful piece from WIRED: “And now the weather: Mars-like, with a chance...
by Michael Lerner | Aug 5, 2011 | Resilience, Uncategorized
Some preliminary notes A friend suggested to me the other day that reverence might be at the heart of our work. She proposed that there is a relationship between reverence and resilience. I asked what she meant by reverence. She said that she meant reverence for life....
