Our Living Community

Our experience of strangeness in others is a reflection of our own strangeness to ourselves.

Our executive director talks about the many impacts of Hurricane Beryl.

With all the socioeconomic challenges he faced as a young adult, Derrick Ngo would have disappeared in the eyes of the American system. I interviewed Derrick, an Asian American student growing up in poverty about his upbringing, from poor student to Harvard graduate.

How can we practice mindfulness by taking note of the meaningful coincidences in our lives?

When we recognize how dependent we are on one another, it helps us develop our ability to accept and feel kindness towards others.

Exploring the positive social and psychological effects of group meditation.

An interview with Trey, a high school student building relationships and community among people with special needs.

During these times when we’re experiencing so much division and chaos, some of the most important resources for us to remember are our interdependence and curiosity.

Four out of five seniors experience ageism on a daily basis — addressing it begins with reclaiming elderhood as essential to community.

We help the passionate, courageous staff of HAWC develop skills to make their work sustainable.

Gratitude for our ongoing partnership with the American Leadership Forum.

Individuation to Linda was not merely a Jungian concept, it was lived experience.  To know her was to be deeply inspired.

Last fall, the Mission Service Committee met to talk about the “attention economy,” a phrase coined by psychologist and economist Herbert A. Simon in his 1971 book, Designing Organizations for an Information-Rich World.

These jobs are emotionally expensive…

If you haven’t been in the building in the last year, come by and see the work they’ve done.