Parker Palmer

Post Partum Suffering for a Greater Reality

This week Ecovillage Findhorn has immersed ourselves in a Purpose Quest. We learned from 5 Inspirational Sources (see full inspirations here). Whole Community Purpose Strategic Framework Global Ecovillage Network Dorothy MacLean Patrick Lewington From these inspirations, we drafted 8 Potential Purpose Statements (see them here). And from these we identified 5 Themes: Spiritual [...]

Revisiting Parker Palmer’s 13 + 1 Reflections on Community

By Marilyn Hamilton|2024-06-11T10:58:48+00:00June 5th, 2024|Categories: A. Contexting Intelligences, C. Collective Intelligences, Caring, E. Evolutionary Intelligences, Lifecycle, Storytelling - Cultures|Tags: community, Findhorn, leadership, Parker Palmer, purpose|0 Comments

As Findhorn Ecovillage has explored its Community Purpose, it considers how relationships between people and organizations shift and change within the community. Some responses, resistances and resources have surprised me. But then I remembered one of my core learnings about Community comes from Parker Palmer. Many years ago he wrote a quizzical but profound [...]