Australia Ten years ago I was in Australia, near Melbourne, with people who had lived through a nightmare. The Kinglake…

Australia Ten years ago I was in Australia, near Melbourne, with people who had lived through a nightmare. The Kinglake…
How to help in disasters Trust is everything. You can move at the speed of trust. Perform within the container…
slow and low I share about patterns. Here’s the pattern we’re in with respect to recovery (if we can call…
(part of a series from the “Shipwrecked Project”) There are many definitions of a hard childhood. By any definition Mario…
In the aftermath of any catastrophe people and communities journey through a set of stages/states one of which I’ve labeled…
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 One of our early Houston founding families supported the creation of settlement houses and community…
(We’re sick of this damn virus) In the aftermath of disaster there are discernible patterns — stages of thought, behavior and emotions.…
Dear Mayor Sylvester Turner and Judge Lina Hidalgo: Let me be frank. If you step up and lead — call upon…
I am thinking of some of my most treasured relationships. People in Louisiana. Friends and family. Many Louisiana friends are…
“There is a crack in everything. It’s how the light gets in.” -Leonard Cohen About twelve years ago I began…