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"The way you tell the story about your world will actually co-create that world. The myth of redemptive violence needs to be replaced. Imagining a new myth is a privilege. It is also our responsibility."

You can find my three most recent books at www.hownottobeafraid.com and www.theseventhstory.com

Celtic Spirituality

Storytelling

Violence & Peace

Spirituality - our lived relationship with mystery - is not for experts. It's about learning to love life, face fear, to figure out what should be embraced, what should be laughed at, and what really matters.

Spirituality - our lived relationship with mystery - is not for experts. It's about learning to love life, face fear, to figure out what should be embraced, what should be laughed at, and what really matters.

I was raised on movies and soda bread. The stories we tell shape our lives, and our stories can be prisons or shelters. Becoming conscious of this can make our lives - and our world - better, so we talk about it here.

I was raised on movies and soda bread. The stories we tell shape our lives, and our stories can be prisons or shelters. Becoming conscious of this can make our lives - and our world - better, so we talk about it here.

Violence declines when human beings refuse to tolerate the cruelty that is considered normal in their generation. The stories we tell about violence can fuel it, or empty it of power.

Violence declines when human beings refuse to tolerate the cruelty that is considered normal in their generation. The stories we tell about violence can fuel it, or empty it of power.