John Ziegler takes us on a profound exploration of authenticity as a spiritual practice. He highlights the importance of showing up fully as oneself, whether as an elder or a young person, and honoring the wisdom inherent in every stage of life. John discusses how reverence can be expressed through intentional lis…

The Icons, Emilie Flamme “What are the normative bounds with which we are working in? How are these bounds inherited from traditions that are often themselves laden with power structures that we have not necessarily been able to break down because they are the things which we use to be able to spea…

In this episode, Émilie invites us to explore the tension between convention and creativity. She delves into how visual storytelling can challenge conventions and serve as a medium for tracing belonging and history. Sharing about the creative inspiration behind, The Universe of Terms: Religion and Visual Metapho…

Lee Farrow focuses on the profound connection between love and reverence in grassroots organizing. Drawing inspiration from the Book of Nehemiah, Lee discusses how community-building efforts grounded in love, respect, and honor can create lasting change. She also emphasizes the need to set boundaries …

Credit: Returning to Water, Casey Murano “There's been this long history of folks like scientists who are looking at the material world, the external world, and folks who are looking at the inner world and recognizing they have to be in dialogue with each other. And I think the same goes for our civic life.” Joining us …

Elizabeth Garlow offers a compelling vision of how reverence can reshape our understanding of economics. She describes the economy not as a machine but as a garden, one that thrives when we approach it with care, interdependence, and a deep respect for humanity and nature. Elizabeth challenges us to que…

Alethia Jones, CHJL, 2022 “Sometimes the quest for reverence is something that we have to really push against the grain, fight for within ourselves and to really cultivate in a very self-conscious and deliberate way, because the default setting of the routine practices of society, it’s not necessarily this. How does…

In this episode, Alethia Jones helps us explore the hidden ways faith, culture, and survival intertwine in personal and collective expression. From the cloaking spiritual identity to the role of reverence in leadership, we examine how people navigate spaces where it is difficult to manifest one's own personal sense of…

In our debut episode, Aaron Slater challenges us to consider reverence not merely as an abstract ideal but as a tangible force for organizing and action. He explores the reverence we should hold for potentialities and possibilities for what the future could be. According to Aaron, what’s important is asking the rig…

View from Round Rock, Navajo Nation. Aaron Slater. “What is worthy of our contemplation? What is worthy of our time? And how is it that we can begin to discuss that with one another and iterate upon that core question continuously, together, communally? And that's where I think we might see more coming …

This season, we're diving deep into the intersections of spirituality, civic engagement, and the reverence we hold for one another and our shared future. In many ways, reverence has been overlooked in the fast-paced dynamics of modern civic life. As individuals, we often compartmentalize our inner selves, lea…

We’re excited to announce the much-anticipated return of our podcast with the launch of Season 3 on January 22! Mark your calendars and join us as we delve into an exciting and deeply personal theme: inner space and its role in civic engagement. Building on the rich conversations of our first two seasons, t…

Education entails acquiring knowledge to have a greater understanding of the various disciplines that will be used in our everyday lives. ‘Education’ refers to the information we gain and experience outside of books or classrooms, as well as the knowledge that we receive and experience in schools, our homes, a…

since i have started attending the course at MIT i am feeling of the having ability to change my entire life through the economics, i want to build the culture of the entrepreneur servant.

Oak Ridge National Labs just released a paper on virus spread in a typical grocery.  The above “title” is a quote from the Abstract (whole abstract below). Link: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356939169_Computational_fluid_dynamics_simulation_of_SARS-CoV-2_aerosol_dispersion_inside_a_grocery_s…

Hello, fellow Engagers! After a short summer hiatus, We Who Engage is back! We hope you’re practicing self-care and remaining healthy as we transition into our ‘new normal’ quotidian lifestyles. Without a doubt, the pandemic has posed new challenges to the ways in which we engage each other and our system…

Confucius believed that education and reflection led to virtue, and that those who aspired to command others must cultivate discipline and moral authority in themselves.  Measured against this standard , how do our leaders measure? Perhaps my fellow alumni will respond.

From the Washington Post August 8, 2021 What’s not wrong about riches ZoomBookmarkSharePrintListenTranslate Inequality might be exaggerated, but everyone can benefit from better wealth distribution. Sharing the Wealth This is the fifth and final installment of a series examining the growing wealth gap …

In the 1950s the American Management Guru, Peter Drucker, suggested that to be successful in business it is necessary to be better than all your competitors for at least something that will be important to the customer. There must be some specific reason why they would choose to buy from you rath…

Peru is a sample of a country with abundant natural and mining resources. The Ministry of Energy and Mines of Peru (2021) reports that Peru “is the main producer of gold, zinc, tin, lead and molybdenum in Latin America. Peru has significant geological potential: it is the country with the largest silver reserves i…