Archive - Shift the Conversation

Crossing the Meadow Between Right & Wrong

Every month at BreakBread World, we publish a prompt.

Mar 20 •

February 2025

The Listener Holds The Power, Part 1

There is a koan – an unanswerable riddle – if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?

Feb 20 •

January 2025

Home Is A Mountain

I am deeply disturbed by all our brothers and sisters who have been un-homed – the ferocious tail of wildfires, the global surge of migrants, the…

Jan 16 •

November 2024

Monsters of Uncertainty

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.

Nov 14, 2024 •

April 2024

An awakening to wonder and inquiry as we “eclipsed” on April 8, 2024…

Apr 22, 2024 •

December 2023

What is it to Know Someone and Their "Cat Hat" Poem?

I overhear Carrie say she might need people who have cat poems to take the stage. We are at the Rail Trail Cafe, a small foresty bohemian jaunt where…

Dec 14, 2023 •

Martha Williams

July 2023

When We Found Nuance, We Re-Found Each Other

Rifling Through the Fog of Conversation

Jul 17, 2023 •

Martha Williams

April 2023

From Content to the Mother-Jungle of Contemplation

Surviving the Digital Deluge

Apr 17, 2023 •

Martha Williams

January 2023

The Poverty of Scale

Longing for Grandfather Wisdom

Jan 10, 2023 •

December 2022

What is Beyond the Pattern of Conversation?

Unpackaging our Patterns

Dec 6, 2022 •

Martha Williams

November 2022

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