Archive - Shift the Conversation

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

Apr 22 •

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

Send Out a Search Party!

Spreading the Contagion of Care

Nov 22, 2022 •

Gender Reconciliation: Make America Friendly Again

We need to make friends with what is, not what should be

Nov 14, 2022 •

Martha Williams

October 2022

Amerikatsi: A View Into Freedom

September’s BreakBread prompt was on Freedom: What does freedom feel like? Tell us a story (or a moment) when you discovered you were free or when you…

Oct 13, 2022 •

The Abortion Talks, Can Conversation Save Us From Division?

I recently had the privilege of watching the first public screening of The Abortion Talks a yet-to-be released documentary by Sarah Perkins and Josh…

Oct 6, 2022 •

Martha Williams

September 2022

Unfinished Live: Inspiring & Disturbing

What does our digital future have to do with BreakBread World? Last week I was tipped off about a digital future conference, Unfinished Live, at the…

Sep 27, 2022 •

Martha Williams

Give peace a chance?

Wednesday, September 21 marks the 40th anniversary of the first celebration of the International Day of Peace in 1982 and has been designated Peace Week…

Sep 21, 2022 •

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